Power plant life extension impacts on emission reduction strategies

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA)

OSTI ID:5162659

Salmento, J S; Rubin, E S ^[1]; Dowlatabadi, H ^[2]

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1. Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
2. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (US)

In planning for coal-based power generation in the 1990s and beyond, many utilities are considering methods for extending the life of existing power plants rather than building new generating capacity. The reasons for life extension programs are economic: it is typically much less expensive to renovate existing coal-fired power plants than to build new ones. At the same time utilities are considering life extension projects, various acid rain bills proposed by Congress would call for significant reductions in SO{sub 2} emissions from existing coal-fired power plants beginning in the mid-1990s. This is about the same time that many life extension projects would be coming into effect. The question of how life extension programs would affect the response of electric utilities to an acid rain control program is an important one, since it has potential implications for control technology preferences, coal markets and costs to consumers. These impacts are the subjects examined in this paper.

• OSTI ID: 5162659
• Report Number(s): CONF-870695--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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