WATER & POWER
Potential Impacts of Closed-Cycle Cooling Retrofits at U.S. Power Plants
Though the "best technology available" (BTA) determination under the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for cooling water intake structures is not yet written in stone, industry researchers are looking at the likely consequences if BTA is closed cycle cooling. EPRI recently completed a study of estimated costs, benefits, impacts, and environmental consequences of a potential national requirement to retrofit cooling towers on all once-through facilities in the U.S. The estimated costs? Over $100 billion. http://accessintelligence.imirus.com/Mpowered/book/vpow12/i11/p55
Potential Impacts of Closed-Cycle Cooling Retrofits at U.S. Power Plants
Though the "best technology available" (BTA) determination under the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for cooling water intake structures is not yet written in stone, industry researchers are looking at the likely consequences if BTA is closed cycle cooling. EPRI recently completed a study of estimated costs, benefits, impacts, and environmental consequences of a potential national requirement to retrofit cooling towers on all once-through facilities in the U.S. The estimated costs? Over $100 billion. http://accessintelligence.imirus.com/Mpowered/book/vpow12/i11/p55
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