Comments on: Portland General Electric considering biomass to replace coal at Oregon power plant http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/portland-general-electric-considering-biomass-to-replace-coal-at-oregon-power-plant/ Biomass news for power, feed and food production Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steven Corson http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/portland-general-electric-considering-biomass-to-replace-coal-at-oregon-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Steven Corson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:02:58 +0000 http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/portland-general-electric-considering-biomass-to-replace-coal-at-oregon-power-plant/#comment-53 Regarding your story, "Portland General Electric considering biomass to replace coal at Oregon power plant." You are incorrect in stating that PGE is considering spending $520-$560 million on CO2 capture technology. That figure applies to a package of emissions controls intended to reduce SO2, NOx and particulates in order to comply with Regional Haze rules. PGE has experimented with algae growth at Boardman and continues to research CO2 capture possibilities, but has no firm plans or cost projections for those possibilities. Steve Corson, Spokesman Portland General Electric Regarding your story, “Portland General Electric considering biomass to replace coal at Oregon power plant.” You are incorrect in stating that PGE is considering spending $520-$560 million on CO2 capture technology. That figure applies to a package of emissions controls intended to reduce SO2, NOx and particulates in order to comply with Regional Haze rules. PGE has experimented with algae growth at Boardman and continues to research CO2 capture possibilities, but has no firm plans or cost projections for those possibilities.

Steve Corson, Spokesman
Portland General Electric

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