power plant retirementSeveral different economic models have been applied to try to understand how new regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could impact coal-fired generation in the United States as well as the electricity system as a whole. This paper provides an ...
Over the following months, residents were twice advised to boil water because of the presence of dangerous levels of bacteria, and General Motors announced that the use of Flint River water at its plant was causing corrosion on newly machined engine parts. A spike in the incidence ofLegionnaire...
Competing models of infrastructure financing are anchoring bifurcated views of energy transition policy planning heading into the conference, with these positions hardened by widespread price spikes in power, commodities, and oil prices since the end of the summer. Central planning models that governments...
For a new plant, the OIC are set to 5 ouE∙m−3 in a radius of 3 km from the fence of the installation less than 44 h per year (99.5th percentile). This calculation is based on emission factors. For an existing plant, the OIC are set to 5 ouE∙m−3 in a radius of 3...
of the slick weredeployed, and the contained oil was then siphoned off or burned. As oil began to contaminateLouisianabeaches in May, it was manually removed; more difficult to clean were the state’smarshesandestuaries, where thetopographywas knit together by delicate plant life. By June, ...
The EPA administrator's latest remarks provided no clear insight into the changes that might be incorporated into the final emissions rule. However, the suggestion is that the final rule could be more stringent than the proposal released in August, or some of the credits for off-cycle efficienci...
The article discusses the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that govern the power plant emissions of hazardous air pollutants known as the Air Toxics Rule in the U.S. It notes that the rule requires the installation of costly emissions for mercury and acid gases that will force ...
S. Bhardwaja, 1981: Effects of a coal-fired power plant and other sources on southwestern visibility (Interim summary of EPA's Project VISTTA). Atmos. Environ., 15, 1955- 1969.Blumenthal DL, Richards LW, Macias ES, Bergstrom RW, Wilson WE, Bhardwaja PS. Effects of a coal-fired power...