Consumers Energy reaches agreement to remove, repurpose coal ash from retiring plant
Ashcor USA will transform stored coal ash at the power facility into a high-grade cement replacement material for use in concrete manufacturing.
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Plant Decommissioning
Covers the processes and technologies involved in decommissioning and dismantling coal-fired power plants that have reached the end of their operational life.
Alberta was still building coal units 11 years ago. By 2023 it will be coal-free.
By 2023 Canada’s fourth-largest province will be fully transitioned from coal-fired electricity. It represents quite a shift, as coal represented more than half of Alberta’s…
Explaining the delays of U.S. coal plant retirements
Citing project delays and concerns about energy shortages, at least six coal-fired plants have pushed back their closure dates in 2022.
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Indiana attorney general says utility regulator can deny early coal plant retirements
The lawmaker who requested guidance said the changes are under discussion.
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Duke Energy Indiana could burn coal through 2038, per latest resource proposal
One of the largest coal plants in the country could be converted to enable co-firing with natural gas.
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UK’s last coal-fired power plant closes its doors for the final time
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, near Nottingham UK, will today close its doors for the last time, marking the closure of the UK's last coal-fired power plant.…
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Study suggests a big role for grid battery storage as Illinois shutters its coal power plants
Transmission and renewables aren’t being built quickly enough to allow fossil fuel plants to close by state deadline, experts argue. Storage appears to be the…
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DTECH Data Centers & AI 2025
May 27-29, 2025 | San Jose, CA
Tackling booming data center growth to shape the future of the grid.
Smokestacks demolished at New Mexico’s San Juan plant
The coal-fired plant, which Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) had operated for decades, provided power for much of the state.
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DTE Energy demolishes legacy coal-fired plant
The 535 MW Trenton Channel plant was completed in 1924. At the time of its commissioning, it was the fourth major power plant Detroit Edison…
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Alberta’s last coal plant powers down
Coal-fired power represented more than half of the Canadian province's fuel mix as recently as 2015.
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