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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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TXU to Cut Mercury at Coal, Nuclear Power Plants
DALLAS, Texas, August 6, 2007 (ENS) - TXU Power has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce the amount of mercury at its Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, a two-unit nuclear power plant about 80 miles southwest of downtown Dallas, Texas, the company and the EPA announced Friday. The nuclear plant's managers have pledged to complete mercury reduction measures at the ...
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Coal-Water Fuel as an ecological alternative to Heating Oil
What is “coal-water fuel” and how it can helps? Coal-water fuel (CWSF or CWS or CWF) is a fuel which consists of fine dispersed coal particles, water and plasticizing agent. This type of fuel is widely used as an alternative to gas and black oil on different heat generating facilities. The operational economy is the main of advantages of the coal-water fuel. CW fuel has almost ...
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IEA to launch Medium-Term Coal Market Report on 16 December
The international launch of Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2013 Press webinar on Monday 16 December 2013, 10:30 a.m. Paris time Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Keisuke Sadamori Director of Energy Markets and Security, IEA The Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2013 provides IEA forecasts on coal markets for the coming five years as well as an in-depth ...
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Chancellor intervenes to honour fuel allowance benefits of ex-miners
Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the government will guarantee the concessionary fuel allowance for around 400 mine workers who lost their jobs as a result of the recent restructuring of UK Coal. The government will also guarantee the allowance for around 1,000 retired workers previously employed by the company. In total, around 1,500 former mine workers will be ...
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IEA to launch Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 on 15 December
The international launch of Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 Press webinar/teleconference On Monday, 15 December 2014, 3:00 p.m. Paris time Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Keisuke Sadamori Director of Energy Markets and Security, IEA The Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2014 provides IEA forecasts on coal markets for the coming five years as well ...
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U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved permits allowing the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. These four identical permits are the nation’s ...
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DOE awards $84M for 18 carbon-capture projects
The Energy Department said Thursday it has awarded $84 million to 18 projects across the country to help limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The projects focus on so-called carbon-capture technologies intended to limit pollution blamed for global warming. "Coal and other fossil fuels still provide 80 percent of our energy, 70 percent of our electricity and will be a ...
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Contingencies Fund: Advance for urgent funding for the UK Coal Cohort Concessionary Fuel Costs in 2013/14
The Department of Energy and Climate Change requires a cash advance of £1,500,000 from the Contingencies Fund in 2013/14 to fund the costs of assuming the concessionary fuel allowances of former miners who lost their entitlement as a result of the restructuring of UK Coal in July 2013. On 15 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that the government would guarantee the ...
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U.S. EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comment on proposed permits that would allow the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. The proposed ...
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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 ...
By XFuels Inc.
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EPA Comfort Letter Provides Fuel Customers Added Assurance
An Environmental Protection Agency Comfort Letter recently issued regarding WastAway’s SE3™ fuel provides users solid assurances of regulatory compliance as a non-waste material, compatibility with fossil fuels, and significantly low levels of contamination. “This means the EPA concurs with our product’s capability to more cleanly utilize coal fuel resources,” said ...
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DOE Announces $36 Million for Projects to Advance Carbon Capture Technologies
U.S. U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has announced approximately $36 million in federally-funded financial assistance to advance carbon capture technologies. Under the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office Of Fossil Energy (FE), the Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support cost-shared research and development projects that ...
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Colloidal Coal Water Fuel by Nanotechnology for power generation
Coal is still the dominant fuel used for power generation due to its low cost and abundant availability despite its emission problems and global warming issues. Companies around the world are trying to improve the efficiency of coal fired power plants and reduce emissions by various methods. The idea is to prepare an ultra clean coal with very low ash content in the form of coal-water slurry that ...
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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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I&M Offers New Option for Green Power
Indiana Michigan Power has launched a new way for Indiana customers to support renewable energy. IM Green offers customers the opportunity to attribute all or part of their energy use to renewable wind and solar energy generated in Indiana and Michigan for as little as $3.53 per month for a typical home. The optional payment goes directly to supporting renewable generation and IM Green costs. ...
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Feds Consider Microgrid in Upgrade of Washington, D.C. Energy Backbone
The U.S. government says it will consider installing a microgrid as part of a massive energy upgrade planned for a large block of buildings in Washington, D.C. The General Services Administration issued a request for information (RFI) Friday in the first step to upgrade the 81-year-old district energy network and younger combined heat and power (CHP) system. The RFI is precursor to an energy ...
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How to Convert Waste into Renewable Energy through Briquetting Plant?
Day by day huge amounts of waste are produced by various human activities. This waste produces environmental pollution. So we have to manage the waste so that we can reduce environmental pollution. Biomass Briquette Machines help us to manage this waste. Biomass Briquette Machines convert agriculture and forestry waste into solid fuel briquettes or white coal. Briquettes are eco-friendly fuel and ...
By JK BioEnergy
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ADA-ES to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus Cleantech Conference and the Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor Summit
ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES) today announced that Michael D. Durham, President and CEO and Mark McKinnies, Senior Vice President and CFO will address institutional investors at two investment conferences scheduled as follows: Stifel Nicolaus Cleantech Conference: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM ET at The Omni Berkshire Place in New York. Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor ...
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Govt. to allot Critical Coal Blocks to increase Coal Production in India
The Indian coal ministry plans to allot 41 critical blocks of coal with a joint coal reserve of 16 Billion Tons (These blocks are in Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Chattisgarh). Furthermore, the ministry has already started inviting applications from private power firms and PSUs regarding this. Nearly 15 blocks will be allotted to private players such as Reliance Energy, Tata Power, and ...
By RNCOS
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