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Show 7 Very Low Emission Combustion Equipment Solicitation - The market for industrial combustion equipment in the 1990s will be shaped by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Indeed, it is these regulations that have formed the basis for the DOE Very Low Emissions industrial combustion equipment solicitation. Historically, NOx has been regulated using the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for N02• Only parts of the Los Angeles area are in "non-attainment" and do not meet the N02 NAAQS. "New sources" in NOx non-attainment areas must use emission offsets and a tight level of control known as "lowest achievable emission rate," LAER. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is generally designated as the technology to meet LAER standards. SCR has high capital and operating costs and is energy intensive. A target no greater than 9 ppm is usually established. CAAA control requirements for ozone apply to over 100 ozone non-attainment areas which do not meet the ozone health standard and to "ozone transport regions" which may meet the standard but into which ozone can migrate. One such region which extends from Maine to Virginia is now designated. In practice, much of industrial America is non-attainment for ozone: the Great Lakes states, the GuH Coast, California, as well as the Northeast. New sources in some ozone non-attainment areas will be subject to the same requirements to meet LAER as the Los Angeles area. Thus, offsets and 9 ppm or lower NOx emissions will be required. Further, the CAAA will affect smaller sources than previous regulations and consequently will impact directly industrial-scale furnaces and boilers. Of course, industry could opt for SCR systems. But, because of the high cost of SCR systems, very low emitting combustion equipment which does not generate typical pollution levels could be expected to capture the lion's share of this market. H available at a truly competitive cost, very low emission combustion equipment could be used even where it is not required. It is these markets that DOE's Industrial Combustion Equipment Program is targeting. Authorization to develop very low emission industrial combustion equipment has been provided by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct). Specifically, Section 2014 authorizes DOE to develop and demonstrate new, advanced natural gas-fired equipment to reduce combustion emissions and to increase efficiency. EPAct requires that this activity last no longer than five years and that cost sharing be provided by industrial participants: 20% for research and development phases and 50% for the demonstration phase. |