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India Starts Up Its First-Ever USC Coal Unit

October 1, 2019 admin ausc, Business, climate change, Coal, coal-fired technology, Fuel, hele, India, International, khargone, news, ntpc, Paris Agreement, Research and Development, Technology, ultra supercritical

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:00:06 +0000

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NTPC Ltd., one of India’s largest power generating companies, on Sept. 3 announced it had commissioned the country’s first ultrasupercritical (USC) coal-fired unit at the two-unit 1,320-MW Khargone plant that is under construction in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The development marks a major milestone for India, which depends on coal for 56% of its […]

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Wheeler: Keeping U.S. Coal Sector Alive Will Benefit ‘International Environmental Protection’

June 27, 2019 admin ace rule, andrew wheeler, China, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, efficiency, Environmental, EPA, Gas, hele, India, Legal & Regulatory, news, pollution controls, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:36:14 +0000

Coal power, which has seen a marked decline in the U.S., is necessary for reliability and energy affordability, and sustaining it could boost pollution technology exports and “improve lives while driving down emissions worldwide,” said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a speech last week. Wheeler made the remarks at a 90-minute event […]

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India’s Coal Future Hinges on Advanced Ultrasupercritical Breakthroughs

June 6, 2019 admin a-usc, bhel, biomass, boiler, Business, climate change, Coal, dadri, Economic Growth, Environmental, Fuel, hele, igcar, igcc, India, indigenous programs, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, ntpc, Power Demand, Renewables, Research and Development, sipat, supercritical, supply chains, Technology, test loop, ultra supercritical, usc

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:49:47 +0000

India is striving to conserve coal and slash its carbon emissions. The country which depended on coal for 56% of its total capacity of 356 GW as of May 2019, wants to reduce coal’s share to 45% of a planned capacity expansion to 480 GW by the end of 2022. During that period, it will […]

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How China Is Improving Coal Technology

June 6, 2019 admin 13th five-year plan, a-usc, anyan, binchang, boilers, bulian, Business, cfb, China, china energy, climate change, Coal, coal gasification, Coal Mining, coal yards, double reheat systems, Environmental, Fuel, fuyang, hele, International, low-nitrogen, news, pingshan, plasma oil-free ignition, Renewables, Research and Development, shenergy power, supply chains, Technology, ultra supercritical, usc, zhoushan

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:37:46 +0000

In China, though specific achievements are hard to pinpoint owing in part to a dearth of public or internationally available information, coal technology developments appear to be advancing more rapidly than anywhere in the world. China’s efforts to foster technology advancements are in the country’s national interest, said Mi Shuhua, executive vice president of China […]

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How the U.S. Is Investing in Advanced Coal Technologies

June 6, 2019 admin a-usc, Business, carbon capture costs, ccus, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, coal technology, coalfirst, comtest project, DOE, Environmental, EPRI, Fuel, Gas, hele, longview, Markets, modular coal, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, turk, ultra supercritical, usc, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:42:21 +0000

The U.S. is investing heavily to ensure its future coal-fired power fleet will be cleaner, more efficient, and more flexible, experts said at the 9th International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies in Houston on June 4. The conference—which is taking place this week in the U.S. for the first time—is spearheaded by the IEA Clean […]

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Could High-Efficiency, Low-Emissions (HELE) Technology Revive U.S. Coal Power?

November 22, 2018 admin advanced ultrasupercritical, Business, China, Coal, coal first, DOE, Environmental, hele, iea, International, Japan, news, senator young, supercritical, Technology, ultrasupercritical

A newly introduced Senate bill aims to make federal loan guarantees available for new high-efficiency, low-emissions (HELE) coal power plants in the U.S. Although it spearheads considerable research and development initiatives to advance coal technology, the nation’s pipeline of coal builds remains virtually vacant, and it now lags painfully behind Asia and Europe in demonstration […]

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