Abstract
U.S. and Polish officials gathered last month at the Skawina Power Station near Krakow, Poland, to dedicate what they call showcase pollution control that uses advanced U.S. technology and equipment to reduce acid-rain-producing sulfur emissions. The advanced flue gas desulfurization (FGD) unit is viewed as a prototype of efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy to help upgrade pollution control and other operations at power plants in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Such projects also offer a large potential market for U.S. companies. Many power plants in Eastern Europe are aging and in need of repair. Poland alone has about 40 power stations like Skawina, with total capacity of more than 30,000 MW. Once one of Eastern Europe's most beautiful cities, Krakow in recent decades has suffered from unchecked industrial pollution that has damaged buildings and monuments and created health problems. In March 1990, DOE signed an agreement with the Polish ...
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