Transcript Exposing the Myth

Exposing the Myth
Showing that America can have a
Clean Environment and Affordable Energy
Possibility Thinking
Empowering America
 electricity demand now
accounts for 41% of total
U.S. energy consumption
compared to 20% in 1970
U.S. Electricity Fuel Mix
Gas
16.1%
Petroleum,
2.9%
Other*
2.2%
Coal
51.8%
Hydro
7.2%
Nuclear,
19.8%
 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 Demand
U.S. Electricity Demand
1970-Projected to 2020
(in billion kilowatthours)
2500
History
Projections
Coal
2000
Natural Gas
1500
1000
Nuclear
Renewables
500
Petroleum
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2002
2020
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Generation Costs by Fuel (per mBtu's)
$3.00
$2.00
$1.00
$2.58
$2.53
Gas
Oil
$1.22
$0.00
Coal
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2002
Empowering Families
Household Energy
Expenditures
By Income*
29%
13%
4%
Annual
Income
Over
$50,000
$10,000 to
$25,000
Under
$10,000
Source: U.S. Department of Energy - 1997
*Household
energy expenditures include both
residential and transportation energy costs
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E lectricity from Coa l
Empowering America
B a s ed upon
P rojected E conomic Impa cts
Of Coa l P roduction a nd Utiliza tion
Dr. Ada m R os e
B o Ya ng
P enns ylva nia S ta te Univers ity
P eer R eview by
Dr. Willia m A. S cha ffer
P rofes s or E meritus
Georg ia Ins titute of Technolog y
The value to the U.S. economy
of using domestic coal reserves
to generate electricity in the
year 2010 will be between:
 $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
Empowering Kentucky
E lectricity from Coa l
Empowering America
B a s ed upon
P rojected E conomic Impa cts
Of Coa l P roduction a nd Utiliza tion
Dr. Ada m R os e
B o Ya ng
P enns ylva nia S ta te Univers ity
P eer R eview by
Dr. Willia m A. S cha ffer
P rofes s or E meritus
Georg ia Ins titute of Technolog y
The value to the Kentucky’s
economy of using domestic coal
reserves to generate electricity in
the year 2010 will be between:
 $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
Exposing the Myth
+188%
Since
1970
Coal-based
electricity has
nearly tripled
-32%
Emissions of
health related
pollutants reduced
by nearly one-third
Source: U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, 2002
Continuing Progress
Increasingly Clean Power
5
4
4.37
3
2
1
0
1.01
0.85
1.07
0.43 0.38
SO2
NOx
1970
2001
0.47
0.02 0.02
PM10
2010
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy, 2002
Guaranteeing Continued Progress
LGE Upgrades at
Existing Facilities
 $500 million SCR installation
at LGE Trimble County station
 revolutionary multi-pollutant
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.
control device to be tested at
KU Ghent plant
 $70 million investment at
WKE Coleman station for SO2
controls
Guaranteeing Continued Progress
EKPC Upgrades at
Existing Facilities
 $200 million upgrade at
EKPC Spurlock Station
 Conducting initial
EKPC’s $200 million investment in
upgrades at the Spurlock Station include
the installation of SCR’s and a new
precipitator.
engineering and planning
for SCR’s or other
environmental upgrades
at Cooper station
Modeling the Way
Kentucky Pioneer
IGCC Project
 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
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Thoroughbred
Energy Campus
 SO2 capture efficiency
greater than 98%
 NOx emissions controlled
at 0.08 lbs/106 Btu
 exceeds the 2018
requirements of the
Clear Skies proposal
Modeling the Way
EKPC Gilbert
Unit Expansion
 $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
Keys 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
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