Coal Power Generation

Coal power generation news in the coal industry covering new projects, clean coal technologies, emissions control, retrofits and upgrades.

Coal Energy News

Report: Renewable energy cheaper than coal in Michigan

02/22/2012 A new report from Michigan Public Service Commission says that the cost of renewable energy is now less than coal in the state, in part d...

Coal-to-gas development deal signed

02/22/2012 Peabody Energy and GreatPoint Energy signed an agreement to develop coal-to-gas and coal-to-hydrogen projects in the U.S. and around the ...

Coal-fired power plants will be upgraded by B&W

02/22/2012 The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc., has been selected as the environmenta...

Coal-to-gas developer signs $1.25bn deal

02/20/2012

GreatPoint Energy has completed a $1.25 billion deal to build a large-scale plant for converting coal to natural gas in China.

Weekly Coal Production

02/16/2012

The Weekly Coal Production shows how much coal is being produced across the U.S.

Clean coal project in Texas signs EPC contracts

02/15/2012 Summit Power Group has signed $2 billion in engineering, procurement and construction contracts that will reportedly guarantee the price ...

Duke Energy, Chinese company signs carbon capture research agreement

02/13/2012 Duke Energy and China Huaneng Group Feb. 13 signed a new, three-year agreement expanding their research cooperation of advanced coal and ...

Novinda receives funding for coal-fired power plant emissions control technology

02/13/2012 Novinda Corp. on Feb. 13 said it received $6 million in Series C equity financing to support the product launch of a non-carbon reagent f...

AEP scales back plans to close coal-fired capacity

02/10/2012 American Electric Power Co. said the company would close 13 percent less coal-fired generation than initially planned because of $940 mil...

AEP: Coal-fired power plant could be upgraded with environmental controls

02/09/2012 American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) to re...