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Coal


Coal power plant design, construction, operation and maintenance, as well as legal and regulatory issues.

FERC, NERC Reveal Disturbing Details from Winter Storm Elliot Inquiry

Incremental unplanned generation outages triggered during Winter Storm Elliot spiked to 90.5 GW—significantly more than the 61.8 GW during Winter Storm Uri in 2021—representing 13% of the U.S. portion of…



Marnie Surfaceblow: Bowing Under Pressure

Long-time POWER readers may remember Marmaduke Surfaceblow, a fictional character whose engineering escapades were brilliantly portrayed in hundreds of stories published within POWER magazine’s pages over more than 30 years…


POWER Digest [September 2023]

Indian USC Coal Plant, First Transnational Power Project, Begins Operation Indian independent power producer Adani Power on July 12 began full commercial operation of the coal-fired 1,600-MW Godda Ultra Super-Critical…


NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability…


Could SCR Catalyst Technology Adoption Be a Roadmap for Power Plants Seeking Economical and Efficient CO2 Point-Source Solutions?

As the quest to develop a net-zero carbon emissions electricity grid marches on, global entities like the International Energy Agency (IEA) increasingly point to a big role for carbon capture,…


NRG Energy’s Pivot Amid Power Sector Change

Once a giant pure-play independent power producer, NRG Energy has cultivated a legacy of pioneering business models to withstand waves of change in the power sector. Its latest strategic shift…