Steam Coal Handling from the US Perspective: getting the right Balance
Over 50% of the electric energy consumed in the USA is generated by fossil fuel (coal) burning power plants. Utility companies burning fossil fuels require a carefully blended mix of coal which is sourced from US mines as well as Latin American and international suppliers to minimize fuel expenses and to meet increasingly stringent emission regulations. Now these fossil fuel-burning power plants also need to offload limestone for their flue gas desulphurization sustems to comply with emission regulations.
As most US power plants were built 30 to 40 – or more – years ago, utility...
