Preservation and Waste Management
Many of our energy centers are near lakes, rivers and acreage home to an assortment of wildlife. This area also provides outdoor recreational activities for boaters, anglers and hunters. We recycle coal combustion waste into beneficial uses and have voluntarily installed groundwater monitoring systems at five of our Illinois generating facilities.
Environmental Upgrades
The coal-fired generating facilities AEM markets to supply power have invested more than $1 billion in environmental improvements through the installation of the following technologies:
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Installation
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Environmental Impact
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Locations
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Scrubber systems
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Designed to reduce more than 95% of sulfur dioxide emissions.
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Coffeen Energy Center
Duck Creek Energy Center
Newton Energy Center (in progress)
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Electrostatic precipitators
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Offer an efficient way to capture particulates before they go into the atmosphere.
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Coffeen Energy Center
Duck Creek Energy Center
E.D. Edwards Energy Center
Joppa Energy Center
Newton Energy Center
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Selective catalytic
reduction systems
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Break down nitrogen oxide present in the exhaust gases into elemental benign nitrogen and water.
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Coffeen Energy Center
Duck Creek Energy Center
E.D. Edwards Energy Center
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Activated carbon
injection systems
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Powdered activated carbon absorbs the oxidized mercury and is then collected with the fly ash in the plant’s particulate collection device.
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E.D. Edwards Energy Center
Newton Energy Center
Joppa Energy Center
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