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$1.4bn clean coal power plant to be built in Illinois
A consortium of some of the world's largest coal companies and electric utilities has selected the small east-central Illinois town of Mattoon for FutureGen, a $1.4 billion coal-fueled power plant that is planned as the cleanest in the world. The FutureGen Alliance today announced that Mattoon was chosen over three other sites in Tuscola, Illinois; Jewett, Texas; and Odessa, Texas. 'The ...
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New subsidy scheme for Turkish coal power plants
A new law has been published in Turkey promoting a subsidy scheme that could threaten health of its citizens and the energy future and environmental regulations of the country. Energy has a critical status in Turkey in the 2023 Vision and Development Plans. Since 2005, the country provides subsidies and grants exemptions to increase the share of coal, especially lignite as indigenous coal, in ...
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OECD countries to limit overseas financing for coal plants
A compromise struck by the United States, Japan and other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely. The agreement reached earlier this week is an important step that sends a strong political message ahead of upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris, an American official and environmentalists said. The Obama ...
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Environment: Commission refers Germany to Court over coal power plant in Moorburg
The European Commission is taking Germany to Court over its failure to apply the requirements of the Habitats Directive in relation to the authorisation of a coal power plant in Hamburg/Moorburg. The project in question risks having a negative impact on a number of protected fish species including salmon, European river lamprey and sea lamprey, which pass near the power plant when migrating from ...
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Step forward for health protection in Turkey: Proposal to extend the pollution exemptions given to privatised coal power plants withdrawn
Last night, 14 February, all political parties in the Turkish Parliament agreed to withdraw a proposal on granting exemptions from environmental investments including filtration systems, flue gas facilities and ash dams to privatized coal power plants for an additional 2 years. This so-called Article 45 would have allowed private operators of coal plants to continue polluting. During ...
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New report shows coal plant closures needed by 2030 to meet Paris targets
Entitled "A stress test for coal in Europe", it presents the first science-based shutdown schedule for the EU’s over 300 coal power plants – in order for it to meet the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal. The report shows that emissions from coal in the EU electricity sector need to be close to zero by 2030 (95 percent by 2030; 100 percent by 2031), with a quarter of ...
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Ex-Im Bank rejects coal-fired plant in Vietnam
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has rejected a proposal to provide financing for a new coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The bank's board of directors cites the project's likely effect on global warming in its vote on Thursday. President Barack Obama said last month that the U.S. will no longer support building coal-fired power plants abroad as part of an effort to curtail global ...
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Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually
Tomorrow, ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo will adopt new rules for emission limits for coal power plants in the Western Balkans (as part of the transposition of the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive into national law). The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) calls on political leaders to put the countries on track for swift and ...
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Polish biomass market on the move
Poland plans to introduce a new law on renewable energies. Today, co-incinerating biomass in coal power plants is dominating. In the future, however, the support of smaller mono-incinerators and the use of CHP technology should be strengthened. This will lead to new opportunities to develop projects at industrial locations that produce large amounts of biomass. This is the result of an analysis ...
By ecoprog GmbH
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Coal-fired power plants: EU endorses new OECD rules on export credits
New rules on export credits to coal-fired power plants, developed within an OECD framework, have been endorsed by the EU. This is an important EU contribution for the COP21 negotiations on climate change, which start in Paris on 30 November 2015. It marks a further step in work ongoing since 2012 in aligning export credit policies with climate change objectives. The participants to an ...
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Fly ash
With international procurement channels, know-how in processing and individual logistics concepts, we are a reliable partner of the cement and concrete industry for fly ash. The energy turnaround means that fly ash from German hard coal-fired power plants is in short supply. Therefore, international recycling, new supply concepts and individual solutions for the European markets are ...
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US moves toward ban on coal-fired power plants to focus on renewables
In a report compiled in early 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being ...
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New interactive tools show continuing SO2 reductions at coal-fired power plants
New interactive tracking tools are now available on EPA’s Web site to help the public follow nation-wide changes in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants. Using interactive charts and Google Earth satellite maps, the public can now observe recent changes in SO2 emissions and other indicators at individual coal-fired power plants in the Acid Rain Program. The Acid Rain ...
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Successful study in the UK
ECOMB performed a feasibility study at large coal-fired power plant located in the UK, in March 2016. This was done together with our new partner for the UK market, BioC Ltd. Conclusions and results from this study were presented to the company’s management team in June. The conclusion was that an installation of an Ecotube-System would have a very positive effect on their boiler units to ...
By Ecomb AB
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Coal-fired Power Plant SCR Use to Double between 2012 and 2017
The coal-fired capacity utilizing SCR for NOx control will nearly double in the period 2012 to 2017. This is the prediction of the McIlvaine Company in its continually updated, NOx Control World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) Total capacity will grow by almost 385,000 MW during the five-year period. East Asia will account for 78 percent of the growth. Growth in coal-fired SCR will be modest ...
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Unfinished TVA nuclear plant sold at auction for $111 million
An unfinished nuclear plant in Northeast Alabama has been sold to a D.C.-based developer for $111 million, a fraction of its original cost. Nuclear Development LLC, formed by Chattanooga business mogul Franklin L. Haney, has acquired Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Bellefonte Nuclear Power plant, an abandoned twin-reactor complex currently occupying 1,600 acres along the Tennessee ...
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Coal plant proposed for pristine Thai coast sparks outcry
Plans to build an 800-megawatt coal power plant near some of Thailand's most popular beaches have sparked protests and a hunger strike by activists who say officials aren't considering its impact on the pristine environment that makes the area an international tourist destination. More than 100 members of the Save Andaman from Coal Network this week staged a march and sit-in outside the prime ...
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World coal-fired power plants capacity to grow by 35% in next 10 years
World coal-fired power plant capacity will grow from 1,759,000 MW in 2010 to 2,384,000 MW in 2020. Some 80,000 MW will be replaced. So there will be 705,000 MW of new coal-fired boilers built. The annual new boiler sales will average 70,000 MW. The annual investment will be $140 billion. These are the most recent forecasts in Coal-fired Boilers: World Analysis and Forecast published by the ...
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What Actually Is Fly Ash?
Worldwide, fly ash is produced in hard coal-fired power plants during the generation of electricity by burning hard coal. Dry fly ash is a cementitious material and is often used as a binder in the concrete industry. In the production of concrete and cement, fly ash offers material advantages as well as a reduction in the amount of CO2. ...
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G20 leaders fail to agree on timeline to phase out health-harming fossil fuel subsidies
During this week’s summit, the G20 failed to agree on a timeline to phase out inefficient health-harming fossil fuel subsidies, missing an opportunity to prevent ill health and meet the Paris climate goals. At this week’s G20 summit in China, the leaders had the chance to do something big for public health prevention – by initiating crucial steps to end one of the main causes ...
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