Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
One of the oldest energy efficiency ideas—combined heat and power—is prospering in the U.S. and looks promising elsewhere as the world searches for low-cost energy by increasing efficiency while lowering
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:25:30 +0000
The Senate on February 28 officially confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 52–47 vote, mostly along party lines. The nomination of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was controversial, with many lawmakers and environmentalists criticizing his ties to the coal industry. Wheeler has held the role in an acting […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:32:15 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will refrain from amending the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2), retaining a 2010 rule, which it said adequately protects public health. The agency on Feb. 25 said in a notice that a periodically required review of the primary—or health-based—rule concluded no revision was necessary. The […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:48:51 +0000
Multinational power and gas giant ENGIE, which embarked on an aggressive transition toward zero-carbon three years ago, saw tempered revenue growth over 2018, owing in part to its disposal of thermal generation businesses in the UK and Poland, and the 1-GW Loy Yang B coal-fired power plant in Australia. ENGIE CEO Isabelle Kocher, who outlined […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:30:56 +0000
Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), two giant Japanese companies with substantial stakes in the world’s power sector, are separately rethinking future business directions as sizable disruptions shake up prospects for traditional market growth. In recent months, Hitachi refined its business model to prepare it for explosive demand in digitalization solutions, focusing heavily on grid […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:07:00 +0000
An Alabama power plant that has operated for more than a century will close in April, with Alabama Power saying that the cost to comply with government regulations on the handling of coal ash and wastewater no longer make the plant economically viable. Jim Heilbron, Alabama Power’s senior vice president and senior production officer, on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000
Utility-sponsored energy-efficiency programs have always seemed like a contradiction to me. Obviously, power companies make money by selling electricity, so encouraging customers to install energy-efficient
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000
Two weeks of intense negotiations at the 24th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in Katowice, Poland, last December culminated in
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000
Coal power plants today must find ways to operate economically if they are to survive. Every area of cost reduction must be investigated. On the maintenance side, time savings must be sought—to reduce
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:28:54 +0000
Brutally cold temperatures in the midwestern and northeastern U.S. spurred grid operator alerts as natural gas demand has surged, power prices have soared, and there have been forced generator outages. The polar vortex, an extreme cold event characterized by back-to-back cold fronts, has so far prompted states of emergency in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. On […]
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