by ridgelinecenter | Apr 5, 2022
This analysis explores the technologies available for reducing emissions of acid gases, including hydrochloric acid (HCl) and hydrofluoric acid (HF), from coal-fired power plants. It finds that there have been significant developments since the U.S. Environmental...
by ridgelinecenter | Apr 1, 2022
This review, conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Centers at the University of Arizona and University of New Mexico, details recent and emerging findings on the human health impacts of toxic metals...
by ridgelinecenter | Feb 12, 2022
This report examines the technical feasibility of modifying coal-fired boilers to cofire gas and estimates the capital costs involved in making such modifications. It further discusses the impacts of gas cofiring on operations and maintenance costs and on CO2...
by ridgelinecenter | Aug 19, 2021
This analysis explores the technologies available for reducing emissions of hazardous metals (in the form of particulate matter) and mercury from coal-fired power plants. It finds that there have been significant developments since the U.S. Environmental Protection...
by ridgelinecenter | Aug 1, 2021
This analysis of reported compliance data under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, a 2011 regulation limiting emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants, finds that the regulated sources have largely surpassed the emission rate...
