Brandon Shores and H. A. Wagner Generating Plants

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Brandon Shores is the norther of the two plants at the complex with tall twin smokestacks visible for miles around. The Wagner and Brandon Shores Generating Stations consume approximately 4.8 million tons of coal annually.

Beginning 1 March 2010 Brandon Shores became "one of the cleanest-burning power plants of its kind in the nation" after a $1 billion scrubber project.

The Brandon Shore scrubber works by spraying a mixture of limestone and water into gases created during the coal combustion process. As sulfur dioxide in the gases comes in contact with the mixture, it is absorbed and neutralized by the limestone to produce gypsum, a useful additive to concrete or for the production of wallboard.

The scrubber project also resulted in the construction of a new emissions stack that produces a visible plume of harmless water vapor emitted as part of the "scrubbing" process. The two existing larger emissions stacks at the Brandon Shores plant have been sealed and capped off and taken out of service but will remain in place.

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