Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 7, 1990 TAG: 9004070126
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A7 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
U.S. TO HELP FUND CLEAN-COAL PLANT
American Electric Power Service Corp., the service arm of Appalachian Power
Co.'s parent American Electric Power, 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
by CNB