Report: Older plants produce disproportionate amount of emissions
05/22/2012
A new report prepared by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals that older generating units produce a disproportionate amount of emissions. |
Worker injured after explosion at DTE coal-fired power plant
05/22/2012
One worker suffered minor injuries after an explosion in a coal bunker at DTE Energy’s St. Clair coal-fired power plant in Michigan. |
EPA to hold public hearings on Carbon Pollution Standard; extends comment period
05/21/2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings on the proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants. |
EPA questioned by Energy and Commerce Committee on coal-fired power plants
05/18/2012
Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on May 17 wrote a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson seeking more information about EPA’s plans to regulate carbon emissions for new and existing power plants. |
PJM Board approves $2bn in transmission upgrades
05/17/2012
The PJM Interconnection Board May 17 approved nearly $2 billion in electric transmission upgrades that will maintain electric power supplies in the wake of plans to retire 14,000 MW of coal-fired generation between May 2012 and the end of 2015. |
Weekly Coal Production
05/17/2012
The Weekly Coal Production shows how much coal is being produced across the U.S. |
Revised plan for clean coal power plant could save customers $437.7mn in 20 years
05/16/2012
Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the 611 MW Taylorville Energy Center (TEC) in Illinois, electricity customers in the state could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation. |
Mexico will require $20bn investments in power generation through 2026
05/16/2012
The energy minister of Mexico said the country would require $20.1 billion in power generation investments through 2026. |
Study evaluates MISO challenges for MATS compliance
05/15/2012
In a study commissioned by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO), economists at The Brattle Group evaluated the feasibility of complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule. |
DOE: Natural gas use at an all-time high
05/10/2012
A report from the U.S. Department of Energy shows the U.S. used a record amount of natural gas-fired generation in February. |
Tenaska contemplates abandoning coal for natural gas
05/09/2012
Tenaska has offered to use natural gas instead of coal to power the proposed 716 MW Taylorville Energy Center in central Illinois. |
Operations suspended at coal-fired power plant in New Hampshire
05/09/2012
Public Service of New Hampshire suspended operations at its 460 MW Merrimack coal-fired power plant saying that it is cheaper to buy the electricity on the open market. |
Minnesota Power announces emissions control plan for Boswell 4
05/09/2012
Minnesota Power has announced plans to upgrade Boswell Energy Center Unit 4 in Cohasset, Minn. with emissions controls that will reduce its mercury emissions by 90 percent. |
Indiana coal-fired power plant to close in 2015
05/09/2012
Hoosier Energy plans to retire its 250 MW Ratts coal-fired power plant in Indiana in 2015. |
Report evaluates EPA's new standard for greenhouse gases
05/08/2012
A new report by Bloomberg Government says that gas-fired generation will likely become the dominant form of power generation over time in light of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new standards for greenhouse gases |
Purdue plans to demolish coal-fired boiler, install CHP plant on campus
05/08/2012
Purdue University officials on May 7 presented a Comprehensive Energy Master Plan (CEMP), which calls for $33.1 million to be used to demolish an old coal-burning boiler, convert another coal-burning boiler to natural gas, install a natural gas-fired combined heat and power unit, and increase steam distribution along Jischke Drive. |
Coal-fired unit expected back online by end of May
05/07/2012
Wisconsin Energy said it expects the 615 MW Unit 1 at the Elm Road coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin to be back online by the end of May. |
Wisconsin Public Service vies to be first in U.S. to use ReACT
05/07/2012
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS), a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, has filed for a Certificate of Authority from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to install the first U.S. commercial application of Regenerative Activated Coke Technology (ReACT) at its 321 MW Weston 3 plant. |
AES to sell stakes in coal-fired power plant, wind projects for $134mn
05/07/2012
AES Corp. will sell 2,727 MW of coal-fired capacity in China for $134 million because it is unable to pass on higher coal costs to customers. |
Emissions control system to be installed at Illinois coal-fired power plant
05/07/2012
Kincaid Generation LLC, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc (NYSE: D), awarded the KBR Power & Industrial Group a contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for a dry sorbent injection (DSI) system to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at its 1,158 MW Kincaid coal-fired power plant in Illinois. |
EPA sued over Oklahoma coal-fired power plant emissions
05/04/2012
The Sierra Club filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming that a loophole allowed coal-fired power plants in Oklahoma to exceed emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. |
Ameren seeks extension to comply with emissions standards, may close coal-fired power plants
05/04/2012
Citing depressed power prices and the high cost of environmental controls, as well as other factors, Ameren Energy Resources Co. LLC (AER), filed a petition with the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) seeking flexibility in meeting certain emissions standards established by the Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standards (MPS). |
Battery storage system integrated into thermal power plant in Chile
05/03/2012
AES Gener and AES Energy Storage announced the commercial operation of the second energy storage project in Northern Chile, integrating 20 MW of advanced battery-based energy storage with a 544 MW thermal power plant. |
Kentucky regulators OK new natural gas-fired power plant
05/03/2012
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a proposal by Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) to build a 640 MW natural gas-fired power plant at LG&E’s Cane Run plant and to purchase the 495 MW Bluegrass natural gas-fired plant in Oldham County. |
