Comments on: What types of emissions are produced by coal farming power and hydro electric power plants? http://london-lez.org/emissions/what-types-of-emissions-are-produced-by-coal-farming-power-and-hydro-electric-power-plants Tue, 22 May 2012 04:17:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jordan http://london-lez.org/emissions/what-types-of-emissions-are-produced-by-coal-farming-power-and-hydro-electric-power-plants/comment-page-1#comment-4330 Jordan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:57:59 +0000 http://london-lez.org/emissions/what-types-of-emissions-are-produced-by-coal-farming-power-and-hydro-electric-power-plants#comment-4330 Coal fired electric plants produce CO2, HCl, HCHO, CO, H2O, SO2, particulate... that covers the big ones. I'm not sure about hydro-electric plant emissions... If they just use the water to turn the turbines and generate electricity, they have no emissions. THis is not to say that they don't have an environmental impact though. Hydro plants alter the water tables and can change entire ecosystems in the surrounding areas. The coal plant emissions create smog, acid rain, and pump CO2 and H2O out in big quantities - these molecules absorb a lot of infrared energy, so they hold heat in the atmosphere.<br><b>References : </b><br>Env. Engineer Coal fired electric plants produce CO2, HCl, HCHO, CO, H2O, SO2, particulate… that covers the big ones. I’m not sure about hydro-electric plant emissions… If they just use the water to turn the turbines and generate electricity, they have no emissions. THis is not to say that they don’t have an environmental impact though. Hydro plants alter the water tables and can change entire ecosystems in the surrounding areas.

The coal plant emissions create smog, acid rain, and pump CO2 and H2O out in big quantities - these molecules absorb a lot of infrared energy, so they hold heat in the atmosphere.
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