Progress Energy Coal Plant Said To Be Among Nation's Cleanest

The Register & Bee reported, "Deep into the beauty of rural North Carolina and close to where boaters and swimmers are enjoying Hyco Lake, the future of clean coal energy can be seen at Progress Energy's Roxboro plant." Over seven years, workers have been installing "four new 'scrubbers' to reduce the nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide levels emitted by the plant." The project "cost $800 million and has made the 10th largest coal-fired power plant in the nation also one of the cleanest."

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