Cabot Norit Activated Carbon Awarded Two New Contracts for Mercury Removal
Two
The agreements cover multiple Cabot DARCO activated carbon products and have varying terms, with one through 2017. These industry benchmark products have demonstrated to be highly effective in numerous full scale operating facilities, and enable customers to meet stringent mercury emission limits across a variety of fuels and unit configurations.
These agreements will provide a key material to the utilities as they
reduce mercury emissions to comply with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (
Compliance with MATS is expected to boost demand for activated carbon by
electric utilities. Based on the demonstrated success of Cabot’s current
customer base along with numerous
“As the MATS regulation implementation approaches, we are ready to meet
the demands of the power generating utility market. These two new
contracts clearly demonstrate confidence in the quality and reliability
of our products to meet the stringent regulations for mercury removal,”
said
Cabot’s DARCO Hg family of products for mercury control has currently
been selected for use in over 80 units throughout
In addition to its role as a technology leader in mercury removal from flue gas, Cabot Norit Activated Carbon is recognized as the world’s largest and most experienced producer of activated carbon, which is used to remove pollutants, contaminants and other impurities from water, air, food and beverages, pharmaceutical products and other liquids and gases in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Combined with Cabot’s technical expertise, the DARCO Hg family of products can help customers achieve the lowest total cost of mercury removal.
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