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Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Issues in the Power Sector

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Global Climate Change - The Technology Challenge

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In this chapter we explore the challenges in developing and deploying technology for mitigation of CO2 emissions associated with power generation. Past successes with controlling other pollutants (notably SO2) provide insight as to the difficulty of extrapolating those successes to applications for carbon capture and control. Technology innovations that have yet to reach commercial fruition are noted, but for the near term we can make effective use of commercial processes readily available and achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions. These reductions can be obtained by fuel switching, efficiency upgrades introduced fleetwide, and expanded use of lower CO2 emitting technologies, all of which should be done in parallel with a robust R&D program to develop new technologies for extraction of CO2 from exhaust gases or strategies for fuel decarbonization.

The findings included in this chapter do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the Environmental Protection Agency. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute Agency endorsement or recommendation for use.

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     The 2008 coal ash pond failure at the TVA plant in Kingston, Tennessee injected a new level of complexity in the concern over coal waste disposal.

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     Assuming a gas concentration of SO2 of 1,000 ppm at 10% CO2.

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Rising, B. (2011). Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Issues in the Power Sector. In: Princiotta, F. (eds) Global Climate Change - The Technology Challenge. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3153-2_10

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