Google-Local, Satellite view of PNM's 1800 Megawatt San Juan Generating Station.
EPA Compliant.
"San Juan Generating Station, located about 15 miles northwest of Farmington, N.M., is operated by PNM and consists of four coal-fired, pressurized units that generate about 1,800 gross megawatts of electricity to serve PNM's customer base and that of eight other owners. It is the seventh-largest coal-fired generating station in the West. San Juan is PNM's primary generation source, serving 58 percent of the power needs of PNM customers."
"More than 30 percent of the plants annual capital, operations and maintenance costs are for pollution control systems, including wastewater management and air emissions systems.
The plants Environmental Management System is certified to ISO 14001 requirements.
A state-of-the-art limestone forced-oxidation system is used for flue gas desulfurization in the emissions control system. This results in the removal of nearly 85 percent of all sulfur dioxide produced at the plant. Since 1997 alone, San Juan has reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 50 percent.
In 2002, San Juan contracted with Phoenix Cement Company to sell between 150,000 and 300,000 tons of fly ash to recycle for use in cement."
By Comparison: $1.1 Billion Pollution control upgrade balked at in a high market pull area.
Google-Local, Satellite view of Coal-Fired Mohave Power Plant at Laughlin, Nevada.
