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Article: United States: Carbon Capture Pilot Plant in SC To Yield Knowledge.
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- July 18, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
A carbon capture pilot plant under construction in South Charleston is expected to yield knowledge that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants around the world.
Alstom, a global company headquartered in France, is building the pilot plant next to a coal-fired boiler on Blaine Island in The Dow Chemical Co.'s South Charleston plant.
The pilot plant will capture about 1,800 tons of carbon dioxide a year from the flue gas that comes off the boiler, which is the only coal-fired boiler Dow owns in the United States.
Under a joint development agreement, Alstom designed the pilot plant, is ...