The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to issue a final rule governing power plant cooling water by April 17 as agreed with environmental groups. In court papers, the agency instead…
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During the Powder River Basin Coal Users' Group (PRBCUG) annual conference held Mar. 31–Apr. 3, 2014, in conjunction with the ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition, Springerville Generating Station was recognized…
Dealing with combustible dust and controlling fuel spillage are struggles faced by almost all coal-fired power plants. During the ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition held Apr. 1–3, 2014, in New…
Andy Dobrzanski, Mark Collett, and Dave Markle were among the presenters at the Powder River Basin Coal Users’ Group (PRBCUG) annual conference held Mar. 31–Apr. 3, 2014. The PRBCUG provides…
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A federal court on April 15 upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) February 2012-finalized Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), ruling in a 2–1 decision that the agency is not…
In a stark departure from the zero-nuclear future proposed by a previous administration, the cabinet of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday endorsed restarting the country's idled nuclear reactors as…
At least 70% of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity has already installed environmental control equipment to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics (MATS) Standards, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) reports. …
By 2029, renewable sources in Arizona's energy mix will double and natural gas's share will surpass coal's and nuclear's, the state's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS) projects in its…
North Carolina state officials on Friday cited Duke Energy for a 40-foot-long crack in an earthen dam at the 2012-retired Cape Fear Plant's ash impoundment, to which the company last…
Andy Dobrzanski, Mark Collett, and Dave Markle were among the presenters at the Powder River Basin Coal Users’ Group (PRBCUG) preconference workshop on Monday. While several speakers mentioned housekeeping’s important…