Maumee, Ohio-The Andersons Inc. will be handling all the fertilizer produced as a co-product by advanced emissions control systems to be installed by two power plants located in Ohio, company officials have confirmed. American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) announced recently that it has committed to using Electro-Catalytic Oxidation (ECO), developed by Powerspan of Portsmouth, N.H., on the proposed American Municipal Power Generating Station (AMPGS) in Meigs County, and has executed a memorandum of understanding with The Andersons to process and market the ammonium sulfate produced by the process. No such agreement was disclosed in the earlier announcement by FirstEnergy Corp. that it also plans to install Powerspan’s ECO on two units of its R. E. Burger Plant in Shadyside, Ohio, but the utility added that the fertilizer produced as a byproduct will be highly marketable. The Andersons spokesman Gary Smith said he expected a similar arrangement with FirstEnergy through the alliance his company has with Powerspan that grew from the realization that “this makes sense for us to be a participant.” He declined to say how long the alliance has been in existence or to disclose any further details. However, Denny Addis, who heads The Andersons plant nutrient group, reported in the AMP-Ohio press release, “Powerspan’s state of the art multi-pollution control technology promises to produce high quality ammonium sulfate plant nutrient for our Midwest customer base. Serving AMP-Ohio’s plant nutrient operational and distribution needs is a natural extension to our core production and distribution business.” Andersons President and CEO Mike Anderson added, “We are pleased to partner with AMP-Ohio on this important and environmentally pro-active project. We are excited to be part of this project and a member of the AMP-Ohio and Powerspan team.”
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