October 10, 2013

New England’s Largest Coal and Oil Power Plant to Close

Curt Morgan, CEO and president of Brayton Point Energy LLC, announced in a written statement on Oct. 7, 2013, that the Brayton Point Power Station will be closed permanently in 2017. The news comes as a bit of a surprise,… Read More »

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Carbon Capture and Sequestration Falling Further Behind Demand

Late last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on climate change and carbon emissions, which noted that “atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide . . . have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the… Read More »

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Kansas High Court Invalidates 2010 895-MW Coal Project Air Permit

The Supreme Court of the state of Kansas last week invalidated a controversial air pollution permit granted in 2010 by state regulators to Sunflower Electric Power Corp.'s proposed 895-MW coal-fired Holcomb 2 plant. The court ruled in favor of environmental group… Read More »

Supreme Court to Review Federal Court Decision Vacating CSAPR

Though a stalemate on the federal budget endures in Congress, and the federal government continues to be partially shut down, the Supreme Court began its new term on Oct. 7 by announcing that it had accepted two cases seeking a… Read More »

World Coal Association Promotes Practical Steps to Combat Climate Change

While many people believe coal is incompatible with meeting the challenge of climate change, the World Coal Association (WCA) disagrees. Together with the Polish Ministry of Economy, the WCA has developed “The Warsaw Communiqué” to address steps that can be… Read More »

First U.S. Concentrating Solar Power Plant with Thermal Storage Begins Operations

Abengoa’s Solana solar thermal plant, the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) plant and the first in the U.S. with thermal energy storage, began commercial operations on Monday. The 280-MW plant, near Gila Bend in Arizona about 70… Read More »

Want More? Check out these stories from POWER's October  2013 issue:NuScale Puts Single-Minded Focus on Small Modular Reactor Practical Considerations for Converting Boilers to Burn Gas  Reciprocating Engines Continue to Be Flexible Workhorses Reducing SCR Fly Ash Accumulation with Improved Reactor Inlet Airflow LNG Exports: Who Gets to Decide?From POWER's sister publications:California Boosts Grid Flexibility with Another Fast-Start Plant Electrical Area Classification in Coal-Fired Power Plants Carbon Dioxide and the Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

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