exposing the myth showing that america can have a clean environment and affordable energy
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Exposing the Myth
Showing that America can have a Clean Environment and Affordable
Energy
Possibility ThinkingPossibility Thinking
Empowering AmericaEmpowering America
U.S. Electricity Fuel Mix
Other*2.2%
Gas16.1%
Hydro7.2%
Petroleum, 2.9% Coal
51.8%
Nuclear, 19.8%
electricity demand now accounts for 41% of total U.S. energy consumption compared to 20% in 1970
between 1970 and 1999, each percentage increase in GDP was equaled by just over a one-percent increase in electricity usage
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration - 2002
Growing DemandGrowing Demand
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Coal
Petroleum
Natural Gas
NuclearRenewables
ProjectionsHistory
U.S. Electricity Demand1970-Projected to 2020(in billion kilowatthours)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2002
Affordable Energy … GOOD!Affordable Energy … GOOD!
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2002
$1.22
$2.58 $2.53
$0.00
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
Coal Gas Oil
Generation Costs by Fuel (per mBtu's)
Empowering FamiliesEmpowering Families
*Household energy expenditures include both residential and transportation energy costs
Source: U.S. Department of Energy - 1997
AnnualIncome
Over$50,000 $25,000
Under$10,000
4%
13%
29%
AnnualIncome
Over$50,000 $25,000
Under$10,000
4%
13%
29%
$10,000 to
Household EnergyExpendituresBy Income*
Empowering Economic GrowthEmpowering Economic Growth
$163 to $659 billion in increased economic output
$40 to $224 billion in increased household earnings
800,000 to 6.4 million additional American jobs
The value to the U.S. economy of using domestic coal reserves to generate electricity in the year 2010 will be between:
Electricity from Coal
Empowering America
Based uponProjected Economic ImpactsOf Coal Production and Utilization
Dr. Adam RoseBo YangPennsylvania State University
Peer Review byDr. William A. SchafferProfessor EmeritusGeorgia Institute of Technology
Electricity from Coal
Empowering America
Based uponProjected Economic ImpactsOf Coal Production and Utilization
Dr. Adam RoseBo YangPennsylvania State University
Peer Review byDr. William A. SchafferProfessor EmeritusGeorgia Institute of Technology
Empowering KentuckyEmpowering Kentucky
$11.2 to $36.2 billion in increased economic output
$3 to $10 billion in increased household earnings
73,000 to 317,000 additional Kentucky jobs
The value to the Kentucky’s economy of using domestic coal reserves to generate electricity in the year 2010 will be between:
Electricity from Coal
Empowering America
Based uponProjected Economic ImpactsOf Coal Production and Utilization
Dr. Adam RoseBo YangPennsylvania State University
Peer Review byDr. William A. SchafferProfessor EmeritusGeorgia Institute of Technology
Electricity from Coal
Empowering America
Based uponProjected Economic ImpactsOf Coal Production and Utilization
Dr. Adam RoseBo YangPennsylvania State University
Peer Review byDr. William A. SchafferProfessor EmeritusGeorgia Institute of Technology
Exposing the MythExposing the Myth
Coal-based electricity has nearly tripled
Emissions of health related pollutants reduced by nearly one-third
+188%
-32%
Since1970
Source: U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, 2002
Continuing ProgressContinuing Progress
4.37
1.01 0.85 1.07
0.43 0.38 0.47 0.02 0.02
0
1
2
3
4
5
Increasingly Clean Power
1970 2001 2010
SO2 NOx PM10
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy, 2002
Guaranteeing Continued ProgressGuaranteeing Continued Progress
$500 million SCR installation at LGE Trimble County station
revolutionary multi-pollutant control device to be tested at KU Ghent plant
$70 million investment at WKE Coleman station for SO2 controls
LGE Upgrades at Existing Facilities
LGE’s Trimble County station is one of the lowest emitters of NOx in the nation thanks to the installation of Selective Catalytic Reduction technology.
Guaranteeing Continued ProgressGuaranteeing Continued Progress
$200 million upgrade at EKPC Spurlock Station
Conducting initial engineering and planning for SCR’s or other environmental upgrades at Cooper station
EKPC Upgrades at Existing Facilities
EKPC’s $200 million investment in upgrades at the Spurlock Station include the installation of SCR’s and a new precipitator.
Modeling the WayModeling the Way
SO2 capture efficiency greater than 99%
NOx emissions controlled at 0.15 lbs/106 Btu
20% reduction of CO2 emissions compared to typical pulverized coal plant
Kentucky Pioneer IGCC Project
Modeling the WayModeling the Way
SO2 capture efficiency greater than 98%
NOx emissions controlled at 0.08 lbs/106 Btu
exceeds the 2018 requirements of the Clear Skies proposal
Thoroughbred Energy Campus
Modeling the WayModeling the Way
$400 million investment in 268-MWe CFB unit at existing Spurlock station
SO2 capture efficiency greater than 98%
NOx emissions controlled at 0.07 to 0.10 lbs/106 Btu
EKPC Gilbert Unit Expansion
Keys for SuccessKeys for Success
Access to electricity is essential to economic growth and prosperity in Kentucky
Energy costs matter both to Kentucky’s businesses and working families
Technology provides the key to increasing environmental performance of power plants that use coal
Possibility ThinkingPossibility Thinking