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EIA: Renewables to grow with or without Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says it predicts renewable energy sources will continue to grow at a record pace regardless of whether the incoming administration of President-elect Trump does away with key regulations like the Clean Power Plan (CPP). According to the EIA’s 2017 Annual Energy Outlook, the United States will become a net energy exporter sometime in the next ...
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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 fleet-modernization ...
By Duke Energy
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How Wood Biomass Can Help Solve Climate Change
The recent UN Report on climate change has put renewable energy back in the headlines, and rightly so. If we want to avoid the most serious damage from climate change, we need an all-in approach, solutions that are available today, and policies that support our working forests. While solar and wind power are the most talked-about renewable solutions, bioenergy is a critical part of the mix ...
By Enviva LP
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ADA-ES receives five-year, US$35m AC contract
ADA-ES, Inc. (Littleton, CO) announced that has received a contract from a major electric utility to supply treated activated carbon (AC) for the reduction of mercury emissions from the utility’s coal-fired power generating units. The AC supply contract extends for five years and is expected to generate revenues of about $35 million for ADA-ES. The contract also contains a one-time option for the ...
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7,000 Utility Coal-fired Power Plants Are Continuing to Upgrade and Replace
The market to upgrade and replace components in the existing 7,000 coal-fired power plants is larger than the new equipment market for wind, solar, or gas turbines. The upgrades and replacements are tracked in the Utility Tracking System published by the McIlvaine Company. Many of the power plants in the U.S. are more than 40 years old but are expected to operate another 20 years. Optimization ...
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Veolia Awarded Operations Contract for North Carolina Biomass Facility
Through a new $9 million annual operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with North Carolina Renewable Power – Lumberton, LLC, a subsidiary of Georgia Renewable Power (GRP), Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC (Veolia) will manage a cogeneration plant that converts poultry litter (waste) and wood chips into biomass energy – diverting up to 285,000 tons of poultry waste a ...
By Veolia
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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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Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants http://www.reportlinker.com/p0118041/Air-Pollution-Control-for-Coal-Fired-Power-Plants.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Coal_energy INTRODUCTION STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES This is an update by the same author, a Ph.D. ...
By ReportLinker
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