coal-fired power plants

AGL Energy has brought forward a commitment to building a $400 million gas power plant in Newcastle amid intense pressure from the federal government over its determination to close its Liddell coal plant in 2022. The move represents the retailing major's biggest investment so far to replace the ...

The renewal permit would allow the coal-fired power plant to continue to discharge about 389 million gallons of wastewater per day into Lake Erie. This wastewater would ... Because the system is coal-burning, the boiler produces bottom ash and fly ash — which contain potential pollutants. Bottom ash is ...

AGL has released details for a gas-fired power plant in New South Wales, as part of its plans to replace the aging Lidell coal-fired station and move towards cleaner energy. The company said it was investing up to $400 million in the 252-megawatt facility to be built near Newcastle and be completed during ...

The union and Kayin State governments seem to be on a collision course over a controversial coal-fired power plant project. By SU MYAT MON | FRONTIER. THE FATE OF a proposed coal-fired power plant in Kayin State remains in doubt, with government officials appearing to walk back comments from ...

AGL will build a $400 million gas-fired power plant near Newcastle, NSW as part of the first stage of its planned shutdown and replacement of the Liddell coal-fired power station. The energy company has announced it will build the 252-megawatt gas-fired plant near its Newcastle Gas Storage Facility, ...

It is Allegheny County's only remaining coal-fired power plant and continues to operate under an extension to a permit that expired in August 2012. DEP may issue a permit to allow discharges from the plant into the Allegheny River, giving the plant until 2023 to become compliant with regulations. Many at ...

A lawsuit filed on Monday claims that emissions from a Kansas City Power & Light coal-fired electric power plant in La Cygne caused a woman to be sickened with an incurable illness. The power plant, located about 60 miles from Kansas City, has been in operation since 1973 and underwent a $1 billion ...

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation exempting coal used in a power plant on the Navajo Nation from the state's sales tax to help make it more attractive for a new buyer. Ducey called the bill he signed Wednesday "essential for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and surrounding communities" ...

“India remains a key market for Carmichael coal,” the statement said. “We are also targeting growth in demand for seaborne thermal coal from Asia. The seaborne thermal coal market has recorded average per annum growth of 4.9% over the last decade and continued growth is forecast, this will create ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has taken a hard stance in defense of the new coal-fired Shenao Power Plant (深澳電廠), arguing ... This is in large part because the government has been increasingly reliant on coal-fired power plants, as it seeks to transform the country's ...

BILLINGS–Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the U.S. are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge—but not fast enough to meet international climate change goals, environmental groups said Wednesday. Coal's dominance as the fuel of choice for generating ...

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, white smoke and steam rise from the China Huaneng Group's Beijing power plant that was the last coal-fired plant to shut down on March 18, 2017 as the Chinese capital convert to clean energy like thermal power. The global fleet of coal-fired power plants is ...

The government would not be able to reach the power reserve margin target it set for 2025 if fails to commence operations at the coal-fired Shenao Power Plant as scheduled, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday. Taiwan is likely to see a power shortfall by 2025, as the reserve margin is expected ...

The company wants to build a $1-billion natural gas plant in East China Township in St. Clair County on a site where it currently operates a coal-burning power plant. Environmental groups oppose the plan. Michigan Radio's Tracy Samilton joins Doug Tribou to discuss the issues during this time of ...

Sem-Calaca, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Semirara Mining and Power Corp., operates the 2x300 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in Calaca. The company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that Unit 1 was synchronised to the grid on 17 March and produced an average load ...

Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy announced last month that it plans to shut down two coal-fired units in Willow Island next year. The Pleasants Power Station opened in 1979 and produces enough electricity to power about 1.3 million homes, but it is struggling to stay competitive against low natural gas prices ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — One of the units at a coal-fired power plant that serves customers in the southwestern United States has been taken offline as officials investigate a structural failure in one of its coal silos. Public Service Co. of New Mexico confirmed Tuesday that the failure over the weekend at ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the U.S. are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge -- but not fast enough to meet international climate change goals, environmental groups said Wednesday. Coal's dominance as the fuel of choice for ...

“Falling coal-fired power plant construction and accelerating retirements are excellent news for public health – pollution from coal-fired power plants is responsible for hundreds of thousands of premature deaths every year globally,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, senior global campaigner at Greenpeace. “Despite ...

9, 2009 image shows the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M. One of the units at the San Juan Generating Station that serves customers in the southwestern United States has been taken offline as officials investigate a structural failure in one of its coal silos. Public Service Co. of ...

A second Colstrip owner has agreed to be financially ready nine years from now to shutter the coal-fired power plant's newest units. Avista Corp., of Spokane, Wash., is putting December 2027 as the end of “remaining useful life” for Colstrip Units 3 and 4. That means the Washington utility will be financially ...