Regulations spur demand for eastern coal;

From: Power | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: DeIuliis, Nick; Inc, Consol Energy; Lindsay, Kent; Lewandowski, Dave | Copyright information

Though installed to control SO2 and NOx, scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction systems have serendipitously proven capable of also capturing mercury if coal-fired plants burn a fuel--such as eastern bituminous coal--with enough chlorine content.

Power generated by coal has satisfied at least half of U.S. electricity demand since 1980. Despite the perception that coal is a "dirty" fuel, that trend will continue for the foreseeable future. A DOE Energy Information Agency projection...

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