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Article: Allegheny Energy Completes Pleasants Power Station Environmental Project.
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- March 19, 2008
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GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE), today announced that it has completed a $105 million construction project to reduce emissions at its 1,300-MW Pleasants Power Station located in Willow Island, W.Va.
The project, which began in 2005, will remove an additional 30,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions annually by sending 100 percent of the flue gasses through the station's flue gas desulfurization equipment (scrubbers). Previously, 85 percent of the flue gasses at Pleasants were scrubbed. The project is part of Allegheny's environmental stewardship initiative, which also includes installing scrubbers at its Fort Martin Power Station near ...