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December 18, 2009
Alstom, AEP partner to capture CO2
The Wall Street Journal provides an online slideshow of American Electric Power’s Mountaineer plant in West Virginia, which recently started operations at the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration facility. One of the pictures shows Alstom President Philippe Joubert at the opening of the plant in October.
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January 23, 2010
Panel upholds Turk plant permit
According to the Texarkana Gazette, “The air quality permit for the $1.6 billion coal-fired electric power plant in Hempstead County was upheld by a state regulatory commission Friday. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission affirmed the air permit on Friday for the John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant under construction” by AEP-SWEPCO.
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March 11, 2010
Legislative delay gives companies time for cleaner-burning coal
A delay in U.S. climate legislation will give utilities time to develop systems to burn coal with fewer carbon-dioxide emissions, said Mike Morris, chief executive officer of American Electric Power Co., the biggest U.S. producer of electricity from coal.
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April 01, 2010
AEP outlines Mountaineer CCS project
Over the past few weeks representatives from American Electric Power have attended various public meetings to discuss the company’s Carbon Capture and Storage Project.
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August 22, 2009
AEP Seeks Stimulus Money For Carbon Capture Projects
American Electric Power wants $334 million in federal stimulus money to build the country's first commercial-scale system to capture carbon dioxide emitted from coal-fired power plants and bury it underground. The system would be used in New Haven, W.Va., at AEP's Mountaineer plant, home to one of the biggest fossil-fueled power generators in the world.
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