Update on the Polk Power Station SO_2 Carbon Capture/Reclaimed Water Project

摘要

Tampa Electric and its partners have reached important milestones on significant projects at Polk Power Station relating to improving IGCC performance, furthering the demonstration of carbon capture from power plants, and minimizing groundwater withdrawal and impacts to Tampa Bay. In March, an innovative reclaimed-water system began full operation to cool the Polk Power Station - and to benefit the environment. After five years of construction, the $120 million Polk Power Station Regional Reclaimed Water Partnership Initiative officially entered into service in March 2015. The project allows Tampa Electric to collect reclaimed water from the city of Lakeland, treat it and use it for cooling water at the Polk Power Station. This public-private partnership is on the leading edge of innovative water use. It has far-reaching water-resource benefits that will be seen in Tampa Bay for multiple generations. The project includes a reclaimed-water pumping station and 15-mile pipeline between the city of Lakeland's wetland treatment system, east of Mulberry, and Tampa Electric's Polk Power Station. The project also includes a water-treatment system and two deep-injection wells - more than 1.5 miles underground - on Polk Power Station property.