Gaining Control with Electraulic Actuators Plant engineers at Eskom’s Majuba Power Station in South Africa have been continuously looking for ways to improve efficiency and reliability. The six-unit, 4,000-MW, supercritical coal-fired plant was experiencing an efficiency decrease of 5% to 7%, which plant engineers determined… Read More
World’s First Post-Combustion CCS Coal Unit Online in Canada The first full-scale commercial post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at an operating coal-fired power plant is now online in Estevan, Saskatchewan, roughly 10 miles north of the U.S. border. The heart of the $1.4 billion project at Boundary… Read More
AEP Seeks Guarantees to Ensure Economic Viability of Ohio Fleet American Electric Power's (AEP's) Ohio unit has asked the state's Public Utilities Commission for permission to essentially charge customers for costs to operate nine unregulated coal-fired units, a move the company says will address market volatility and ensure the economic… Read More
Prepare Your Coal Plant for Cold Weather Operations Cold temperatures are nothing new, but extreme winter weather has been in the headlines more and more in recent years. Many of us had never heard the term “polar vortex” before last winter, but earlier&hellips; Read More
Two Units at Coal Power Plant Back Online Following Spring Fire With Units 6 and 7 back in operation, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) has restored 80% of the generation capacity at its Martin Drake Power Plant located in downtown Colorado Springs. The plant was taken offline after sustaining significant damage during… Read More
Nation’s First Coal Ash Law Takes Effect in North Carolina Though unsigned by its governor, North Carolina has enacted the nation's first comprehensive coal ash management law. The statute, which took effect on Sept. 20, applies to all unlined dry and wet coal ash ponds owned by public utilities, including… Read More
