Water Vulnerabilities for Existing Coal-fired Power Plants |
The high projected demand for water by power plants, which is expected to increase as carbon-capture equipment is installed, combined with decreasing freshwater supplies in many areas, suggests that certain coal-fired plants may be particularly vulnerable to potential water demand-supply conflicts. This study identified coal-fired power plants that are considered vulnerable to water demand and supply issues by using a geographical information system (GIS) that facilitated the analysis of plant-specific data for more than 500 plants in the NETL's Coal Power Plant Database. The report derived several possible R&D recommendations by analyzing characteristics of the vulnerable plants and considering the proximity of these plants to various nontraditional water sources. |
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U.S. Department of Energy, 2010, Water Vulnerabilities for Existing Coal-fired Power Plants, DOE/NETL-2010/1429, prepared by Argonne National Laboratory for National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, August [D. Elcock and J. Kuiper]
DOE/NETL-2010/1429
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Elcock, Deborah; Kuiper, James A.
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Publication Year 2010 |
