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THE BIG PICTURE: Renewable Portfolio Standards

September 3, 2019 admin Business, climate change, climate standard, Coal, dsire, EIA, Environmental, Gas, generation profiles, Infographics, Markets, news, Nuclear, renewable portfolio standards, Renewables, rps, states, timeline, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:14 +0000

As of August 2019, 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia had renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), and eight others had non-binding renewable portfolio goals. Three states also had clean energy standards, which set targets for low-carbon non-renewables, like nuclear, and two had clean energy goals. Shown in the bars are the shares of generation by source for […]

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Vistra May Close 2 GW of Illinois Coal Power By Year’s End

August 22, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal closures, Environmental, Illinois, illinois epa, illinois pollution board, Markets, mps, news, NOx, pollutants, sox, vistra

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:53:13 +0000

Vistra Energy will shutter four coal-fired power plants—a total 2 GW—as required by Illinois’ recently revised Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS) rule, but CEO Curtis Morgan noted the move was “inevitable” due to the changing regulatory environment and unfavorable economic conditions in the MISO market. The company on Aug. 21 said it will close the 54-year-old 915-MW […]

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Power Sector CEOs Join Top Execs in Redefining Corporate Purpose

August 22, 2019 admin AEP, Business, business roundtable, captial, ceos, climate change, duke energy, Environmental, investors, Markets, news, NRG, shareholders, Southern Co.

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:36:50 +0000

The list of 181 CEOs who earlier this week moved to publicly degrade shareholder value in a bid to redefine the “purpose of a corporation” includes several chief executives from power companies. The Aug. 19 statement issued by the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs “to promote a thriving U.S. economy and expanded opportunity for […]

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EPA’s Final Regional Haze Guidance Highlights State Discretion, Flexibility

August 22, 2019 admin Business, clean air act, Coal, Environmental, EPA, grand canyon, guidance, Legal & Regulatory, news, NOx, particular matter, regional haze, sox, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:27:45 +0000

New guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 20 to help states prepare for the second implementation period of the federal regional haze program puts emphasis on “discretion and flexibilities” they can use to comply with long-standing mandates to protect visibility in federal areas. While it is not binding, the EPA’s […]

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22 States, Environmental Groups Mount Legal Challenges to EPA ACE Rule

August 15, 2019 admin ace rule, Business, Clean Power Plan, Coal, court challenges, courts, D.C. Circuit, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, New York, news, Obama, Renewables, Trump, West Virginia

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:40:12 +0000

A coalition of 22 states and seven local governments on Aug. 13 filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which the Trump administration finalized in June to replace the Obama administration’s legacy Clean Power Plan (CPP). Separately, 10 public interest groups filed a petition on Aug. […]

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The Power of a ‘Green’ Decommissioning, Remediation, and Redevelopment Plan

July 31, 2019 admin Coal, decommissioning, Environmental, Gas, green, news, Nuclear, O&M, redevelopment, remediation, Renewables, schiff hardin llp

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Economic pressures coupled with new and proposed regulations to reduce air emissions and regulate cooling water use and the management and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) continue to drive the

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SCR Project Upgrades Two Units at Four Corners

July 31, 2019 admin aecom, aps, Business, Coal, Environmental, four corners, Instrumentation & Controls, news, O&M, Plant Design, retrofit, riley power, scr, sundt construction, Technology, top plant

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The numbers tell the story of how the addition of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology helped an iconic New Mexico coal-fired plant reduce its emissions, keeping the plant in operation and continuing

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BHP, Mitsubishi Partner on Emissions Reduction Technologies

July 29, 2019 admin Australia, bhp, boundary dam, Business, carbon engineering ltd., CCS, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, emissions, Environmental, greenhouse gas, International, lakeland battery storage and solar, Mitsubishi, mitsubishi development pty, news, peking university, Renewables, Solar, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:04:45 +0000

BHP and Mitsubishi Development Pty (MDP) in late June signed a memorandum of understanding for joint research, development, and deployment of greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies in several countries, including projects with battery storage, solar, and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The agreement, signed in Tokyo, Japan, on June 20, also calls for research into […]

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Worried About Climate Change? Save Nuclear Plants [PODCAST]

July 26, 2019 admin Carol Browner, climate change, Environmental, GLOBAL WARMING, news, Nuclear, nuclear matters, nuclear power, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:35:15 +0000

Nuclear power advocates suggest there are many benefits associated with nuclear energy. They point to high-paying jobs; billions of dollars in economic activity for plant-hosting communities; and secure, reliable, baseload electricity. But the most-important benefit of nuclear power may be that it emits no greenhouse gases, and therefore, does not contribute to climate change. According […]

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Reversing Climate Change with Nuclear Power [PODCAST]

July 18, 2019 admin Business, Carbon Capture, climate change, CO2, Environmental, GLOBAL WARMING, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:47:10 +0000

According to the Energy Impact Center, a Washington, D.C.-based research institute focused on deep decarbonization, CO2 emissions “must go net-negative by 2040, globally across all energy sectors” to begin countering climate change. The only way it sees to accomplish this is to “produce energy inexpensive enough to make carbon negative fuels that compete with fossil […]

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