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  1. Court stays EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule

    Article

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    The U.S. District Court of Appeals granted a request to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency¹s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) pending further court review.

  2. What are the implications of CSAPR delays?

    Article

    Mon, 9 Jan 2012

    What does the postponement of implementing the rule mean for the industry, and when will CSAPR go into effect?

  1. Nuclear power plant shut down after off-site power loss

    Article

    Mon, 16 Jan 2012

    A Notification of Unusual Event at the 1,200 MW Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas was terminated Jan. 16 after the plant was shut down due to the loss of off-site power.

  2. Coal-fired power plant to use Hitachi emissions control system

    Article

    Thu, 8 Sep 2011

    Hitachi Power Systems America Ltd. will design and supply a selective catalytic reduction system for the 800 MW Unit 1 at the Jeffrey coal-fired power plant in Kansas.

  3. Emissions Control Retrofits: Issues in Construction and Engineering

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    Coal-fired power plants are under fire these days as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes and adopts standards aimed at cutting emissions. Many utilities, such as American Electric Power (AEP) and Energy Future Holdings Corp., the parent company of Luminant, have said they may ...

  4. Emissions control rule challenged by Kansas

    Article

    Tue, 20 Sep 2011

    The state of Kansas has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency saying that power plants in the state will not have enough time to meet limits on greenhouse gases.

  5. Wind energy projects to use GE turbines

    Article

    Mon, 1 Aug 2011

    GE and Wind Capital Group have signed deals for 228 wind turbines and the accompanying operations and maintenance services for two projects in Oklahoma and Kansas.

  6. Power plant operating data included in open source software

    Article

    Tue, 20 Sep 2011

    The Outercurve Foundation accepted the generating availability data system open source (GADS/OS) project into the Data, Language and System Inoperability Gallery.

  7. Westar names Ruelle Exec VP CEO

    Article

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    The Westar Energy Inc. Board of Directors said that Executive Vice President and CFO Mark Ruelle will succeed President and CEO William Moore upon his retirement.

  8. RMT to design and build wind project

    Article

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    Wind Capital Group picked RMT Inc. to design and build the 201 MW Post Rock Wind Energy Facility in central Kansas.