FirstEnergy Solutions says it intends to close its last coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2021-2022, although those decisions could be reversed if the Ohio-based company were to get a federal bailout via the Trump administration, Kallanish Energy reports. The bankrupt company is closing all of its coal-fired and nuclear power plants in … Read more
Exelon Generation and Holtec International have an agreement under which Holtec will purchase Oyster Creek Generating Station, a nuclear power plant (NPP) located in New Jersey. You have reached your allocation of free articles this week. Don’t despair you can keep reading the news. Subscribe or start your free trial to read the rest of … Read more
The amount of money spent in the energy sector fell for a third straight year in 2017, raising concerns about the world’s ability to provide enough power and tackle climate change, the International Energy Agency reported Tuesday. Governments and businesses put $1.8 trillion into energy infrastructure, equipment and resources. That means global energy investment fell … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled plans to phase out coal entirely at New York state power plants by 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. Last week, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation released proposed regulations to require all power plants in New York to meet new emissions limits for carbon … Read more
The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint-venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd. to build a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. The JV expects within a month to begin construction on the $2 billion power plant project at Moheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district, 415 … Read more
PNM Resources has shuttered two of four coal-fired units at its San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico in order to comply with federal visibility regulations, Kallanish Energy reports. The company’s Public Service Co. of New Mexico, New Mexico’s largest utility, made the announcement Wednesday. The retirement of two of four units at the plant near … Read more
Portugal has confirmed it will close its two remaining coal-fired power plants before 2030, phasing out electricity generation from the so-called dirty fossil fuel, as the country joins the UK and Canada in a bid to spread international action against carbon emissions. Environment minister Joao Matos said last week the government will close the 1,100-megawatt (MW) Sines … Read more
Portugal has confirmed it will close its two remaining coal-fired power plants before 2030, phasing out electricity generation from the so-called dirty fossil fuel, as the country joins the UK and Canada in a bid to spread international action against carbon emissions. Environment minister Joao Matos said last week the government will close the 1,100-megawatt (MW) Sines … Read more
The so-called shale gale, aka, shale wave, which has positively impacted natural gas production, consumption and prices across the U.S., is a comfortable topic of discussion for Robert F. Powelson. With the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays major contributors to the gale/wave, the native Pennsylvania likes to point out what he calls the “Pennsylvania Experience,” how … Read more
Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has joined Siemens and utility Verbund for the project “H2Future” to test the viability of using so-called “green hydrogen” as a fuel in the steelmaking process. The partners this week signed for the construction of one of the largest such demonstration plants in the world at the voestalpine site in Linz, according … Read more
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