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23 May 2005 - Work has begun on a $500m project that will reduce sulphur dioxide emissions at a power plant in North Carolina, US, by approximately 95 per cent.
The 2240 MW Belews Creek steam station is the second of four sulphur dioxide scrubbers Duke Power is installing on its coal fired power plants in the state.
A mixture of limestone and water will be injected into the emissions stream to remove the sulphur dioxide. Duke Power said the project would be completed in 2008. The company completed a $450m selective catalytic reduction project in 2004 that reduced the plant's nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 80 per cent.
By 2007 Duke aim to have reduced their nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 33 per cent and sulphur dioxide emissions more than 70 per cent by 2013.
William Ross, secretary of the North Carolina Department of the Environment, said: "North Carolina has among the most progressive clean air policies in the nation, helped by the hard work and ingenuity of companies like Duke Power."
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