January 13, 2003
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2003-021
BUNNING
ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CARROLLTON,
KENTUCKY
WASHINGTON
-- U.S. Senator Jim Bunning today
announced that the United States Department
of Energy has awarded $31,000,000
in federal funds for a project in
Carrollton, Kentucky proposed by the
Louisville Gas & Electric Corporation.
This
public-private partnership is an emissions
control technology demonstration project
that will dramatically reduce emissions
released from coal power plants, and
will use the captured effluents to
produce fertilizer. This project expects
to achieve a 99.5 percent reduction
in SO2, a 90 percent reduction in
NOx, and a 90 percent reduction in
Mercury.
"I
am pleased that Carrollton County
in conjunction with Louisville Gas
and Electric Corporation was able
to secure these funds," said
Bunning. "This new clean coal
technology will help make our Commonwealth
a cleaner, healthier place to live."
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For more information
contact Mike Reynard:
Office: (202) 224-1156
Mobile: (202) 302-3716
E.Mail: Mike_Reynard@Bunning.Senate.Gov
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