MATS market starts to heat up

Two more companies have announced contracts from power plants to help control mercury emissions and comply with the new federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), a market niche that is now taking off. Novinda Corp. (Denver, CO) has received a five-year contract from Black Hills Power, Inc. to supply its Amended Silicates HgX technology to control mercury emissions from four coal-fired generation units at the Neil Simpson power complex in Gillette, Wyoming. The Amended Silicates HgX system is a non-carbon technology for removing mercury. Separately, Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (Worthington, OH) announced that it has received firm commitments from a major U.S. power producer to provide its patented technology to control mercury emissions from a fleet of nine generating units. Midwest Energy expects to generate approximately $30 million in revenue per year through 2016 through the fulfilment of these commitments.