WNCN Investigates | Recycling and reusing coal ash in North Carolina скачать в хорошем качестве

WNCN Investigates | Recycling and reusing coal ash in North Carolina

Subscribe to our main channel! http://wncn.tv/1lkG6er Check out our latest content! http://www.wncn.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.wncn.com/facebook Follow us on Twitter! http://www.wncn.com/twitter Follow us on Instagram!   / wncntv   ___ By: Jonathan Rodriguez (@jrodreports) - March 31, 2014 Anytime coal is burned for power, there is going to be some kind of pollution. While federal regulation has been able to get the air cleaner, the ash remains; and North Carolina has a lot of it. "We have 100 million tons of coal ash that is contaminating rivers, surface water, groundwater all over the state," explained Naujoks. In a letter written to McCrory, Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good wrote out the company's short-term and long-term plans for its ash basins. The plans mention closing some plants, and moving ash at others to lined landfills. Some environmental groups think there is a better way for Duke Energy to clean up the ash. SELC has filed suit against two of the major utility companies in South Carolina -- Santee Cooper Power and South Carolina Electric and Gas -- for pollution coming from their ash ponds. "There are three major utilities in the Carolinas. Two of the three have agreed to clean up their coal ash," Holleman said. "Duke is the only one that has refused to." Santee Cooper Power Vice President Pamela Williams explained, "Every situation is unique, but we benefit by living in close proximity to the customers who can use this ash." As part of the agreement, Santee Cooper Power is recycling ash stored in its ponds, turning the waste material into a valuable resource. Santee Cooper is currently removing ash at the Jefferies Generating Station, where one of seven of the utility company's ash ponds is located. The pond there is 169 acres and holds 1.7 million tons of coal ash. Each day tractors are on site digging up the ash, sifting out organic matter and shipping it off to recycling centers. That's where the SEFA Group comes in, bringing with it new technology that allows the company to recycle wet ash found in ponds. "A lot of people just dispose of the ash, but from our perspective it's a tremendous resource," explained Jimmy Knowles, vice president of research and development at SEFA. Read more here - http://www.wncn.com/story/25123346/wn...