APS Receives DOE Funding For CCS Research

The Arizona Republic reports that the Department of Energy announced Tuesday that “Arizona Public Service Co. will get $70.5 million in stimulus funding to study ways to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from coal power plants that contribute to global warming” as part of “$1.52 billion in the stimulus act earmarked for research into ways to capture and store carbon from power plants.” APS spokesman Steven Gotfried said, “This project allows us to research some of the issues with using coal and brings economic activity to a part of Arizona where the unemployment rate is about 13 percent.”

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