Coal Power Generation

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

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Coal-fired power plant to be upgraded by B&W

02/03/2012 Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. has been awarded a contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber units and associ...

Clean technology funding declined by 4.5% in 2011

02/02/2012 U.S. venture capital investment in renewable power and energy-efficiency technology declined 4.5 percent to $4.9 billion last year from 2...

Coal-fired project needs environmental review

02/01/2012

A judge ruled that a $2.8 billion, 895 MW coal-fired power plant cannot be built until there is an environmental review.

TLT-Babcock opens facility near Bangalore

01/31/2012 TLT-Babcock India, Pvt. Ltd will design, engineer, manufacture and service utility and heavy industrial axial and centrifugal fans and as...

Coal-fired power plant to be upgraded by B&W

01/27/2012 The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co. Inc. (BWCC) has been awarded a contract worth more...

Weekly Coal Production

01/26/2012

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

Implosions at coal-fired power plant delayed until April

01/26/2012

Implosions at the 1,580 MW Mohave Generating Station’s boiler structures in Nevada have been delayed again.

FirstEnergy closing 2,600 MW of coal-fired power generation

01/26/2012 FirstEnergy Corp. said its generation subsidiaries will retire six older coal-fired power plants, totaling 2,689 MW, by September 1, 2012...

SWEPCO signs wind energy agreements as part of coal-fired project settlement

01/25/2012 American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of...

Coal-fired power project in Georgia loses investor

01/25/2012 Cobb Electric Membership Corp.’s board of directors voted Jan. 24 to stop financing its share in building the 850 MW coal-fired Plant Was...