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An industry first: SNC-Lavalin successfully integrates a commercial post-combustion CCUS system into a coal-fired power plant

SaskPower recently set a precedent when it fired up a commercial-grade carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) system at its Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan. It’s the first time that a CCUS system of this size has ever been retrofitted into a coal-fired plant anywhere in the world. SNC-Lavalin was proud to provide complete EPC and training services for the project’s ...

Oct. 6, 2014

By SNC-Lavalin

Oil remains king, but coal and natural gas use continue to grow

Although oil remains the world’s leading energy source, coal and natural gas continue to grow in significance, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service (www.worldwatch.org). Global consumption of coal increased 5.4 percent in 2011, to 3.72 billion tons of oil equivalent, while natural gas use grew 2.2 percent, ...

Jan. 1, 2013

By Worldwatch Institute

EPA plans to regulate coal ash

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today is proposing the first-ever national rules to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. Coal combustion residuals, commonly known as coal ash, are byproducts of the combustion of coal at power plants and are disposed of in liquid form at large surface impoundments and in solid form at landfills. The residuals ...

May 4, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Duke Energy Anticipates Ohio Coal Plant Retirement

Duke Energy Ohio (NYSE: DUK) anticipates it will retire all six coal-fired generation units at its W.C. Beckjord Station, southwest of Cincinnati, by Jan. 1, 2015, as a result of a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Jul. 15, 2011

By Duke Energy

Market Research Predicts Clean Coal Technologies at $85 Billion by 2020

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Clean Coal Technologies Markets and Trends Worldwide, 2nd Edition" to their collection of Energy market reports. For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/SBI-v775/Clean-Coal-Technologies-Trends-Worldwide-6447642/ Coal is ...

Jan. 9, 2012

By MarketResearch

Progress Energy Carolinas announces accelerated coal plant closings

Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), will accelerate the retirement of one North Carolina coal-fired power plant previously slated for closing in 2013, and will retire the utility's only coal-fired unit in South Carolina. The company announced today that the 316-megawatt (MW) Cape Fear coal-fired plant, located near Moncure, N.C., and the 177-MW H.B. Robinson Unit 1 ...

Jul. 27, 2012

By Duke Energy

Clean Coal Technologies Executes Joint Venture Agreement and Technology Licensing Agreement

Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: CCTC) (PINK: CCTC), an emerging cleaner-energy company utilizing patented technology to convert raw coal into a cleaner burning, more efficient fuel, has announced the execution of a Joint Venture Agreement with Archean Group, as well as an exclusive Technology Licensing Agreement for the ASEAN region with Good Coal PTE., ...

Jun. 8, 2012

By Clean Coal Technologiesinc, Inc.

Progress Energy Carolinas to retire two coal-fired power plants Oct. 1

As announced in July, Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), on Oct. 1 will officially retire two coal-fired power plants, including the utility's first coal-fueled facility built in 1923. The utility will close the Cape Fear power plant, near Moncure, N.C., and the H.B. Robinson Unit 1 power plant, near Hartsville, S.C., as part of its ongoing ...

Sep. 28, 2012

By Duke Energy

ThermoEnergy Joint Venture Wins Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy To Further Develop Key Clean Coal Technology

WORCESTER, Mass., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corporation(OTCBB: TMEN), a diversified technologies company involved in power generation and wastewater recovery, announced today that its Unity Power Alliance (UPA) joint venture has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a ...

Jul. 27, 2012

ICF International Integrated Energy Outlook Predicts Up to 40 GW of Coal Plant Retirements in the Next Two Decades

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the third quarter of 2011. The study highlights the impacts of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed environmental regulations and the growth of shale ...

Oct. 10, 2011

By ICF International, Inc.

ICF International Integrated Energy Outlook Sees Possibility of More Than 50 GW of Coal Plant Retirements

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the first quarter 2011. The study highlights the near-term impacts of global economic recovery on U.S. energy markets and examines the implications of lower CO2 prices on the long-term ...

May 9, 2011

By ICF International, Inc.

