Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.)—one of a handful of Democrats that are critical of the Obama administration's carbon rules for new power plants—on Monday introduced a bill that would provide federal…
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The Dan River coal ash spill has forced some serious discussions about the future of Duke Energy’s North Carolina coal fleet. Duke Energy President and CEO Lynn Good said in…
Source: POWER During IHS CERAWeek in Houston in early March, POWER Editor Gail Reitenbach sat down with Heiner Markhoff, president and CEO of GE Power & Water’s Water & Process…
Germany's biggest utility E.ON will shutter nearly 13 GW of capacity—more than a quarter of its conventional fleet in Europe—to offset the "negative effects of a difficult economic and regulatory…
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Janet McCabe, a top air regulation official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defended the agency's carbon rule for new power plants at a House hearing on Wednesday, even as…
March 11 marked the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the east coast of Japan. Within days of that event, with no backup power,…
If a conveyor belt does not perform according to the manufacturer’s claims—by wearing prematurely, ripping too easily, or disintegrating due to excessive heat or because of oil penetration—the risk to…
The deadline for power plants to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) is fast approaching. The wide range of rapidly changing and developing technologies…
U.S. energy infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to acute weather events and long-term changes in the climate, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. Options to help reduce those risks…
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy underscored the agency's collaboration with the energy sector as it develops environmental rules in her keynote address at IHS CERAweek in Houston on…