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Retrofitting Montana power plant would be costly, Department of Energy says
Retrofitting Montana power plant would be costly, Department of Energy says
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press
Aug 31, 2016
Retrofitting Montana's largest coal-fired power plant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would cost at least $1.2 billion, but that price tag could be at least partially offset by selling captured carbon dioxide for use in oil fields, federal officials said Wednesday. ... Senior U.S. Department of Energy representatives presented the agency's analysis of reducing emissions from the Colstrip plant at the request of Gov. Steve Bullock.
Colstrip is the state's main human-caused source of carbon dioxide pollution, a major contributor to climate change.
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The plant in 2014 emitted about 16.5 million tons of carbon dioxide — two-thirds of the state's reported total, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Two of Colstrip's four electricity-generating units will close by 2022 under a legal settlement reached last month between the plant's owners and environmentalists. ... Retrofits on the remaining two units would reduce emissions between 30 percent and 47 percent, at a cost of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion, said Angelos Kokkinos, the Energy Department's director of advanced energy systems.
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Gazette reporters Holly Michels and Tom Lutey contributed to this report.
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press
Aug 31, 2016
Retrofitting Montana's largest coal-fired power plant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would cost at least $1.2 billion, but that price tag could be at least partially offset by selling captured carbon dioxide for use in oil fields, federal officials said Wednesday. ... Senior U.S. Department of Energy representatives presented the agency's analysis of reducing emissions from the Colstrip plant at the request of Gov. Steve Bullock.
Colstrip is the state's main human-caused source of carbon dioxide pollution, a major contributor to climate change.
....
The plant in 2014 emitted about 16.5 million tons of carbon dioxide — two-thirds of the state's reported total, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Two of Colstrip's four electricity-generating units will close by 2022 under a legal settlement reached last month between the plant's owners and environmentalists. ... Retrofits on the remaining two units would reduce emissions between 30 percent and 47 percent, at a cost of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion, said Angelos Kokkinos, the Energy Department's director of advanced energy systems.
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Gazette reporters Holly Michels and Tom Lutey contributed to this report.
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