The Mission Statement from our Employee Handbook provides an accurate description of our company.

“ADA Environmental Solutions develops and commercializes innovative technologies to sustain the viability of coal as a critical national resource. We provide cost-effective products to reduce emissions, increase efficiency and improve the competitive position of our customers . . . .”

-ADA Employee Handbook

ADA Environmental Solutions was founded in 1996 to apply the knowledge gained from previous research and development to provide commercial solutions to the coal-fired power industry to help them meet new emissions regulations.

As utilities were faced with the challenges of meeting more stringent emissions regulations, they often looked for the most economical ways to comply and use their existing air pollution control equipment. This often lead to unexpected consequences and operating problems. ADA was there to provide low capital cost solutions to improve the performance of the existing pollution control equipment, supply new low cost equipment, and specialty chemicals that enabled the utilities to continue to operate without large capital expenditures for new equipment.

ADA could see additional problems develop for coal-fired utilities and began to partner with them to create solutions. The Research & Development backgrounds of so many of the original ADA personnel were a good fit for working together with utility plant operators and their engineering staffs to understand and solve the issues they faced.

As more emissions regulations were implemented, utilities encountered more issues and problems experienced addressing them. ADA responded by forming a Technology Development group to specifically address the needs of the power industry. This group is an integral part of ADA, as the work they do not only helps solve problems for the power industry’s emissions issues, but also creates commercial products that are brought to the market place.

ADA also has a long history of working closely with the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Both of these groups were focused on finding ways to improve coal fired power plants emissions performance. ADA has been awarded numerous studies and demonstration programs from these groups, which acknowledges the expertise and creativity exhibited by our team of engineers and scientists.

ADA’s innovative technology development has been recognized by several organizations as being a leader in our field. In 2001, we won the J. Deane Sensenbaugh Award from the Air & Waste Management Association for Outstanding Achievement in the field of air pollution control for our flue gas conditioning chemicals.

In 2003, ADA was part of a team that won the R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Award for creating one of the most significant new technological developments of the year. This was based on our development of the activated carbon injection system for mercury control.

Because of the knowledge gained through research and development, ADA has become the leader in providing utilities with mercury control systems. However, the Technology Development group at ADA continues to pursue several new technologies to improve mercury capture, improve carbon sorbents and lower the cost to comply with mercury emissions rules.

In addition, they are also testing dry sorbents for post combustion CO2 capture and control. As was the case for mercury, ADA foresees CO2 as the next most likely pollutant to be regulated and we plan to have some solutions ready for our utility customers when that time comes.

ADA has been working with the coal-fired power industry for over 20 years as a partner and leader to produce low cost solutions to the problems associated with emissions reduction. We have responded to the needs of this industry when new regulations have created the need for innovation and understanding. We will continue to work with our utility industry customers to help them operate safely, cleanly and efficiently.