Coal

B&W will convert the unspecified plant’s two coal-fired boilers – totaling more than 1,000 MW – to use natural gas fuel.

AES Indiana wants to convert its remaining coal units to natural gas

Petersburg Units 3 and 4 each have a nameplate capacity of 690 MW and came online in 1977 and 1986, respectively.

Austin Energy says it needs more time to evaluate exit of large coal-fired plant

Austin’s Mayor wants the city out of the Fayette Power Project by January 2029, but the exit could take longer.

Utah bets on selling coal power at a premium price, but other western states may not want it

Assuming coal will be the cheapest option for decades may impact ratepayers, advocates warn

Nearly a dozen U.S. states considering coal-to-nuclear transitions

A 2022 report from the U.S. Department of Energy found that more than 300 existing and retired coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear.

Regulators approve NV Energy coal-to-gas repower project

The public utility can now move forward with ending coal operations at North Valmy Generating Station – the final coal plant in its portfolio.

ISO New England saw 114,727 gigawatt-hours of generation in 2023

ISO New England (ISO-NE) has published a breakdown of the amount of electricity produced by generators in New England and imported from other regions to satisfy all residential, commercial, and industrial customer demand from the power grid in 2023 – and total production for the year, known as net energy for load (NEL), amounted to 114,727 gigawatt-hours.

Proponents of SF 42 say a 2020 law must be updated — primarily to move a compliance deadline of 2030 back by several years to allow carbon capture technologies to advance and to garner more interest from private investors.

Coal

ISO New England (ISO-NE) has published a breakdown of the amount of electricity produced by generators in New England and imported from other regions to satisfy…

Proponents of SF 42 say a 2020 law must be updated — primarily to move a compliance deadline of 2030 back by several years to allow carbon capture technologie…

A look at projected U.S. coal and gas plant retirements

Only 5.2 GW of generation is scheduled to retire this year – a 62% decrease from last year’s 13.5 GW, and the lowest since 2008….

TVA favors building gas plant to replace aging Kingston coal-fired units

The federal utility prefers replacing the Kingston Fossil Plant with a single combined-cycle gas plant paired with 16 dual-fuel Aeroderivative combustion turbin…

Certain technical factors should be considered related to the combustion of hydrogen and how it compares to other fuels….

The utility stressed challenges to retiring its two coal-fired plants by 2030, including future resource adequacy concerns, changing market conditions and energ…

Boiler field service success depends upon adherence to best practices

Boilers are under tremendous strain and are integral to so many processes within a facility, and small problems can quickly escalate due to the pressure extreme…

Coal ash reuse plan announced for Alabama Power’s Plant Barry

At Barry, coal ash will be prepared for recycling using an on-site processing facility constructed, operated and maintained by Eco Material Technologies….

Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles

Joe Goffman is a longtime EPA official who has headed the air and radiation office on an acting basis since Biden took office three years ago….

Transition to renewables increases winter reliability risk

The transition to cleaner energy brings economic concerns as our society moves further from fossil fuels as a means of generating electricity….

Utah law would make it harder to prematurely close coal plants

The law is one of several energy-related bills that Utah lawmakers are considering….

CO2 emissions in the Northwest are declining amid coal plant retirements

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council said its region has historically had lower emissions due to hydropower….