
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 5, 1990                   TAG: 9004040988
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A11   EDITION: METRO 
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AEP TO SHARE BUILDING COST OF CLEAN-COAL UNIT

American Electric Power Service Corp., service arm of Appalachian Power Co.'s parent, has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to share the cost of building a commercial "clean-coal" unit at the Philip Sporn plant in New Haven, W.Va., operated jointly by Apco and Ohio Power Co.

The government will pay $185 million of the total cost of $600 million for building a pressurized, fluidized bed combustion unit. In the process, about 90 percent of the sulfur dioxide is removed from coal, used to generate electricity. - Staff report

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