Getting the green back in the environment and in our budgets is a goal we share with local entrepreneur Neumann Systems Group, Inc. (NSG).
- We are continuously looking for new technologies and process improvements to reduce emissions from power plants while keeping costs as low as possible.
- NSG experts desire to solve a significant worldwide multi-industry air emission challenge at less cost and in less space than ever known.
Not only do we have shared goals and vision, we work everyday – just a few miles apart – at the foot of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Living and working in one of the most beautiful environments in the United States, tackling the world-wide challenge of emission control came naturally.
Timeline
In late 2007, talks began to pursue a public-private partnership to test NSG’s air purification device at our Martin Drake coal-fired power plant. By early 2008, testing the emerging technology for removal of sulphur dioxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulates from flue gas at the Drake plant was underway and yielding promising results.
Some larger (20 megawatt) tests for SOx removal were conducted in the third quarter of 2009. Additional 20 MW testing - planned for a longer, three-month term - began in Spring 2010.
Benefits
The technology potentially offers significant improvements over conventional scrubber technology:
- Very low emission capability - Removes 95 percent or more of SOx emissions
- Modular, high-quality, factory-built design
- Small footprint - Approximately 10 percent of the footprint
- Lower cost - Less than 50 percent of the capital and operational costs
- Rapid deployment - 12 months from order to operations
If tests continue to be successful, the technology may help us, and our customers, avoid more than $100 million in emissions control costs over the next several years.
