Our Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, located in southeast Wisconsin, is hosting a demonstration project of new chilled ammonia technology that aims to achieve a highly efficient carbon capture rate of carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fueled generating facility. Although carbon dioxide emissions currently aren't regulated, we are committed to reducing emissions and investing in environmentally responsible technology. This first-ever, field test is innovative and we look forward to the project results in mid-2009.

Fact Sheets: Carbon Capture Project, We Energies' Environmental Commitment, Plant Illustration, Project Photos

Press Release: Sept. 2007, Feb. 2008

News Stories:
Sept. 25, 2007 (Daily Reporter)
Feb. 26, 2008 (USA Today)
Feb. 27, 2008 (Journal Sentinel)
Feb. 27, 2008 (Fox News Milwaukee)
Feb. 28, 2008 (Daily Reporter)
Feb. 28, 2008 (Journal Times)

Radio Story: We Energies to begin carbon removal test Courtesy of WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio

Video:
Coal in the Environment Courtesy of Chicago Tonight, WTTW Channel 11
Unveiling the carbon capture program Racine JournalTimes

Construction Update: Construction Overview, Sept. 2007, Oct. 2007, Nov. 2007, Dec. 2007, Jan. 2008