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CO2 Capture Plan Wins Enviro Support for Coal Plant Nebraska-based Tenaska struck an agreement with the Environmental Defense Fund that will see the environmental group withdraw its opposition at a permit hearing in exchange for a plan to capture 85 percent of the CO2 emissions of the company's proposed West Texas coal plant.
The new Trailblazer Energy Center, which could begin operations by 2015, would become one of the first commercial-scale coal-fired power plants to attempt to slash its CO2 emissions by capturing them.
Tenaska has also pledged to reduce water use at the 600-megawatt plant to 652 million gallons annually—only about 10 percent of what a conventional plant would use for cooling. The company is investigating the possible use of municipal wastewater from Abilene for its cooling water needs.
Tenaska made its pledges in a legally binding contract. In addition to capturing a minimum of 85 percent of its CO2 emissions, the company will sell the captured gas to oil drillers in the region for use in enhanced oil recovery, according to Vice President Greg Kunkel, reported the Dallas Morning News. The Sierra Club will still present its opposition to the plant at the hearing. |
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