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Re: 5ACES post# 24497

Tuesday, 07/20/2010 6:41:47 AM

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:41:47 AM

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CCTC main focus has been on China here is why

China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants

China has begun requiring power companies to retire an older, more polluting power plant for each new one they build.


In the United States, the most efficient plants achieve around 40 percent efficiency, because they do not use the highest steam temperatures being adopted in China. The average efficiency of American coal-fired plants is still higher than the average efficiency of Chinese power plants, because China built so many inefficient plants over the past decade. But China is rapidly closing the gap by using some of the world’s most advanced designs.

Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/asia/11coal.html



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