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Coal-fired power challenges
EPA Proposes First National Standard for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
- EPA Press Release, March 16, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposes first-ever nation standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants, requiring many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as 17,000 premature deaths and 11,000 heart attacks a year. [Read more...]
Agreement reached to stop burning coal at Centralia power plant
- The Seattle Times, March 5, 2011
After years of hard-fought negotiations, Gov. Chris Gregoire and the owners of the state's dirtiest power plant have reached agreement to stop burning coal. [Read more...]
EIP Report: Electric Power Industry 'Not Making a Dent' in Dangerous Mercury Pollution
- United Business Media Newswire, March 17, 2010
More than half (27) of the nation's 50 worst power plants for mercury emissions increased their mercury emissions from 2007 to 2008 (the latest year data is available), according to a new report from the nonprofit and nonpartison Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)
Coal's Assault on Human Health
PDF publication by Physicians for Social Responsibility - November 2009
This report takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health...[Read more]
Challenges on the rise for Wyoming coal
- Billings Gazette, January 28, 2010
The coal industry faces a multitude of mounting challenges, from the cost of production and transportation to more stringent pollution controls and a more competitive market. That means utilities are constantly flirting with a switch to natural gas, energy efficiency and renewables...[Read more]
NEWS
NOV 2011: HM3 Energy Northwest Cleantech Open regional finalist, competes in national competition in San Jose. READ MORE
AUGUST 2011: HM3 Energy featured in Biomass Power & Thermal magazine. READ MORE
JUNE 2011: HM3 Energy awarded SBIR-USDA Phase 2 grant, worth $460,000. READ MORE
HM3 Energy receives US Endowment for Forestry and Communities grant, worth $241,000. The award will be used for pilot plant operation and key commercial scale equipment design and fabrication... READ MORE
Successful test burn completed with 100% torrefied biomass in pulverized coal-fired combustion facility proves torrefied biomass can replace coal directly in coal-fired power plants... READ MORE
Torrefied biomass energy can come from a variety of feedstock sources.... READ MORE
Torrefied biomass energy costs compare very favorably with other clean energy forms, such as solar and wind...READ MORE