by ridgelinecenter | Jan 5, 2023
As a follow-on effort to Andover Technology Partners’ “Analysis of PM and Hg Emissions and Controls from Coal-Fired Power Plants,” this analysis examines the cost of complying with substantially lower mercury emissions limits at coal-fired power...
by ridgelinecenter | Jun 1, 2022
This report identifies categories of public health, environmental, and other economic benefits that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has historically not quantified or fully acknowledged in developing past rules limiting toxic contaminants in waste streams...
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...