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Yates Steam Generating Plant ranked number 74 on the list, with 376,610 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.<ref name="iss"/>
==Southern Company abandons carbon capture and storage project==
In December 2009, Southern Company received a $295 million grant from the Department of Energy to retrofit 160MW at the [[Barry Steam Plant]] for carbon capture. The company plants to compress and transport the CO<sub>2</sub> through a pipeline and store up to one million metric tons per year in deep saline formations. The company will also explore using the captured CO<sub>2</sub> for enhanced oil recovery.<ref>[http://energyandenvironmentblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/laura-miller-gets-her-clean-co.html "Laura Miller gets her clean coal grant,"] ''Dallas News,'' December 4, 2009.</ref>
However, on March 1, 2010 it was announced that Southern Company had abandoned its $700 million carbon capture project at the Barry Steam Plant. Company spokesperson Steve Higginbottom said, "It's really about the efficient deployment of resources. Really, we felt it was in the best interest of our customers and shareholders to not move forward with the expanded CCS project at Plant Barry." He added, "The current economic conditions also factored into the decision."<ref>[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/southern-company-no-ccs-alabama.php,"] Daniel Kessler Treehugger.com March, 1 2010.</ref>
Later in September 2010, Southern Company reported that they had captured carbon emissions at its [[Yates Steam Generating Plant]] for the first time and then released it during a pilot project. The technology uses a solvent to remove carbon gas from emissions. The company stated that while the they released the captured carbon at Yates, it will be catching carbon and storing it underground at its [[Barry Steam Plant]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.ajc.com/business/southern-captures-carbon-emissions-620125.html "Southern captures carbon emissions for first time"] Margaret Newkirk, ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' September 23, 2010</ref>.
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