History

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (OTCBB: MEEC) started as a R&D relationship with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) of the University of North Dakota.  EERC is one of the world’s leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies to protect and clean air, water and soil. The EERC is recognized worldwide as an expert in understanding mercury in air and for research in the field of mercury emissions capture.  In 1993, the U.S. EPA designated the EERC as the Center for Air Toxic Metal (CATM).  Through this program the EERC has established a solid foundation in the behavior, transformation, measurement, and control of mercury in coal-fired energy conversion systems (both combustion and gasification).

For the past several years, ME₂C and the EERC have worked closely with utilities, federal and state governments; commercial mercury capture vendors, and emissions scientists & engineers to address the complexities of mercury measurement and control by developing and testing a range of technologies. Early tests and experiments showed that while activated carbon was effective at some utility sites, there was a clear need for an alternative approach that could overcome low capture results and other emissions-related problems. Continued development, testing, and demonstration led to the commercialization of the Sorbent Enhancement Additive (SEA™) technology, which ME₂C believes provides the best solution to mercury emissions capture considering cost, effectiveness, flexibility, and the environment with minimal disruptions to ongoing plant operations.  The EERC Foundation ^® has licensed mercury control technology, including intellectual property to ME₂C in the United States and various foreign countries  This mercury control technology includes, but is not limited to,  methods and apparatus for the removal of elemental mercury flue gas through the use of promoted carbon sorbents and the regeneration of spent and unspent promoted carbon sorbents used in the removal of elemental mercury in flue gas.  ME₂C is offering this technology to coal-fired power plants and utilities in the U.S. and Canada with future expansion into Europe and China at the appropriate time.

ME₂C Field Tests (SEA™)

Other ME₂C testing sites have not been included in the above map due to facility confidentiality.