Coal Fired Electricity Generation

1. Coal Fired Electricity Generation By: Jillian, Will, Cara, Tim, and Xan

4. How it works • Coal power is a rather simple process • Coal power, an established electricity source that provides vast quantities of inexpensive, reliable power

5. Technology Upgrades • Pollution technologies have become more cost effective and designs more standardized, reducing these cost burdens for the new coal fired plants. • Plant outages have been reduced and the time between scheduled outages continues to increase. This allows the coal fired power plants to continue to serve the power grid during periods of mid-range power needs.  Coal’s value as a power plant fuel is greatly enhanced by its ability to supply power during peak power demand -- as base power -- and off-peak power demand. • Advanced pulverized coal-fired power plants provide load cycling capability, fast daily startups, and fast-sustained load response and load rejection capability. With these features an advanced pulverized-coal-fired power plant is well suited for mid-range power supply and supports the grid system to avoid blackouts.

6. High Efficiency • With commercially available power plant components, an advanced bituminous coal-fired 750 megawatt (MW) plant can be built to achieve an efficiency of 40 percent or higher when using the most effective flue gas cleanup systems. Main steam pressure of about 4200 psig (pounds per square inch gage) and main and reheat steam temperatures of about 1100 degrees Fahrenheit would achieve this efficiency level.

7. Environmental • Today's plant design would include flue gas cleanup systems for particulate, SO2, and NOx reduction. With electrostatic precipitators a particulate removal effectiveness of 99.95 percent can be achieved. A wet limestone scrubber can reduce the SO2 with a removal rate of 95 percent.  Low NOX burners reduce the NOx production, resulting in removal of 90 percent of the remaining NOx, using a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. These flue gas cleanup systems are commercially available and have long been used in power plants. • Pollution technologies have become more cost effective and designs more standardized, reducing these cost burdens for the new coal fired plants.

8. Availablity • Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on earth. Roughly 67 percent of the recoverable fossil fuel reserves worldwide are coal, followed by 19 percent for oil and 14 percent for natural gas. In the U.S., coal accounts for about 95 percent of the recoverable fossil fuel reserves.  Coal reserves in the U.S. constitute approximately 30 percent effective and clean use of this domestic energy resource, reducing our reliance on fuel imports. of all the coal reserves worldwide.  The National Mining Association estimates that U.S. coal reserves equal approximately 275 billion tons, which at current recovery and usage rates will last about 200 years.  Our goal should be the most

9. 10 Reasons Why • Coal fired power plants have overcome the pollution challenges that face them and, with continued research and development (R&D) support from the Department of Energy, can overcome future environment challenges • Coal fired power plants provide low cost base loaded power to the grid now and into the future • Coal fired power plants have been continuously upgraded to provide more reliable power • Coal fired power plants will serve the mid-range needs of the power grid • Coal fired plants provide a much needed base to the needs of the power grid now and into the future

10. 10 Reasons Why • Coal Fire power plants will bring Jobs to our area • Coal is a natural recourse that we have in plenty in our community • WE will be able to reduce the tax base by providing a steady economic growth in our area • We can export electricity to neighboring area thus helping our economy

11. 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Choose anyone else • Nuclear: • Natural Gas: • Geothermal: • Wind: • Hydroelectric: • Solar: