Sure seems like the @EPA is doing everything it can to keep the Dirty Coal industry afloat.
Notice: Cofiring Biomass with coal barely gets a mention.
Here's what everyone is missing and how Hemp could help (proven by science I've shared previously). Here's the short version: when Hemp Lignin is removed from the stalk of a hemp plant and sprayed on dirty coal before the combustion chamber (cofiring). The lignin increases the BTU output of the dirty coal. This increased heat burns so hot- the harmful coal emissions are eliminated without any upgrades or smokestack scrubbers.
In a nutshell this would not only save electricity buyers money, because we won't be passed along the $millions$ needed for smokestack upgrades. It would also help the Farmers, in turn helping the local community all over the USA instead of just the coal producing states.
The U.S. EPA published its proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy Program (ACE rule) in the Federal Register on Aug. 31, officially opening a 60-day public comment period on the proposal.
On Aug. 21, the EPA released a prepublication version of the ACE rule, which aims to establish emissions guidelines for states to develop plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from existing coal-fired power plants. The ACE rule would replace the Clean Power Plan, which the EPA proposed to repeal last year.
Information released by EPA indicates one major difference between the CPP and the ACE rule is that the CPP promoted disinvestment in coal in favor of renewables and natural gas, and relied on fuel switching. Alternatively, the ACE rule promotes investments to make coal plans cleaner and more efficient and does not promote fuel switching.
According to the EPA, the ACE rule defines the best system of emission reduction (BSER) for existing power plants as on-site, heat-rate efficiency improvements. It also provides states with a list of candidate technologies that can be used to establish standards of performance and be incorporated into their state plans. In addition, ACE updates the new source review (NSR) permitting program to further encourage efficiency improvements at existing power plants and gives states time and flexibility to develop their state plans.
The ACE rule also briefly addresses biomass. While the proposal does not include cofiring as BSER, the agency does propose that biomass cofiring be allowed as a compliance option that states may consider. The rule also references an April 23 April 23 policy announcement by the EPA in which the agency said biomass from managed forests will be treated as carbon neutral when used for energy production at stationary sources.
The public comment period on the ACE rule closes Oct. 30. Comments can be filed online at www.Regulations.gov under EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0355.
Comment period opens on EPA’s ACE rule @BiomassMagazine: The U.S. EPA published its proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy Program (ACE rule) in the Federal Register on Aug. 31, officially opening a 60-day public comment period on the proposal.
Notice: Cofiring Biomass with coal barely gets a mention.
Here's what everyone is missing and how Hemp could help (proven by science I've shared previously). Here's the short version: when Hemp Lignin is removed from the stalk of a hemp plant and sprayed on dirty coal before the combustion chamber (cofiring). The lignin increases the BTU output of the dirty coal. This increased heat burns so hot- the harmful coal emissions are eliminated without any upgrades or smokestack scrubbers.
In a nutshell this would not only save electricity buyers money, because we won't be passed along the $millions$ needed for smokestack upgrades. It would also help the Farmers, in turn helping the local community all over the USA instead of just the coal producing states.
The U.S. EPA published its proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy Program (ACE rule) in the Federal Register on Aug. 31, officially opening a 60-day public comment period on the proposal.
On Aug. 21, the EPA released a prepublication version of the ACE rule, which aims to establish emissions guidelines for states to develop plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from existing coal-fired power plants. The ACE rule would replace the Clean Power Plan, which the EPA proposed to repeal last year.
Information released by EPA indicates one major difference between the CPP and the ACE rule is that the CPP promoted disinvestment in coal in favor of renewables and natural gas, and relied on fuel switching. Alternatively, the ACE rule promotes investments to make coal plans cleaner and more efficient and does not promote fuel switching.
According to the EPA, the ACE rule defines the best system of emission reduction (BSER) for existing power plants as on-site, heat-rate efficiency improvements. It also provides states with a list of candidate technologies that can be used to establish standards of performance and be incorporated into their state plans. In addition, ACE updates the new source review (NSR) permitting program to further encourage efficiency improvements at existing power plants and gives states time and flexibility to develop their state plans.
The ACE rule also briefly addresses biomass. While the proposal does not include cofiring as BSER, the agency does propose that biomass cofiring be allowed as a compliance option that states may consider. The rule also references an April 23 April 23 policy announcement by the EPA in which the agency said biomass from managed forests will be treated as carbon neutral when used for energy production at stationary sources.
The public comment period on the ACE rule closes Oct. 30. Comments can be filed online at www.Regulations.gov under EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0355.
Comment period opens on EPA’s ACE rule @BiomassMagazine: The U.S. EPA published its proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy Program (ACE rule) in the Federal Register on Aug. 31, officially opening a 60-day public comment period on the proposal.
