The plant will harvest 90 percent of the carbon dioxide it produces. by Jamie Condliffe October 5, 2016 When it reopens later this year, the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Texas will be the largest coal power plant in the world with a retrofitted carbon-capture system. But the scheme is perhaps most notable for another reason: it’s on schedule and within budget. As a report published by Scientific American explains, the plant will use a…
A huge carbon capture scheme is reviving hope for “clean coal”
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