Southern Company Captures Carbon Emissions

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, “Southern Co., the Atlanta-based parent of Georgia Power and three other electric utilities in the Southeast, captured carbon emissions at one of its coal-fired power plants for the first time this month.” The company “captured what it called ‘a small amount’ of carbon from the emissions of Georgia Power’s Plant Yates” and “then released the captured carbon back into the stacks and out into the air.” Southern “called the pilot project a significant milestone in its efforts to advance technology that can separate greenhouse gases from the emissions of traditional coal-burning power plants.”