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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - Asheville
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Progress
Energy - Asheville Plant
200 CP&L Dr.
Arden, NC , 28704
Buncombe County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Progress
Energy will install flue gas
desulfurization devices
(scrubbers) for controlling SO2
on
Unit 1 by late 2005 and Unit 2 by
2007, &
NOx
reduction devices for controlling
NOx by 2009.
(status as of
June 2004, updated August 2007)
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| SO2: |
Wet Lime FGD on both units (Unit 2 began on May 5, 2006). |
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| NOx: |
low-NOx
burners on both units. Selective non-catalytic reduction on unit 1 (Sept 20, 2006).
Overfire Air on Unit 2. Selective non-catalytic reduction on unit 2 began May 1, 2006. |
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| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
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Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1964 (198 - 200 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1971 (194 Mw)- source:
DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
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| 2006 |
0.50 |
0.23 |
| 2005 |
0.44 |
0.32 |
| 2004 |
0.43 |
0.34 |
| 2003 |
0.42 |
0.35 |
| 2002 |
0.45 |
0.34 |
| 2001 |
0.44 |
0.34 |
| 2000 |
0.46 |
0.36 |
| 1999 |
0.56 |
0.38 |
| 1998 |
0.54 |
0.49 |
| 1997 |
0.97 |
0.90 |
| 1996 |
1.12 |
0.95 |
| 1995 |
1.07 |
0.88 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2006 |
4,601 |
2,488 |
2,509,399 |
| 2005 |
4,714 |
15,539 |
2,529,952 |
| 2004 |
4,258 |
14,291 |
2,300,392 |
| 2003 |
4,898 |
16,089 |
2,627,474 |
| 2002 |
5,104 |
16,702 |
2,629,661 |
| 2001 |
4,997 |
17,129 |
2,611,196 |
| 2000 |
5,847 |
20,168 |
2,868,878 |
| 1999 |
6,304 |
22,087 |
2,782,496 |
| 1998 |
6,301 |
19,557 |
2,518,633 |
| 1997 |
11,874 |
21,324 |
2,558,792 |
| 1996 |
15,558 |
24,426 |
3,055,829 |
| 1995 |
14,323 |
22,357 |
2,939,767 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
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| Dioxin Releases (in grams)
- source: EPA TRI |
For
information, including health impacts, on
chemicals listed, please check out these
resources:
U.S. Library of
Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Agency For Toxic
Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological
Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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