Midwest expedites closure of coal plants
05/03/2012
Midwest Generation is planning to close two coal-fired power plants in Illinois sooner than planned. In February, the company announced that it would shutter the 326 MW Fisk plant and the 542 MW Crawford plant by the end of 2014. |
Coal-fired power plants to shut down in 2015
05/02/2012
FirstEnergy cannot close its Ashtabula, Eastlake, Bay Shore and Lakeshore coal-fired power plants in Ohio until 2015. |
Retrofitting for a Changing Market
05/01/2012
Reliability has for many years been the main driver for retrofitting an aging U.S. coal fleet. |
Duke Energy Learns the Value of Diversity
05/01/2012
If any electric utility is playing the "diversity card" at this point in time, it seems to be Duke Energy. |
Gas Development Executive Roundtable
05/01/2012
In the midst of one of the largest generation build-outs in America's history, natural gas prices are plummeting at a pace that has taken even the experts off guard. |
Clean coal power plant faces new legal hurdle
05/01/2012
An environmental group has filed an appeal to once again stop construction of a $2.88 billion integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant in Kemper County, Miss. |
Illinois EPA issues Taylorville Energy Center its final air permit
05/01/2012
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has issued the final amended air permit for the Taylorville Energy Center, managed by Tenaska. |
Settlement reached on project costs cap for IGCC project
04/30/2012
Duke Energy Indiana, a unit of Duke Energy, announced a settlement agreement with some of the state's key consumer groups involved in regulatory proceedings dealing with the company's 618 MW Edwardsport coal gasification power plant. |
Coal-fired power plant retrofit to be performed by B&W Canada
04/30/2012
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. (B&W Canada), has been awarded a $25 million contract from SaskPower to design and retrofit SaskPower’s 300 MW Shand coal-fired power plant in Saskatchewan. |
Coal-fired power plant to be upgraded by B&W
04/30/2012
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. (B&W PGG) was awarded a $150 million contract to design, supply and build emissions control equipment for Wisconsin Power & Light’s Columbia coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin. |
Institute for Energy Research releases energy primer
04/27/2012
The Institute for Energy Research, an industry-backed think tank, has released an energy primer detailing U.S. production and consumption of energy. |
Coal-fired power plant owner files for bankruptcy
04/27/2012
Rocky Mountain Power LLC, which owns the Hardin coal-fired power plant in Montana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on April 23. |
UPDATED: Carbon capture and storage project in Canada shuttered
04/27/2012
TransAlta Corp. said it has abandoned plans to build the $1.4 billion Project Pioneer carbon capture and storage facility at an Alberta coal-fired power plant. |
PacifiCorp: Coal-fired power fleet upgrades may cost $1bn
04/25/2012
PacifiCorp, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, said upgrading its coal fleet in order to comply with future federal and state environmental requirements may cost $1 billion. |
Coal-fired power plant granted new approval
04/24/2012
The Mississippi Public Service Commission gave new approval on April 24 for Mississippi Power to continue construction on the 582 MW Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant. |
AEP discusses coal retirements, gas developments during annual shareholders meeting
04/24/2012
American Electric Power held its 105th annual meeting of shareholders April 24, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla., the home of AEP subsidiary Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO). |
AEP unit, EPA sign agreement for coal-fired retirements
04/24/2012
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO), a unit of American Electric Power, has entered into an agreement in principle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Oklahoma and the Sierra Club that establishes a framework for PSO to comply with EPA regulations affecting the company’s two coal-fired units at its Northeastern Station in Oologah, Okla. |
PPL Montana sues EPA over information regarding coal-fired upgrades
04/24/2012
PPL Montana sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 23 to prevent the agency from releasing data to two environmental groups about upgrades made to PPL’s 2,000 MW Colstrip coal-fired power plant. |
Carbon capture and storage system operating in Australia
04/23/2012
Air Liquide was chosen to supply and build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at a 700 MW coal-fired power plant in Queensland, Australia. |
Arch Coal announces leadership changes
04/23/2012
Arch Coal Inc. said Deck S. Slone has been elected senior vice president, strategy and public policy, effective June 1. |
Patriot Coal reducing production
04/20/2012
Patriot Coal Corp. on April 20 said it plans to further reduce thermal coal production. |
Planned coal-fired power plant gains new investor
04/20/2012
Power4Georgians announced a new investor in the $2.1 billion, 850 MW coal-fired Plant Washington in Georgia. |
Majority ownership stake in coal-fired units bought by APS
04/19/2012
The Arizona Corporation Commission approved Arizona Public Service Co’s purchase of Southern California Edison’s majority ownership share of units 4 and 5 at a coal-fired power plant in New Mexico. |
Researchers find method of identifying sources of NOx emissions
04/19/2012
A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has developed a method that could identify the sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. |
Groups file lawsuit against Mercury and Air Toxics Standard
04/17/2012
Colorado’s Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging EPA’s new mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) for coal-fired power plants. |
Day & Zimmermann signs maintenance, outage management contract with We Energies
04/13/2012
Day & Zimmermann NPS signed a five-year contract to provide full-service outage management, power plant maintenance and boiler repairs and modifications to We Energies’ ten fossil-fueled power plants in Wisconsin and Michigan. |
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