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Retrofits & Upgrades – Coal
North Dakota coal plant now “fully circular,” owner says
Eco Material and Rainbow will capture, beneficiate, and market all of the solid-form discharged materials from Coal Creek Station, adding to their existing partnership that markets fly ash in the concrete sector.
Efficiency gains in a coal-fired power plant via variable frequency drive upgrades
Following its VFD conversion project, Rawhide Unit 1 saved over 4 MW of full load auxiliary power, setting records for its heat rate and dispatchable power, while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions per MWh.
New EPA air rule could cost $1.1b to implement
In 2026, the cost of achieving these reductions would be roughly $1.1 billion (in 2016 dollars), EPA said, and offer at least $9.3 billion in benefits.
TransAlta completes coal phaseout at Canadian facilities
The conversion of Keephills Unit 3 from coal-to-natural gas concludes the last of three planned conversions at the power producer’s facilities near Alberta.
FirstEnergy coal plants seek OK for environmental compliance work
Mon Power and Potomac Edison are seeking approval for $142 million in wastewater treatment projects at the companies’ two coal-fired power plants.
Exxon seeks $100 billion for Houston carbon capture plan
Exxon Mobil has suggested turning the 50-mile-long Houston Ship Channel into a carbon capture and storage hub.
SNC-Lavalin, E2S sign MOU on exploring coal/fossil to energy storage conversion projects
Longtime power plant operations, management and services firm SNC-Lavalin will work with an energy storage developer on exploring opportunities to convert end-of-life fossil power plants to clean energy facilities. E2S Power and SNC-Lavalin signed the non-binding memorandum to collaborate on the rapidly growing energy storage market as a potential option for retiring power plants. Research firm Wood Mackenzie has forecast
U.S coal-fired power makes 22 percent rally this year, EIA predicts
The U.S. electricity sector will generate 22 percent more coal-fired generation this year than in 2020, ending six straight years of precipitous declines. A new report by the federal Energy Information Administration, utilizing recent data, forecasts that coal-fired turbines will pick up the slack amidst higher natural gas prices. Gas-fired generation currently accounts for nearly 40 percent of the U.S.
Retrofits & Upgrades – Coal
SNC-Lavalin, E2S sign MOU on exploring coal/fossil to energy storage conversion projects
Longtime power plant operations, management and services firm SNC-Lavalin will work with an energy storage developer on exploring opportunities to convert end-o…
U.S coal-fired power makes 22 percent rally this year, EIA predicts
The U.S. electricity sector will generate 22 percent more coal-fired generation this year than in 2020, ending six straight years of precipitous declines. A new…
West Virginia PSC approves plans to upgrade coal-fired plants and keep open through 2040
West Virginia state regulators have approved the request of local utilities to keep three coal-fired power plants open through the next two decades. The order b…
Capital Power converting coal-fired Genesee units to combined cycle gas-fired technologies by 2024
Canadian-based electricity producer Capital Power and contractor Burns & McDonnell are halfway through design work on a project to repower and convert coal-…
Low wind generation, high gas prices leads UK grid to ask for West Burton A coal-fired power
The United Kingdom is quickly phasing out coal-fired power in its electricity mix and only operates a handful of such stations nationwide. This week, however, c…
Historic Martin Drake coal-fired plant retired in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities shut down its nearly 100-year-old coal-fired generation plant in downtown last month, a sign of the move to renewable and lower-carbo…
Superior Boiler celebrates new watertube manufacturing plant in Kansas
A power industry boilermaker has opened its new watertube manufacturing plant in Kansas. Superior Boiler showcased its new plant this week after renovating the …
1.15-GW Coal Creek Station gains reprieve as Co-op sells North Dakota coal-fired plant
The sale of North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant should put the station’s planned retirement on hold. Great River Energy, a cooperative, will sell …
San Juan coal-fired plant could run through 2025 as new investors seek CCS funding
The coal-fired San Juan Generation Station in New Mexico will not close within two years as expected, but could operate for several years beyond that was its ne…
Financial, legal pressures pushing Vistra to close Illinois coal-fired plant early
The owners of the coal-fired Joppa Power Plant will close the nearly 70-year-old site in 2022, three years earlier than previously announced. Owners Vistra Ener…
Coal project financing totals $1T globally despite Paris, zero-carbon pledges, report says
By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ Content Director Many utilities and nations around the developed world may be announcing accelerated moves away f…
PNM ordered to explain motives behind sale of coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant
By the Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s largest electric provider has two weeks to file an amended application with state regulato…
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