Spanish Coal-Fired Power Station Plans to Add Energy Storage Enel-owned power company Endesa has taken the first steps to add battery storage to one of the largest thermal generation plants in Spain. The innovation will help make the plant more efficient and flexible, reducing emissions and the need for maintenance in order to prolong the … Continue reading Spanish Coal – Fired Power Station Plans to Add Energy Storage
Gas And Renewables Toppled Coal A Decade Early Cheap natural gas and renewables ousted coal as America’s leading energy source in 2015, a decade earlier than the Clean Power Plan predicted—and without the Clean Power Plan’s help, according to a new analysis. SNL Energy, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence, published an analysis last … Continue reading Gas And Renewable s Toppled Coal A Decade Early
Kentucky Regulators, Industry Reps Privately Rewrote Coal Ash Rules Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet has finalized a controversial plan to let the state’s utilities virtually self-regulate the storing of hazardous coal ash near power plants. As details about the plan emerged over the past few weeks, Cabinet Secretary Charles Snavely defended the rules and the … Continue reading Kentucky Regulators, Industry Reps Privately Rewrote Coal Ash Rules
Wind, wind and the federal coal program This week in numbers Friday oil prices: West Texas Intermediate (WTI) $52.37, Brent (ICE) $55.59 Natural gas weekly averages: Henry Hub $3.3, Wyoming Pool $3.15, Opal $3.17 Federal coal program reviewed The Bureau of Land Management published a number of critiques of the federal coal program Thursday as … Continue reading Wind , wind and the federal coal program
Coal lost hold as dominant energy source in 2016 Natural gas use surpassed coal as a main source of electricity in the U.S. in 2016, the first time that a fuel other than coal has supplied the bulk of the nation’s power, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy. The agency has … Continue reading Coal lost hold as dominant energy source in 2016
New Kentucky bill aims to encourage state coal use Emboldened by Republican gains at the state and federal levels, Kentucky lawmakers are trying to revive a tax incentive to encourage electric utilities and industries to burn more of the state’s thermal coal. State Representative Jim DuPlessis, chief sponsor of H.B. 165, said Monday the timing … Continue reading New Kentucky bill aims to encourage state coal use
U.S. on Track to Become Net Energy Exporter The amount of energy Americans use and the pollution they emit from using coal, oil and natural gas are not likely to change radically over the next 30 years, even as the U.S. becomes a major energy exporter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy … Continue reading U.S. on Track to Become Net Energy Exporter
Cost of solar energy dropped 30% in year; Trump’s coal plan won’t work What will happen to Trump’s promise to revive the coal industry as the price of solar energy continues to drop? From Computerworld: “Not only did solar create almost 2% of all new U.S. jobs last year, those hires were concentrated in the … Continue reading Cost of solar energy dropped 30% in year; Trump’s coal plan won’t work
FPL shuts down Cedar Bay coal-fired power plant, helping the environment and saving customers more than $70 million UNO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today announced plans to formally retire the Cedar Bay Generating Plant, a 250-megawatt coal-fired facility located in Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 31, 2016. … Continue reading #FPL shuts down #Cedar_Bay coal – fired power plant, helping the environment and saving customers more than $70 million
No, coal isn’t coming back: the reasons in 5 charts The coal industry is on the decline, but the reason for that decline has become a subject of political debate. Supporters of fossil fuels blame the energy policies of the outgoing Obama Administration, claiming the emphasis on renewable energy and lowering carbon emissions puts coal … Continue reading No, coal isn’t coming back: the reasons in 5 charts
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