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Capital Powe<\/span>r has found valuable markets for two of its waste byproducts from its coal fired Genesee Power plant.  <\/p>\n

Fly ash improves the durability of concrete.  And even the heavier bottom ash is useful.<\/p>\n

As Darren Alessandrini <\/span>explains, bottom ash can be used where good drainage is important.<\/p>\n

Darren Alessandrini is Senior Manager of Natural Resources and Business Development for Capital Power.

DARREN ALESSANDRINI: <\/span>  Bottom ash has some value in industry.  For example we’ve sold some of it in the construction of the Anthony Henday Freeway as a sub-base material.  So that’s a material that goes below the concrete and asphalt that was used in the construction of that freeway.  And interestingly enough,  it’s a material that’s very lightweight, and it drains itself very quickly. So it’s been used in a number of the sports fields that have been built in the Edmonton area.   And the value of that is that when it rains, if you’ve got our bottom ash as a sub-base on your sports field,  it drains very quickly.  And so you can get the kids back on there playing soccer.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Darren Alessandrini says bottom ash is produced from pyrites and rocks that fall to the bottom when coal is burned.<\/p>\n

Thanks today to <\/span>CAPITAL POWER<\/p>\n

You can listen to the full interview with Darren at InnovationAnthology.com<\/span><\/p>\n

I’M CHERYL CROUCHER<\/span><\/p>\n

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Capital Power<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02015-09-08<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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