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EPA to hold public hearings in Washington, D.C. and Chicago on carbon pollution standard for new power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings on May 24, 2012, on the proposed carbon pollution standard for new power plants. The proposed standard, which only applies to power plants built in the future, is flexible and would help minimize carbon pollution through the deployment of the same types of modern technologies and steps that power companies are already ...
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Statkraft upgrades renewable power generation in Norway
Oslo, - Statkraft has decided to spend more than NOK 1 billion upgrading hydropower facilities. In western Norway, the new power plants Eiriksdal and Makkoren will replace older facilities, while Nedre Røssåga power plant in northern Norway will be modernised. "These investments will result in more renewable energy, increased security of supply and significant local, regional and ...
By Statkraft
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Carpevigo AG offers fixed rate capital investment in the solar energy field
CARPEVIGO AG / Carpevigo AG offers fixed rate capital investment in the solar energy field processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Investment opportunity renewable energies 8% interest rate at a duration of two years Holzkirchen / Germany, May 17, 2010 - Carpevigo AG of Germany (ISIN DE000A0LR6B6), a contractor and operator of ...
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Coal-fired power plants help ESRL scientists and colleagues verify satellite pollution measurements
In a strange twist, polluting power plants in the West are actually helping advance air quality research. A new study by ESRL scientists and colleagues used the large pollution plumes from rural Western power plants to understand satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution over urban areas including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, and Phoenix. There’s good news in the data: urban ...
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EPA proposes first carbon pollution standard for future power plants
Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. EPA’s proposed standard reflects the ongoing trend in the power sector to build cleaner plants that take advantage of American-made technologies, including new, clean-burning, efficient natural gas generation, which ...
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EPA Comments on We Energies Plan to Convert to Natural Gas at Valley Power Plant
We Energies today notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the company plans to retrofit its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin so that the facility can run on natural gas. “WE’s decision will improve air quality and result in major health benefits for the many people who live in the neighborhood around this power plant,” said Susan Hedman, EPA Region 5 ...
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Clarke Energy at Pollutec 2012
Clarke Energy will again be exhibiting at the Pollutec exhibition in Lyon Eurexpo between the 27-30th November. Clarke Energy engineers, installs and maintains gas fuelled power plants. These power plants can be fuelled by a range of low carbon and renewable fuels including biogas, landfill gas and sewage gases. Come see Clarke Energy at Hall 4, Stand ...
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Nuclear Power Plant and Equipment Market Size Will Hit USD 50,128.4 Million By 2026
According to the report, The global Nuclear Power Plant and Equipment market in 2019 is approximately USD 38,839.8 Million. The market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% and is projected to reach around USD 50,128.4 Million by 2026. Nuclear Energy is one of the important sources of energy in today’s world. The Energy generates after splitting atoms or the nuclear fission process in ...
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SunEdison Breaks Ground On 22.6 MW Seven Sisters Solar Power Plants In Utah
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced the groundbreaking for the 22.6 megawatt (MW) DC Seven Sisters solar project in Southern Utah. The Seven Sisters are seven separate solar power plants, four of which are located in Beaver County and three inIron County, Utah. Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp will purchase the ...
By SunEdison
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Siemens to supply wind and steam turbines for renewable energy projects in Spain – Order volume more than EUR170 million
Siemens Power Generation (PG) has received major orders from Spain to supply wind turbines as well as key equipment for solar thermal power plants. ACS, Spain’s largest construction company, has ordered 50 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 megawatts (MW) each to be erected in four wind farms in Andalucía. ACS has also ordered an industrial steam turbine for the solar-thermal power plant ...
By Siemens AG
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One of the World`s Largest Geothermal Power Plants Commences Commercial Operation
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that the first unit of the Sarulla geothermal power plant, one of the world's largest power plants, located in Indonesia's North Sumatra, has commenced commercial operation. The approximately 110 MW power plant, which combines flash and binary technologies to provide a high efficiency power plant and 100% ...
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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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EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants in order to combat climate change and improve public health. In addition, EPA has initiated broad-based outreach and direct engagement with state, tribal, and local governments, industry and labor leaders, non-profits, and others to establish carbon pollution ...
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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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Alstom Boosts Its Gas Turbine Portfolio to Address the Growth in Gas-Fired Power Generation
On 13 September, Alstom announced the launch of its upgraded GT24 gas turbine and the corresponding KA24 combined cycle power plant offering for North America, parts of Latin America, Asia and the Middle East (60Hz market). This important step closely follows the launch in June of its upgraded GT26 gas turbine and the corresponding combined cycle power plant KA26 for the 50 Hz electricity ...
By Alstom
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EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants in order to combat climate change and improve public health. In addition, EPA has initiated broad-based outreach and direct engagement with state, tribal, and local governments, industry and labor leaders, non-profits, and others to establish carbon pollution ...
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Carbon Standards for Reservation Plants Delayed
Two of the Southwest's largest coal-fired power plants straddle the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico, one within clear view of the other. But one of them didn't factor into the Obama administration's plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions across the nation because it is on an American Indian reservation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will hold off on emissions ...
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Clarke Energy wins service excellence Award in Nigeria
Clarke Energy has won the Service Excellence Award at the African Energy and Infrastructure Awards Night. The African Energy and Infrastructure Awards have been organised by African Leadership Magazine. Clarke Energy supplied its first gas engine into Nigeria in 2002 and now has established offices in Ikeja, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Clarke Energy has now sold and installed over 220MW of ...
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Clarke Energy exhibits at Power Nigeria 2012
Power Nigeria will be a platform for the Nigerian energy industry to meet and discuss developments in the sector. The event will take place between the 18-20th September 2012 at the Abuja International Conference Centre. The event will include an exhibition featuring leading international players in the energy sector. The Nigerian Government has set ambitious targets for the expansion of ...
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IAEA safety experts visiting Japan nuclear plant in December
An IAEA-lead team of international experts will visit Japan from 1-5 December 2008 to review the ongoing assessment of the impact of an earthquake on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant last year. The seven-unit power plant, the world´s largest, has remained shut down since the earthquake on 16 July 2007. The IAEA fact-finding mission will study the ongoing evaluation by Japan´s Nuclear ...
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