What is GRU doing to ensure that Gainesvilles air quality remains the same or improves?
Our power plants have a relatively small impact on ambient air quality, predicted by air quality modeling data and confirmed by ambient air monitoring data that is compared with Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS). Air quality is influenced by many factors, including emissions from local, regional and global sources, as well as chemical reactions in the atmosphere and earth, and weather conditions. GRU, on the other hand, can only control one factor: emissions from our power plants. We do that three ways, by: * Using the best operating practices in our power plants * Properly maintaining and operating our emissions control equipment * Burning fuels that are low in sulfur Our proposed project will reduce current emissions from Deerhaven 2 even further with retrofitted modern emissions controls, which will likely include a scrubber for sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter, a fabric filter for particulate matter and selective catalytic reduction for nitrogen oxides (NOx).
