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
Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’ As the March 31 deadline for countries to submit their proposals for tackling irreversible climate change passes, a new report claims lives could be spared, the climate could be saved from catastrophic and irreversible change, and one million jobs could be created if green policies are initiated. … Continue reading Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’
Carbon capture battle stirs hopes, dreams and grim realities At least 10 European power plants were supposed to begin piping their carbon emissions into underground tombs this year, rather than letting them twirl into the sky. None has done so. Missed deadlines, squandered opportunities, spiralling costs and green protests have plagued the development of carbon … Continue reading Carbon capture battle stirs hopes, dreams and grim realities
Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets President Barack Obama continued to use his executive authority to mitigate global warming Thursday with an executive order for federal agencies that was quickly endorsed by Honeywell, General Electric, Northrop Grumman and several other major U.S. companies. After the president signed an executive order to cut the … Continue reading #Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets
When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found. Sustainable investment advocates warn that such doublespeak undermines the industry’s credibility with shareholders. … Continue reading When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming
Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions NPR — President Obama signed an executive order at the White House today directing the federal government to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent within the next decade and to increase its use of renewable energy sources to 30 percent of total consumption. “These … Continue reading Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Report: EPA Carbon Regulations Won’t Impact Reliability The Analysis Group released a report on March 16 that the EPA Clean Power Plan (CPP), which will regulate CO2 emissions beginning in 2020, will not impact grid reliability in the PJM Interconnect region. (PJM oversees electricity markets in 13 states across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, as well … Continue reading Report: EPA Carbon Regulations Won’t Impact Reliability
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