FGD markets & business in an age of retail wheeling
- Institute of Clean Air Companies, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
This paper discusses (1) the market and technology outlook for flue gas desulfurization ({open_quotes}FGD{close_quotes}) systems, with particular emphasis on wet systems in North America and the implications of retail wheeling of electricity and emission allowances for the utility industry, and (2) implications for the utility industry of architect/engineering ({open_quotes}A/E{close_quotes}) firm tendencies to reduce greatly the FGD vendor`s scope of award. The paper concludes that (1) the FGD market will be modest domestically and robust offshore over the forecast period (5-10 years), although the utility industry`s response to federal and state air toxics rules and retail wheeling may eventually grow the FGD market domestically beyond that created by compliance with Phase II of the Clean Air Act`s Title IV acid rain program alone, (2) new designs are likely to follow trends established in the past few years, but will likely include advanced processes that use higher velocity and smaller space, and possibly multi-pollutant control to remain competitive, and (3) shrinking of the FGD vendor`s scope may have adverse implications for the utility end-user, while retail wheeling may increase third-party ownership of FGD technology
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 121465
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-105258-Vol.1; CONF-950332-Vol.1; TRN: 95:007571-0004
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. EPRI-EPA-DOE SO/sub 2/ control symposium, Miami Beach, FL (United States), 28-31 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 1995 SO{sub 2} control symposium. Volume 1, Sessions 1, 2, 3; PB: 300 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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