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Utility Regulators Finalize Plan for Implementing Washington's 100% Clean Electricity Law
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has finalized its work plan to implement Washington's new 100% clean electricity law.The plan outlines the commission's process and schedule for 19 rulemakings, workgroups, reports, and other proceedings required by E2SSB 5116, known as the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), and other clean energy legislation passed in the ...
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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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Novinda Expands Reach into Mercury Emissions Control Market – Joins Forces with Eight Power Utility Solution Providers
Novinda Corporation, a provider of mercury emission control solutions, announced today that it has finalized agreements with eight professional manufacturers’ representative companies to increase the nationwide market coverage and support of Novinda’s flagship product, Amended Silicates. Complimenting its direct sales efforts and existing ...
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Clean Coal Technologies Announces Sponsorship of the `World Clean Coal Week, Indonesia Focus 2012` Conference
Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: CCTC) (Pink Sheets: CCTC), an emerging cleaner-energy company utilizing patented technology to convert raw coal into a cleaner burning and more efficient fuel, today announced that the company is sponsoring and speaking at the third annual “World Clean Coal Week, Indonesia Focus 2012” conference in Bali, Indonesia to be held November 25-27, 2012. ...
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Precipitator Market to Level Off in 2015
Electrostatic precipitator owners will spend $15 billion on new systems and repairs of existing systems in 2015. This will represent no increase over 2014. This is the latest prediction in the McIlvaine publication, Electrostatic Precipitator World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) Despite the very sizable $5 billion expenditure for new systems in East Asia, it is this sector that will be ...
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NOx control equipment and consumables revenues will be $6.8 billion this year
Revenues for suppliers of stationary NOx control systems, catalysts and reagents will exceed $6.8 billion in 2012. The biggest markets for new systems are in Asia whereas the greatest purchases of catalysts and reagents are in the U.S. and Europe. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine report, NOx Control World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) China has already passed all other ...
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DOE Seeks Projects to Advance Carbon Dioxide Utilization from Coal-Fired Power Plants
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced approximately $6.7 million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as part of the Department’s Carbon Storage program, which has the goal of developing and ...
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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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Temporary rebound expected for coal mining in 2014
The U.S. coal mining industry will see a modest and short-lived rebound in 2014, driven by more production in Western states after two successive years of declines, according to a government forecast released Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration projected a 36 million ton increase in coal production for the year, to 1.04 billion tons. That's up 3.6 percent from 2013 figures. Low ...
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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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Florida Utility Puts Planned Coal-Fired Power Plant on Hold
PERRY, Florida, July 6, 2007 (ENS) - Climate concerns have put a damper on Taylor Energy Center's plans to build a large new coal-fired power plant in Perry, Florida. The plant would be located in the northwestern part of the state, about 40 miles south of the capital, Tallahassee. On Wednesday, the company said it will suspend permitting activities and participate in a state dialogue on ...
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Department of Energy Announces $100M in Investments in Coal FIRST
The U.S. Department of Energy announced recently (4/12) investments for the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, and Transformative) initiative, which aims to develop coal plants of the future that will provide secure, stable, reliable power with near zero emissions. "Coal is an abundant, affordable, resilient, and reliable energy source that, through innovation, will continue to ...
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Asia Low Rank Coal Utilization Congress 2014
Low rank coal (including lignite, long-flame coal, non-stick and weak-stick coal) accounts for more than 50% in China total coal reserves and production, which has become a very important part of energy supply. China’s low rank coal has the features of rich moisture, low heat, active chemical reactivity, flammable and frangible, and iIt is not suitable for direct combustion and for long ...
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Fuel Tech Announces Commercial FUEL CHEM® Order
WARRENVILLE, Ill. - Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of a commercial FUEL CHEM® order from an existing domestic electric utility customer. Fuel Tech's proprietary TIFI® Targeted In-Furnace Injection™ ...
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Hamon Research-Cottrell licenses J-Power EnTech’s ReACT technology
(Somerville, NJ) Hamon Research-Cottrell has entered into a formal license agreement with J-Power EnTech, Tokyo to market J-Power EnTech’s ReACT technology in North America. ReACT (Regenerative Activated Coke Technology) is an advanced multi-pollutant control technology for highly efficient control of SOx (SO2 and SO3), NOx, mercury and particulate. ReACT is a commercial technology with numerous ...
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Natural gas industry struggles to keep promises
America's plan to use more natural gas to run power plants, make chemicals, drive vehicles and heat homes may not go as smoothly as expected. There's plenty of natural gas in the ground, everyone seems to agree. But the harsh weather this winter shows there are obstacles to producing it, and more pipelines have to be built. The bitter temperatures boosted demand for natural gas to heat homes ...
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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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Biomass Charcoal Briquette Machine Setting Up A Bio-briquette Project
Bio-briquette is a form of renewable energy that is acquired through the conversion of agroforestry waste into bio-coal. Biomass charcoal briquette machine is an ideal equipment in this project. Bio-briquette projects are crucial biofuel substitutes to coal and charcoal. The projects are mostly common in developing countries where there is no sufficient number of energy sources. Bio-briquettes ...
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Vistra Energy Supports Plan to Transition Illinois Coal Plants and Repurpose Sites for Solar and Energy Storage
Vistra Energy supports legislation to be filed in the Illinois General Assembly by State Senator Michael Hastings and State Representative Luis Arroyo, which the company views as a visionary and comprehensive transition plan for its subsidiaries' central and southern Illinois coal plants.The Illinois Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Act of 2019 will help mitigate the uncertainty surrounding these ...
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Obama`s climate plan takes aim at coal plants
America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The plan aims to reduce power-plant emissions of carbon dioxide, increase America's reliance on natural gas and renewables and make trucks, homes and businesses more efficient. Some parts of the plan will take months to work ...
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