Coal Ash
Coal Ash Beneficial Use
Supporting ACAA members and industry partners with actionable data and insights on coal combustion products.
What We Do
Coal combustion products (CCPs) — including fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials — are valuable industrial materials when responsibly managed and reused.
FirmoGraphs supports the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA) and its member community by connecting decades of operational and environmental data with advanced analytics. We help organizations across the coal ash value chain identify opportunities, manage risks, and strengthen beneficial use strategies.
Our insights combine power generation data, environmental reporting, and infrastructure intelligence to help ACAA members and partners make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
Navigating Change Across the Coal Ash Lifecycle
As coal-fired power plants retire and environmental regulations evolve, coal ash management continues to shift. The industry is balancing site closures, material harvesting, and the growth of beneficial use markets.
FirmoGraphs brings clarity to these transitions by integrating data from hundreds of power plants, ash ponds, and environmental filings. This information supports planning and decision-making across many ACAA member segments, including:
- AEC and Construction Firms — identifying future remediation, closure, and infrastructure projects.
- Ash Beneficiation, Marketing, and Cement Companies — understanding how combustion history and emission controls influence ash quality and availability.
Power Companies — benchmarking operational performance and gaining insight into regulatory and market conditions.
Environmental and Engineering Consultants — supporting client assessments, permitting, and remediation with long-term operational and groundwater data.
Materials and Aggregate Producers — forecasting regional availability of alternative materials and identifying supply opportunities.
Land Reclamation and Redevelopment Firms — evaluating site closure status, ownership, and redevelopment potential.
Financial and Legal Professionals — using objective operational and environmental data to inform transactions, liability assessments, and compliance reviews.
Technology and Equipment Providers — identifying target utilities and marketers for beneficiation, treatment, and monitoring systems.
Transforming Decades of Data into Practical Intelligence
FirmoGraphs integrates multiple layers of coal combustion data to support ACAA members’ business and technical needs.
Key analytical capabilities include:
Asset Lifecycle Tracking: Mapping plant retirements, ash pond closures, and environmental milestones.
Groundwater and Compliance Insights: Connecting operational and regulatory data to identify emerging environmental challenges.
Combustion and Control History: Analyzing decades of generation and emissions control data to understand how material characteristics have changed over time.
Benchmarking and Forecasting: Evaluating performance and predicting where beneficial use potential will increase or decline.
Market and Project Intelligence: Highlighting where upcoming infrastructure, closure, or remediation projects align with material supply.
These insights help our partners anticipate opportunities and manage change with confidence.
Analytics Designed for the Full Beneficial Use Ecosystem
FirmoGraphs’ work supports a wide range of ACAA members and industry partners across the coal ash value chain. We help:Â
- AEC and construction firms identify early-stage remediation and infrastructure opportunities by tracking facility retirements, environmental conditions, and project indicators.
- Ash beneficiation, marketing, and cement companies use our long-term operational and emissions data to understand material characteristics and guide sourcing and market development.
- Power companies rely on our analytics for benchmarking, regulatory awareness, and strategic planning.
- Environmental and engineering consultants use our datasets to inform permitting, design, and site assessment projects.
- Materials and aggregate producers leverage our market forecasts to evaluate how coal ash may complement or compete with traditional materials.
- Land reclamation and redevelopment firms use our integrated data to evaluate closure progress, ownership, and redevelopment potential.
- Financial and legal professionals draw on our objective data to support due diligence, liability reviews, and compliance work.
- Technology and equipment providers rely on our facility intelligence to identify where their solutions can deliver the greatest operational or environmental value. Together, these organizations represent the interconnected ecosystem driving responsible, beneficial use of coal ash across the United States.
Advancing Beneficial Use Through Data and Partnership
FirmoGraphs collaborates with the American Coal Ash Association to help strengthen the industry’s understanding of coal combustion products and beneficial use trends.
Through reliable data, modern analytics, and ongoing communication with members, we help the ACAA community:
Track and interpret industry-wide trends.
Identify practical opportunities for reuse and innovation.
Communicate consistent information to clients, partners, and regulators.
Our role is to make complex data accessible, supporting informed decisions across the entire coal ash value chain.
Actionable Insights for the Coal Ash Industry
Use data from power plants, environmental filings, and infrastructure projects to make informed decisions across the coal ash value chain.
Reliable, Verified Data and Analytics
Our intelligence is built on decades of operational and environmental data — curated and verified for accuracy and transparency.
Support for ACAA Members and Partners
We collaborate with ACAA members, utilities, and industry partners to deliver clear, connected intelligence for beneficial use and compliance.
Efficient, Cost-Effective Intelligence Solutions
Gain access to targeted analytics without the overhead of large-scale consulting. We focus on results that matter to your operations and markets.