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Solar
U.S. Slaps New Steep Tariffs on Chinese, Taiwanese Solar Firms
The U.S. on Tuesday issued a new final determination affirming that some crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) products from China and Taiwan have been sold at dumping margins of between 11% and 165%. The final determination from the Department of Commerce stems from anti-dumping duty and countervailing duty investigations covering a category of cells, modules, laminates, […]
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POWERnews–Dec. 11, 2014
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Legal & Regulatory
Construction Monitor: Longer Delays Are Likely for Vogtle Reactors
The two nuclear reactors under construction at Plant Vogtle will be delayed beyond their forecast commercial operation dates of December 2017 and 2018, an oversight team told Georgia regulators in the project’s latest construction monitoring report. The consortium building the project had originally projected the first of the two AP1000 reactors would be operational in […]
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Nuclear
DOE Opens $12.5B Nuclear Loan Guarantee Solicitation
The Department of Energy (DOE) today opened a loan guarantee solicitation to make available as much as $12.5 billion to bolster the construction of new nuclear projects. Issued under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Solicitation backs four key technology areas: advanced nuclear reactors, small modular reactors […]
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POWERnews–Dec. 4, 2014
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Renewables
[UPDATED] Viewpoints on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Abridged
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed carbon rules for existing power plants amassed more than 1.6 million remarks before the public comment period ended on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of what states, regulators, industry groups, and environmental alliances told the agency about its Clean Power Plan. States Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, […]
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POWERnews–Nov. 20, 2014
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Legal & Regulatory
EPA Finalizes Changes to MATS Startup and Shutdown Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday finalized changes to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), applying to periods of startup and shutdown at new and existing coal- and oil-fired power plants nationwide. As published in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, the final action on the EPA’s reconsideration of the startup and shutdown […]
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Renewables
China’s Latest Energy Plan Calls for Coal Consumption Cap
China on Wednesday issued a key energy strategy that sets obligatory 2020 targets for renewables and nuclear power use and urges increased natural gas consumption—but which also caps coal consumption. The State Council’s Energy Development Strategy Action Plan covers the period between 2014 and 2020. It caps annual energy primary consumption at 4.8 billion metric […]
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Coal
ERCOT: EPA Clean Power Plan Will Further Complicate Reliability in Texas
The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan could result in the retirement of between 3.3 GW and 8.7 GW of coal-fired capacity in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid and jeopardize electric reliability for the state that is already power strapped, the independent system operator (ISO) says in a new analysis. The Environmental Protection Agency’s […]
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