EPA VOW MAY BOOST BID FOR COGENERATION TO QUALIFY AS BACT FOR CO2

A senior EPA official is vowing that agency climate regulations will be crafted to aid combined heat and power (CHP) generation, also known as cogeneration, a move that industry sources say should lead the agency to consider the technology as best available control technology (BACT) for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. George Pavlou, EPA Region II acting administrator, at an Oct. 1 meeting of the agency's CHP Partnership praised the potential for CHP to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) and said...