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Trump to pull back Obama-Era Coal Emissions Rules
on August 21, 2018 at 2:54 pm
Trump has vowed to end what Republicans call a "war on coal" waged by Obama. […]
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BREAKING: Trump Emissions Plan Aims to Boost Coal-Fired Power
by Darrell Proctor on August 21, 2018 at 1:41 pm
The Trump administration has proposed an overhaul of U.S. power plant emissions rules, unveiling a plan that would allow individual states to determine how […]
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A Brief History of the Clean Power Plan
by Sonal Patel on August 21, 2018 at 1:40 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule to replace the Clean Power Plan—a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from […]
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TVA seeks Public Input on Environmental Investigation for coal ash spill site
on August 17, 2018 at 1:44 pm
Called the largest coal ash spill in history when it happened, the wet cell collapse released close to 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash sludge […]
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Potential Navajo Station Operator—Less Capacity Equals More Profit
by Darrell Proctor on August 16, 2018 at 5:54 pm
The possible new operator of the largest coal-fired power plant in the western U.S. told Arizona regulators this week the company would run the Navajo […]
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World’s First AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Reaches Full Power
by Sonal Patel on August 16, 2018 at 12:31 pm
The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first […]
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Nuclear Power Production Up for Fifth Year in a Row
by Aaron Larson on August 16, 2018 at 1:56 am
Nuclear power generation increased worldwide in 2017 for the fifth successive year according to a report released by the World Nuclear Association (WNA). […]
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Judge Rules New York Gas Plant Can Resume Startup Tests
by Darrell Proctor on August 15, 2018 at 11:21 pm
A New York Supreme Court judge on August 15 said Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) can resume startup tests at its new natural gas-fired power plant in […]
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Chicago firm details plans to take over Navajo Coal-Fired Plant
on August 15, 2018 at 5:45 pm
Fewer employees, and a new lease and coal supply agreement also are in the mix as Middle River Power pursues a takeover of the Navajo Generating Station. The […]
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States Would Set Rules Under Trump Emissions Plan
by Darrell Proctor on August 15, 2018 at 5:26 pm
A report from POLITICO says the Trump administration’s rollback of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) would give individual states more leeway to set […]
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Indiana Consumers Commission seeks Rejection of Vectren Gas Plant Project
on August 14, 2018 at 9:21 pm
The state utility consumers group (IUCC) argued that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission should reject Vectren’s plan because it contended the […]
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Group: Indiana Should Reject Vectren Plan for New Gas-Fired Plant
by Darrell Proctor on August 14, 2018 at 5:53 pm
An Indiana consumer protection agency has told state regulators they should reject Vectren Corp.’s plan to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in […]
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Poland moves to Protect Coal Power Jobs
on August 13, 2018 at 9:37 pm
Polish trade union leaders and government officials at a climate change conference called Thursday for nations to protect industrial jobs and be given the […]
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Tucson Electric Power gets Approval for time to shift Coal Units to Gas-fired
on August 13, 2018 at 3:16 pm
TEP is planning to replace two 1950s-era coal-fired units with the gas engines at its Irvington/H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station. The project is expected to […]
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Vietnam Power Plant getting two Steam Gen-sets from MHPS
on August 9, 2018 at 9:28 pm
The Nghi Son-2 plant will have a 1,330 MW generation capacity and is being built about 200 km (124 miles) south of Hanoi. It will be operated by a special […]
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Official: FERC, Other Agencies Identifying ‘Critical’ Coal, Nuclear Plants
by Darrell Proctor on August 9, 2018 at 4:48 pm
An official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told a nuclear industry group this week that the agency and Trump administration officials are […]
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Nuclear Construction Update: New Progress Made in Russia, UAE, and U.S.
by Aaron Larson on August 8, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Several milestones have been reached at nuclear power plant construction sites around the world including on the Leningrad II-2, Novovoronezh II-2, Barakah, […]
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AEP Seeking Coal Bids for Generating Stations
on August 6, 2018 at 3:07 pm
The Columbus, Ohio-based utility still generates 47 percent of its power from coal, higher than the industry standard of closer to 30 percent. The coal portion […]
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Montana Judge Denies Utility to Recoup Cost of Outage
on August 1, 2018 at 9:21 pm
A judge says NorthWestern Energy is not entitled to collect $8.2 million from customers to cover the cost of an outage at Montana's Colstrip power plant. The […]
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PE Exclusive: Coal gets Positive Vibes Worldwide in July
on July 27, 2018 at 2:28 pm
The biggest leap for the traditional power generation resource was in India, where the import of thermal coal rose more than 14 percent year over year. […]
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