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North Dakota coal plant now “fully circular,” owner says

Eco Material and Rainbow will capture, beneficiate, and market all of the solid-form discharged materials from Coal Creek Station, adding to their existing partnership that markets fly ash in the concrete sector.

FirstEnergy coal plants seek OK for environmental compliance work

Mon Power and Potomac Edison are seeking approval for $142 million in wastewater treatment projects at the companies’ two coal-fired power plants.

Exxon seeks $100 billion for Houston carbon capture plan

Exxon Mobil has suggested turning the 50-mile-long Houston Ship Channel into a carbon capture and storage hub.

East Coast Cluster selected as one of UK’s first CCUS projects

Power Engineering International The UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has named the East Coast Cluster (ECC) as a ‘Track-1’ cluster, putting it on course for deployment by the mid-2020s. The Cluster is a huge carbon capture and storage proposal located on the East coast of the UK in the North Sea and is a collaboration between

Regional carbon capture research projects gain $20M from DOE

The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $20 million in funding to help several carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects get off the ground—or in the ground. DOE announced financing for the quartet of regional CCUS deployments last week. Some estimates indicate that CCUS could reduce CO2 emissions from industrial resources significantly and contribute to the goal of net-zero

West Virginia PSC approves plans to upgrade coal-fired plants and keep open through 2040

West Virginia state regulators have approved the request of local utilities to keep three coal-fired power plants open through the next two decades. The order by the state’s Public Service Commission gives new leases on life for the Amos, Mountaineer and Mitchell generating stations, which altogether total close to 6 GW in generation capacity. Two other states, Virginia and Kentucky,

Coal generated 54% of Australian power, renewables up to 24% in 2020

Australia’s power generation mix is still dominated by its legacy coal-fired assets, but natural gas and renewables are cutting deeply into that majority as coal is slowly faded out. The Australian government released its annual Energy Statistics report Tuesday, showing that coal is the top resource accounting for 54 percent of the nation’s electricity mix in 2020. Renewables rose nearly

Texas energy giants throw weight behind carbon capture and storage

Power Engineering International The large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage technology has gained wide industry support in Houston with 11 big energy players supporting the initiative. The 11 companies include Calpine, Chevron, Dow, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Linde, LyondellBasell, Marathon Petroleum, NRG Energy, Phillips 66 and Valero agreeing to scale the deployment of the technology at their facilities. The companies agreed

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Australia’s power generation mix is still dominated by its legacy coal-fired assets, but natural gas and renewables are cutting deeply into that majority as c…

Power Engineering International The large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage technology has gained wide industry support in Houston with 11 big ener…

DOE awards $24M for direct-air carbon capture R&D projects

Nine projects researching new methods for direct-air carbon capture and storage will receive $24 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE anno…

SEI Op-Ed: More than one way to Decarbonize

By Rod Walton, Power Engineering content director Editor’s Note: I was given the honor to write a short piece as introduction to this week’s edition…

1.15-GW Coal Creek Station gains reprieve as Co-op sells North Dakota coal-fired plant

The sale of North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant should put the station’s planned retirement on hold. Great River Energy, a cooperative, will sell …

UK Carbon Capture and Storage Association appoints Ruth Herbert as CEO

Power Engineering International UK trade body the Carbon Capture and Storage Association has appointed Ruth Herbert as its new chief executive. Herbert is an ex…

Canada invests $25M in carbon capture technology company

Global governments are increasingly realizing the role that carbon capture technology can play in meeting sustainability goals, evidenced by the Canadian govern…

The Future of Electricity now: POWERGEN+ focuses on hydrogen, carbon capture this week

The starting gun on the race to decarbonize fired a long time ago. The business leader, salesman and motivational speaker Jim Rohn once gave an insightful quote…

San Juan coal-fired plant could run through 2025 as new investors seek CCS funding

The coal-fired San Juan Generation Station in New Mexico will not close within two years as expected, but could operate for several years beyond that was its ne…

Illinois utility working with university on DOE-funded carbon capture research project

The municipal utility which generates and delivers electricity for the home of Lincoln will be part of a major carbon capture research project connected to a co…

DOE marks $109.5M for carbon capture, transition in coal-fired regions

The U.S. Department of Energy will provide about $110 million to fund job creation projects in regions impacted by the energy transition and move away fro…

Carbon-capture firm Akers pursuing projects with Siemens, Honeywell & Doosan Babcock

By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ Content Director A company focused purely on carbon capture technologies has signed deals with three major energy…