The United States utility industry must significantly reduce mercury emissions. Depending on location, individual power plants may have to reduce existing mercury emissions by up to 90 percent of the ...

Wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems have shown a co-benefit of capturing mercury in coal-fired power plants. However, the capture effectiveness depends on factors such as FGD operation, ...

In planning for compliance with EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), there are many options and implications to consider. Comparison between technologies is best achieved through field ...

Mercury control for coal-fired power plants is not a “one size fits all” technology. Some plants can achieve compliance-level controls by relying on the co-benefits of technologies designed to control ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 26, 2013 (ENS) – A worldwide ban on the manufacture, export and import of batteries and other products that contain mercury will be in place by 2020 under the provisions ...