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13 December 2006 -- The AES Corp. announced that AES Westover, a 126 MW coal-fired facility near Binghamton, New York, US, will begin installation of multi-emissions control technology on its 84 MW Unit #8 in early 2007. AES will invest $50 million in the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
The project will increase AES Westover's removal rates for NOx emissions from 60 percent today to 90 percent once the project is complete, through the use of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system with ammonia injection. SO2 emissions will be reduced by 95 percent through the use of a dry scrubber, followed by a fabric filter bag-house -- a final stage in the emission control process. In addition, the combination of these technologies is also expected to reduce mercury emissions by 90 percent.
In a similar approach to the AES Westover project, AES Greenidge, located in Dresden, NY, announced in July this year that it is testing a multi-pollution control technology as part of a demonstration project with the US Department of Energy.
Babcock Power Environmental will engineer and supply the equipment and Nicholsen & Hall will construct the AES Westover project.
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