Johnson Matthey Licenses DOE Patent to Remove Mercury and Arsenic from New IGCC Coal Power Plants

MALVERN, PA– Johnson Matthey announced today that it has been granted an exclusive license by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) for its high temperature sorbent technology and patent to remove mercury, arsenic and potentially selenium and cadmium from syngas produced by coal gasification. This license was a natural extension of a two-year ...

May 10, 2007

By Johnson Matthey Emission Control Technologies

W2 Energy Inc. Completes Installation of Its Coal Slurry Processor at the Guelph Ontario Plant

W2 Energy Inc. (OTC: WTWO) is pleased to announce the installation of its coal slurry processor for their plant located in Guelph, Ontario. W2's newest addition is a 1.5 ton per hour coal slurry processor. The intent of the processor is to generate immediate revenue by producing coal slurries as a substitute for No. 6 fuel oil commonly known as "Bunker Fuel." W2 Energy's coal slurries can be ...

Dec. 12, 2012

By XFuels Inc.

Nuclear Power Plant Maker Offers to Replace Two Coal Fired Power Plants

American Atomics will release a plan later this month to replace two of the nation's oldest fossil fuel fired power plants with modern, zero-emissions plants. The Gallatin Fossil Plant in Tennessee and the Big Sandy Power Plant in Kentucky would both be decommissioned and their base load power production duties assumed by the new environmentally neutral plants. Switchover from the old coal ...

Jun. 7, 2013

Natural gas could reduce drought vulnerability, study shows

A new study carried out by scientists at the University of Texas has found that fracking for natural gas could prove to be a positive development in terms of water scarcity - despite the vast amount of water used in the process. Research carried out in Texas - the US state that generates the most electricity - revealed that the transition from coal to natural gas is resulting in more water being ...

Dec. 24, 2013

By Energy Institute (EI)

ICF International Integrated Energy Outlook Forecasts Doubling of Natural Gas Generation by 2020

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the second quarter of 2011. The study highlights the near-term impacts of global economic recovery on U.S. energy markets and examines the implications of lower CO2 prices on the ...

Jul. 11, 2011

By ICF International, Inc.

GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Ensure Uninterrupted Electric Power for Industrial Park on Indonesia’s Batam Island

The P.T. Tunas Industrial Estate in Batam Island’s free trade zone is ensuring a reliable, uninterrupted supply of electricity for its tenants despite periodic regional power shortages, thanks to the latest gas engine technology: GE’s (NYSE: GE) flexible, high-output and efficient Jenbacher J624 two-stage turbocharged engine, on display in GE’s booth at the Manufacturing ...

Jun. 8, 2011

By GE Power & Waters Distributed Power

Japan’s most powerful wood gas-fueled plant, powered by GE wins Asian power award

Japan’s most powerful wood gas-to-energy power plant, powered by two of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines, has won the Gold Award for the Best Renewable Energy Power Plant of the Year, conferred by Asian Power magazine. The innovative project generates power from an abundant, renewable biomass resource that would otherwise be treated as rubbish, demonstrating opportunities for future ...

Oct. 28, 2008

GE’s new Flexefficiency advantage and Lifemax advantage platforms unlock full performance, value of Installed Gas Turbines

Portfolios Blend Hardware with Software to Expand Performance and Asset Life Channeling the Industrial Internet through GE’s Data Analytics Capabilities Taps into the Power of “Big Data” GE Surpasses 100 Million Hours of Captured Operating Data on the World’s Largest Gas Turbine Fleet Platforms Support GE’s Predictivity* Portfolio of Solutions ...

Oct. 3, 2013

By General Electric

GE’s New LifeMax* Advantage and FlexEfficiency*Advantage Platforms Unlock Full Performance, Value of Installed Gas Turbines

Portfolios Blend Hardware, Software and Data Analytics to Improve Performance, Asset Life Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) Orders First LifeMax* Advantage Solutions for GE 9E Gas Turbine Fleet GE Surpasses 100 Million Hours of Captured Operating Data on the World’s Largest Gas Turbine Fleet Platforms Support GE’s ...

Nov. 18, 2013

By General Electric

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