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Article: United States : AEP Tests Coal s Future at Its West Virginia Plant.
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- November 3, 2009
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An American Electric Power Co. plant in New Haven, West Virginia, may help determine whether the nation s 1,500 coal-burning power generators become relics of a dirtier age or can flourish in a low-carbon world.
American Electric s 29-year-old Mountaineer facility this month became the first coal-fired power plant in the U.S. to capture a portion of its carbon dioxide emissions and inject them underground. The company hosted lawmakers, local officials and news media at a ceremony today for the pilot project, which will bury about 1.5 percent of the plant s emissions.
This is the beginning of a technological road map, said ...