Capturing Carbon from Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants

摘要

Coal-fired power plants generate about half of the electricity in the United States today,and will continue to be a major source of energy for the foreseeable future.The U.S.Dept.of Energy's(DOE)Energy Information Administration(EIA)projects that the nation's 300+ gigawatts(GW)of coal-fired electricity-generating capacity currently in operation will increase to more than 400 GW by 2030(1).