Nebraska Power Plant to Use Hydrogen Fuel, Slash CO2 Emissions Nebraska Public Power District, the state’s largest electric utility, plans to replace an existing coal-fired boiler at its Sheldon Station plant in Hallam with one that uses clean-burning hydrogen fuel — a move the utility expects to reduce CO2 emissions at the plant by 1.1 … Continue reading Nebraska Power Plant to Use Hydrogen Fuel, Slash CO2 Emissions
Global Temperatures And Atmospheric CO2: Hottest March Ever; CO2 At All-Time High NOAA published its report on global land and sea temperatures for March on Friday, April 17. Inasmuch as five of the previous seven months set new records, it was not surprising that March’s land and sea temperatures were the highest ever recorded for … Continue reading Global Temperatures And Atmospheric CO2: Hottest March Ever; CO2 At All-Time High
US greenhouse gas emissions spiked 2% in 2013 After two years of decline, total US greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere because of human activity increased 2% in 2013 over the previous year. That surge was fueled, in large part, because of a growing economy, falling coal prices and a cold winter, the US … Continue reading US greenhouse gas emissions spiked 2% in 2013
SOME GOVERNORS PUSH BACK OVER MCCONNELL LETTER TO DEFY EPA CONCORD, N.H. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call for governors to defy proposed federal rules to limit pollution has been met with mostly silence, but leaders in downwind New England states and drought-stricken areas in the West are pushing back. The Kentucky Republican wrote … Continue reading SOME GOVERNORS PUSH BACK OVER MCCONNELL LETTER TO DEFY EPA
Black Dog power plant moving off coal toward cleaner energy On April 8, the last shipment of coal was delivered to Xcel Energy’s Black Dog power plant in Burnsville, marking the end of the facility’s 60-year history of producing electricity from coal. Instead, once the coal units are replaced with a natural gas combustion turbine, … Continue reading #Black_Dog power plant moving off coal toward cleaner energy
SPP: Clean Power Plan goals will be difficult to reach through any route Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has, for the second time, analyzed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), and found that it would cost $2.9 billion per year in generation-resource capital investment and energy production costs to meet the 2030 deadline … Continue reading SPP: Clean Power Plan goals will be difficult to reach through any route
Cap-and-trade: What you need to know about emissions jargon Quebec and Ontario are set to sign a cap-and-trade deal in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Here is what you need to know about some key phrases: What are greenhouse gas emissions? Greenhouse gases are those that trap heat in the atmosphere. The main … Continue reading Cap-and-trade: What you need to know about emissions jargon
Southwest Power Pool: $2.9 Billion Annual Price Tag to Comply With EPA ‘Dirty Air’ Rules Grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) said Wednesday that it would cost up to $2.9 billion a year to develop a regional plan to comply with President Obama’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) that the federal Environmental Protection Agency is … Continue reading Southwest Power Pool: $2.9 Billion Annual Price Tag to Comply With #EPA ‘Dirty Air’ Rules
NERC wants safety valve included in final CO2 rule Houston, 2 April (Argus) — The US electric grid reliability watchdog wants the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut CO2 emissions from power plants to incorporate a “reliability safety valve” — compliance exceptions for reliability reasons. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) has two … Continue reading NERC wants safety valve included in final CO2 rule
Midwest states puzzle over regional CO2 rule plan Washington, 2 April (Argus) — Midwest states are in talks about creating a regional plan for meeting power sector CO2 reduction targets proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) but some worry the effort could be frustrated if states adopt divergent compliance approaches. Indiana and Illinois are … Continue reading Midwest states puzzle over regional CO2 rule plan
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