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LG&E and KU Request Proposals for Generation as They Look Toward a Clean Energy Future
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company this week issued a request for proposals for generation to serve the utilities' more than 1.3 million customers across Kentucky and a small portion of Virginia. The request, which is exploring the potential for the utilities to add capacity and associated energy, is open to a variety of generation sources as the utilities, along ...
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Coal Fired Steam Generation Unit Asset Sale by Universal Wrecking
Universal Wrecking Corp has been awarded the dismantling and asset recovery project of a coal fired steam generation unit which is located 6 miles west of Pampa, Texas. A partial list of the equipment for sale includes: (2) 80MW coal fired boileris including the structure, piping and ancillaryequipment; Boiler Feed Water System including building and tanks; Deaerator equipment and structure; ...
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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) rule. Duke Energy Ohio announced its intent to retire Beckjord Station's coal-fired units 1 through 6 – totaling 862 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity ...
By Duke Energy
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Energy Department Invests $44M in Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement, Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies. These projects will advance competitive operation of our nation's fossil-based power-generation ...
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Cleaner air for Arizona after US$400m coal-fired power plant settlement
As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of US$400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a US$950,000 civil penalty. This week's ...
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Most costly coal-fired plants to run are prime targets for closure, EIA study finds
The U.S. has seen more than a fifth of its coal-fired generating capacity closed since 2011, and plants with higher operating costs were more vulnerable to closures, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). Between 2011 and the end of 2017, the total coal-fired generating capacity in the U.S. dropped to 257 gigwatts (GW) from 318 GW. “Because of more competitive ...
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Foot On the Gas: Record-Breaking Turbines to Help Taiwan Fuel Economic Growth and Achieve Energy Goals
Taiwan has long had one of East Asia’s most dynamic economies, helping revolutionize industries like electronics and communications. Now Taiwan, which has historically imported vast volumes of fossil fuels to power its growth, is also making good progress on its pledge to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025. Renewables made up nearly 14% of Taiwan’s total ...
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Minnesota lawmakers introduce bill to build natural gas plant without regulatory approval
The Minnesota House committee on energy overwhelmingly approved legislation last week to allow Xcel Energy to build a large natural gas-fired power plant in Sherburne County without the approval of state utility regulators, prompting backlash from business and consumer groups. The 786-megawatt (MW) gas plant, which is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, would replace two 680-MW coal-fired ...
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Consumers Energy Proposes Long-Term Plan, A Cleaner Energy Future for Michigan
Consumers Energy recenly (6/13) announced it is seizing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Michigan's energy future with a plan that embodies its Triple Bottom Line commitment to people, the planet and prosperity.The company will file an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) this week with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) that outlines the path to using zero coal while ensuring ...
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Colorado legislation seeks to retire aging plants while softening local job and tax impacts
The utility industry is going through a time of transformation as it moves away from older generating units—coal-fired and in some cases, nuclear—to newer technologies such as combined-cycle natural gas and renewable resources. With that change can come not only expense, but economic and social dislocations as communities lose tax base and jobs. In Colorado, legislation designed to ...
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EPA`s Carbon Limits for New Power Plants Must Be ‘Grounded in Reality,` Industry Says
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon dioxide emissions limits for new fossil fuel-fired power plants should be reworked to be “grounded in reality,” an industry group said May 12. The proposed rule, formally issued in January, set separate standards for coal-fired and natural gas-fired generating units. The proposed performance standard for new coal-fired units would ...
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EPA’s Reproposed Carbon Limits Include Separate Standards for Coal, Gas Units
The Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to publish reproposed carbon dioxide limits for new power plants Jan. 8, setting separate standards for coal-fired and natural gas-fired generating units. The EPA released the proposal Sept. 20, following a schedule President Barack Obama laid out, but the agency waited nearly four months to publish the rule in the Federal Register. The new plant ...
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Consumers Energy Announces Plan to End Coal Use by 2025; Lead Michigan's Clean Energy Transformation
Consumers Energy this week announced a sweeping proposal to stop using coal as a fuel source for electricity by 2025, 15 years faster than currently planned. The plan would make the company one of the first in the nation to go coal-free and provide a 20-year blueprint to meet Michigan's energy needs while protecting the environment for future generations."We are proud to lead Michigan's clean ...
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Geothermal electricity set for Rift Valley lift-off in 2009
A century-old energy technology that taps steam from hot underground rocks is poised for a massive expansion up East Africa's Rift Valley in the 21st century. The news comes as countries across the world, from Guatemala to Papua New Guinea, are beginning to plug into geothermal energy as a new and promising alternative to coal and oil-fired power generation. Today the United Nations ...
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Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio, May 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (OTCQB:MEEC) ("ME2C" or the "Company"), a global leader in mercury emissions control for the power industry, has provided its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Recent Company Highlights: Secured another order from its previously announced Canadian customer to install ME2C’s ...
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124 coal and gas-fired power plants slated for startup in 2006
Untitled Document There are 124 coal and gas-fired power generation projects, 25 MW or larger, scheduled for 2006 startup in the McIlvaine Company database, World Power Generation Projects. Gas-fired projects outnumber coal-fired projects. 2006 Plant Startups (number of generator units) Region Fuel Coal Gas LNG Total ...
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Miami Valley Students Explore Energy at DP&L and Vectren Energy Fair
What do you get when you combine hundreds of students who have boundless energy with hands-on science activities teaching them how to use energy efficiently? You get The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) and Vectren Energy Fair, on Friday, March 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Dayton. This year’s Energy Fair is bigger and better than ...
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Kentucky Plant Emblematic Of Move from Coal to Gas
In the shadow of Paradise Fossil Plant's aging smokestacks, where white steam and carbon dioxide rise into the sky, outdated coal-fired generators are being replaced with one that runs on natural gas. The change in Muhlenberg County, once the nation's top producer of coal, is emblematic of what's been happening across the U.S. as natural gas becomes cheaper and electric utilities try to meet ...
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Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. Awarded Contract with Xcel Energy for SCR Systems
Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. (HPSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the design and supply of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems including Hitachi’s proprietary catalyst with Xcel Energy for its Hayden Station, Units 1 & 2, located in Routt County in Hayden, Colorado. Terms were not disclosed. ...
By Xcel Energy
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Launch of new online power almanac of the American Midwest
We are launching a new online tool, the Power Almanac of the American Midwest, that will assist government officials, industry leaders, energy analysts and others in making informed energy decisions in the region. The Almanac integrates key energy and environmental data from some 50 disparate sources, tailored to the Midwest region, in a graphic and easy-to-use way. The Almanac is built around a ...
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