May 8, 2009
New Power Plants Try to Avoid Coal or Scrub It 'Clean'
After spending $133-million to build a new award-winning technological gem of a power plant, officials at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are expecting their fuel bills to rise by $7-million a year.
And yet they are very proud of the accomplishment.
The reasons for the higher energy costs involve a complicated mix of technology, regulatory and environmental policy, and international energy markets. Yet in one sense, the explanation is simple: The university's old
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