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What steps have power plants taken to reduce the amount of sulfur oxides released into the air?

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There are many ways the lessen the sulfur oxide emission and it depends from power plant to power plant. The common steps in reducing the sulfur emission are:

1. improved efficiency of conversion of fuel to electricity (this would reduce pollutant emissions per unit of electricity generated);

2. shift to nuclear generation as rapidly as possible since no sulfur oxide (or particulate) is emitted from nuclear plants;

3. shift fossil fuel plants to lower sulfur fuels;

4. removal of sulfur from coal before combustion, or of the sulfur oxide after combustion, but before it enters the stack: the techniques to be considered are

a. coal preparation (conventional and advanced technology);

b. solvent refined coal;

c. low sulfur, low BTU gas from coal;

d. fluidized bed combustion;

5. shift fuel consumption from electricity to pipeline grade gas made from coal or to solar energy.

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