Return-Path: X-Original-To: mgrant132@cogeco.ca Delivered-To: mgrant132@cogeco.ca Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP01.CEZ.ICE (bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.161]) by sunfep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837C31A35 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:02:28 -0500 (EST) X-Originating-IP: [64.231.61.147] X-Originating-Email: [gchudy@sympatico.ca] Received: from yourf78bf48ce2 ([64.231.61.147]) by BAYC1-PASMTP01.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:02:27 -0800 Message-ID: <001501c73346$ca628510$6400a8c0@yourf78bf48ce2> From: "carol chudy" To: "carol & greg chudy" , "paul serruys" , "winston sardine" , "BROOKS Bill -LAMBTON" , "dale lane" , "mark and susan grant" , "Tom Hughes" , "doug miller" , "grant church" , "andrew kitchen" Subject: clean coal + biomass plant Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:02:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0012_01C7331C.E058DF10" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2007 17:02:27.0859 (UTC) FILETIME=[C6C0A630:01C73346] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C7331C.E058DF10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AES Submits Bids to NYPA to Construct Clean Coal and Biomass Facility=20 =20 ARLINGTON, Va., Nov 15, 2006 -- BUSINESS WIRE=20 =20 The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today announced it submitted two bids to = construct a clean coal and biomass facility in Upstate New York in = response to a request for proposal by the New York Power Authority = (NYPA).=20 =20 AES's proposals include a 500 MW generation plant located at AES's = Jennison site in Bainbridge, New York and a 700 MW facility at its = Somerset plant in Barker, New York. Both proposed facilities meet the = environmental performance criteria set by the Governor's Advanced Clean = Coal Power Plant Initiative. If selected, AES said construction of its = plant would be completed by 2013 and NYPA would purchase power generated = by the facility through a long-term contract. Each proposed project = would create up to 1500 construction jobs for 3-4 years, and up to 120 = new permanent jobs in the state.=20 =20 "AES's proposed facilities will help New York meet its growing demands = for electricity while also helping the state achieve its environmental = and economic development goals," said Pete Norgeot, President of AES = Eastern Energy. "In addition to significantly reducing emissions over = conventional coal-fired facilities, AES's plants will provide both = direct and indirect jobs, low cost power for residential and industrial = users and support the local biomass and agricultural sectors in Upstate = New York."=20 =20 Both clean coal facilities will utilize existing infrastructure at the = plant sites. Each facility will include advanced boiler designs and the = latest emission control equipment to ensure optimal plant efficiency, = reliability factors reaching 95%, and the capability to capture 90% of = the plants' CO2 emissions. Both plants will be able to capture CO2 = either during combustion with oxy-firing technology or post-combustion = with advanced CO2 scrubbing technology, once CO2 sequestration becomes a = viable option. In addition, AES will construct the facilities with the = ability to co-fire biomass. =20 "AES's investment plans for New York are consistent with the company's = ongoing commitment to the environment worldwide and to improving the air = quality in New York State," said David Gee, AES President of North = America. "Since 1999, AES has invested more than $100 million in = pollution control projects in New York, and we look forward to building = on that tradition of environmental stewardship. In addition, these = facilities will demonstrate that coal can be a low-cost, reliable and = environmentally-friendly fuel alternative for New York."=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C7331C.E058DF10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

AES Submits Bids to NYPA to Construct Clean Coal and Biomass = Facility=20

 

ARLINGTON,=20 Va., = Nov 15, = 2006 -- BUSINESS=20 WIRE=20

 

The AES Corporation = (NYSE:AES) today announced it submitted two bids = to=20 construct a clean coal and biomass facility in Upstate New York in = response to a=20 request for proposal by the New York Power Authority (NYPA).=20

 

AES's proposals include a 500 MW = generation plant=20 located at AES's Jennison site in=20 Bainbridge, New = York and a 700 MW facility at its=20 Somerset plant in Barker,=20 New=20 York. Both=20 proposed facilities meet the environmental performance criteria set by = the=20 Governor's Advanced Clean Coal Power Plant Initiative. If selected,=20 AES said construction of its plant would = be=20 completed by 2013 and NYPA would purchase power generated by the = facility=20 through a long-term contract. Each proposed project would create up to = 1500=20 construction jobs for 3-4 years, and up to 120 new permanent jobs in the = state.=20

 

"AES's proposed facilities will help New = York meet=20 its growing demands for electricity while also helping the state achieve = its=20 environmental and economic development goals," said Pete Norgeot, = President of=20 AES Eastern Energy. "In addition to = significantly=20 reducing emissions over conventional coal-fired facilities,=20 AES's plants will provide both direct and = indirect=20 jobs, low cost power for residential and industrial users and support = the local=20 biomass and agricultural sectors in Upstate New York."=20

 

Both clean coal facilities will utilize = existing=20 infrastructure at the plant sites. Each facility will include advanced = boiler=20 designs and the latest emission control equipment to ensure optimal = plant=20 efficiency, reliability factors reaching 95%, and the capability to = capture 90%=20 of the plants' CO2 emissions. Both plants will be able to capture CO2 = either=20 during combustion with oxy-firing technology or post-combustion with = advanced=20 CO2 scrubbing technology, once CO2 sequestration becomes a viable = option. In=20 addition, AES will construct the facilities with the = ability=20 to co-fire biomass.

 

"AES's investment plans for=20 New=20 York are=20 consistent with the company's ongoing commitment to the environment = worldwide=20 and to improving the air quality in = New York State," said David Gee, = AES President of North America. "Since 1999, = AES has invested more than $100 million in = pollution=20 control projects in New = York, and we look forward to building on = that=20 tradition of environmental stewardship. In addition, these facilities = will=20 demonstrate that coal can be a low-cost, reliable and = environmentally-friendly=20 fuel alternative for New = York."=20

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