  |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
American Municipal Power Generating Station (AMPGS) AMP-Ohio is developing a new base load generation resource to further insulate its member municipal electric systems and their residents and businesses from the volatile wholesale electric market by reducing the organization’s overall dependency on wholesale market purchases of electricity to meet demand. Base load generation comes from facilities designed to run constantly at near capacity levels to meet basic demand. The majority of the power available in today’s wholesale market comes from fossil fuel-fired base load generation plants that are between 25 and 50 years old and do not have the capability to integrate the latest commercially available emissions control technologies. AMP-Ohio’s proposed American Municipal Power Generating Station (AMPGS), currently under development, and to be located near the Ohio River in Meigs County, Ohio, will be designed to include state-of-the-art emissions control equipment and processes. In June 2007, AMP-Ohio announced its decision to utilize Powerspan ECO-SO2 technology as part of the package of emissions control processes to be installed on AMPGS. In addition to controlling sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions at Best Available Control Technology (BACT) levels, Powerspan technology offers co-benefits for the control of mercury and particulate matter. Additionally, Powerspan technology shows the promise of affordable carbon dioxide (CO2) capture in the future.
 For additional information contact Kent Carson, Director of Communications at 614/337-6222 or via e-mail at kcarson@amp-ohio.org.
AMPGS Initial Project Feasibility Study Update This is a copy of the AMPGS Initial Feasibility Study Update, completed by R.W. Beck, AMP-Ohio’s Owners’ Engineer for the project, in January 2008. A small amount of information, detailing certain construction costs – not the total costs – has been redacted from the study as it is proprietary in nature. Publication gives an advantage to vendors during negotiations on EPC contracts that would be harmful to AMP-Ohio member communities by handicapping our ability to negotiate and may result in higher costs. Initial Project Feasibility UpdateFrequently Asked Questions How do the projected air emissions from the AMPGS facility compare to other facilities?How might future CO2 regulations affect the AMPGS facility and the costs associated?How much will the AMPGS facility cost to build?How will the AMPGS facility affect the CO2 footprint for AMP-Ohio and its member communities?How will the AMPGS project affect Gorsuch?What is AMP-Ohios track record in environmental stewardship?What is gasification?What is Powerspan?What might it cost to control CO2 emissions if and when the facility is required to do so?Where and how will AMP-Ohio get its needed coal supply for the facility?Why did AMP-Ohio select the technology it did for AMPGS?Will the facility use coal from mountaintop mining operations?Links to further information
|
News Releases
Acrobat PDF viewer software is required in order to view download documents from this Web site. Information about Adobe Acrobat software is available at www.adobe.com  |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
