In a landmark ruling that has been seen as a major victory for thermal generators, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection…
Power
Monthly Issue | September 24, 2012
Dominion Virginia Power plans to convert its oldest coal-fired power plant, the 227-MW Bremo Power Station near Bremo Bluff, Va., to natural gas, the company announced earlier this month. The…
Injection of carbon dioxide has begun at one of the world’s first fully integrated coal-fired carbon capture, transportation, and geologic storage projects. The "Anthropogenic Test" conducted by the Southeast Regional…
In March 2007, Datang Huayin Jinzhushan Thermoelectric Power Generation Co., Ltd. placed an order with BWBC for the supply of a 600-MW supercritical steam generator as part of a planned…
Delayed startups and damage to plant equipment due to inadequate water cycle chemistry commissioning are thought to be major problems for half of all new generating units, as well as…
Dust collection systems capture fugitive coal dust that would otherwise escape from the perimeter of equipment areas. Collected fugitive dust is fuel that should be delivered to the furnace and…
Across the nation, thousands of good-paying jobs are disappearing and the communities that depend on them are withering as scores of coal-fired power plants shut their doors. The plants, and…
Reading President Obama’s latest Executive Order (EO) on industrial energy efficiency, one would think American companies were not interested in saving money and gaining a competitive advantage: While our manufacturing…
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) estimates that 37,000 jobs will be lost should the federal production tax credit (PTC) not be renewed this year. The source of that estimate…