Companies plan shift to ccs, biomass at michigan coal plant
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A technology company plans to help switch a coal-fueled power plant in Michigan to biomass and add carbon capture, a departure from most U.S. utilities that have hesitated so far on the
emissions-cutting gambit. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises said it has signed an agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy, co-owner of the TES Filer City Station, to start initial work on the
project. The facility would be “one of the nation’s first large-scale biomass with carbon capture and sequestration projects,” said Brian Hartmann, the president of NorthStar, in a statement
last week. Advertisement In late April, EPA released a final rule that aims to curb emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants, standards that have renewed a
debate over whether CCS technology has been adequately demonstrated. The Biden administration has said the technology — which is designed to trap CO2 from point sources like power plants —
is proven, calling it “available and cost-effective.” GET FULL ACCESS