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Jupiter Announces World's First Oxy-Fuel Clean Coal Retrofit

Posted on: Monday, 25 September 2006, 12:00 CDT

Jupiter Oxygen, with the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority and

Orrville Utilities announced today that work will begin on the world's

first oxy-fuel clean coal retrofit of an operating electric power plant.

At the Orrville, Ohio 25 megawatt plant, Jupiter will utilize its

patented Oxy-fuel technology combined with the National Energy

Technology Laboratory's Integrated Pollutant

Removal (IPR) technology to create the first-of-its-kind Oxy-fuel clean

coal electric power plant. When the $34 million retrofit is completed in

2008, the plant will meet FutureGen's 2020

goals for ultra-low emissions of mercury, NOx, SOx, and particulates, as

well as be CO2 capture ready.

With a 250-year supply and 35% of the known reserves, the United States

is essentially the Saudi Arabia of coal. Unfortunately, coal does not

naturally burn cleanly, and it is difficult to attain permits for the

construction of new coal-fired plants. This makes the development and

use of clean coal technology important to America's

drive to become energy independent. Jupiter Oxygen's

combustion technology has been used commercially since 1997 and is now

emerging as the most promising technology for use in coal-fired power

plants. Unlike most clean coal technologies being developed, Jupiter's

process can be designed into new plants, or used to retrofit the

existing 600 coal fueled electric power plants in operation throughout

the United States.

"This innovative technology promises great

economic benefits by providing existing power plants the capacity to

modernize and deliver clean and economical power to our country and

helps reduce the need to construct costly new facilities,"

stated Ralph Regula (R-Ohio 16th). "Developing

a clean and cost effective way to convert coal to energy is vital to

America's future. I am pleased to have been

in a position to help secure the initial funding for this project."

"This is a major step in the advancement of

clean coal technology and Jupiter's Oxy-fuel

process," stated Dietrich Gross, CEO, Jupiter

Oxygen. "We are confident that the Orrville

retrofit project will show the nation that we can safely use coal to

meet our country's need for electricity."

"We are excited to have had our plant chosen

for this first of its kind Oxy-fuel clean coal power plant,"

stated Dan Preising, Director of Utilities, Orrville Utilities. "It

is important to find a way to make our country's

existing fleet of power plants cleaner and safer for our environment."

The good news for consumers is that not only will Jupiter's

Oxy-fuel technology reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal burning

power plants, it will do so at a cost that will not affect them

financially. In fact, the fuel savings and increased power plant

efficiencies give Jupiter's technology a

clear cost advantage over other clean coal technologies, especially coal

gasification.

For new coal-fired power plants with carbon capture, the production cost

for electricity is projected to be 1.7 cents per kwh. The total cost of

electricity, including amortization and capital expenses, is projected

to be only 5.1 cents per kwh. Each of these cost figures is lower then

those of alternative clean coal technologies, which do not achieve the

same results as Jupiter's Oxy-fuel/IPR hybrid

technology.

Jupiter's patented process uses oxygen

instead of air to burn the coal necessary to create the steam needed for

power generation. Rather than reducing emissions of a single pollutant,

the combined Jupiter Oxygen/IPR hybrid system combines technologies into

a multi-pollutant control "package"

that has been demonstrated to be an exceptionally effective

environmental control system. In fact, testing shows that it is both

practical and efficient to capture virtually all pollutants. The results

indicated a 95% CO2 capture rate, 90% removal of all mercury, 99+%

sulfur removal, 99+% particulate capture including more then 80% of the

PM 2.5 particulate and a combustion level for NOx of only .088 Lbs/

MMBtu.

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Jupiter Oxygen is a privately held

company that has developed a revolutionary technology that makes it

practical and cost effective to operate environmental friendly coal and

other fossil fueled electric power plants. Jupiter's

technology is the innovative application of oxygen instead of air for

fossil fuel combustion, which removes the barriers for carbon capture.

Jupiter's Oxy-fuel technology is patented in

the United States and many other countries, and patents are pending

throughout the world. The technology has been successfully used in

commercial furnaces since 1997. Additional information on Jupiter Oxygen

can be found at www.jupiteroxygen.com.

Source: Business Wire

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