Tampa Electric Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Project. Demonstration of an Advanced 250 Megawatt Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Power Plant

摘要

Coal is Americas most abundant fossil fuel. Its combustion creates the steam that produces 65 percent of this countrys electricity. The burning of coal, however, liberates two types of gases that have been linked to the formation of acid rain: nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (S02). With the passage of each successive piece of clean air legislation over the years, the electric utility industry has been made increasingly aware that it would eventually have to reduce both types of emissions from existing and new power plants to environmentally acceptable levels. The Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Demonstration Program is a government and industry co-funded program to furnish the U.S. energy marketplace with advanced, more efficient and environmentally responsible coal utilizing technologies.