The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has signed an agreement to buy a portion of the electricity from a generation plant near Waco that will burn crushed coal.
LCRA has reached a deal with Sandy Creek Energy Associates (SCEA) for a combined 22.28 percent of the total plant output from the Sandy Creek Energy Station, a […]
State regulators approved Duke Energy Corp. plans to build two new natural gas plants — operations the utility says it needs to meet growing power demand in the Carolinas.
The plants, which could produce a combined 1,240 megawatts, would be located at the Dan River coal-fired plant in Rockingham and the Buck coal-fired site in Rowan […]
Environmental activist and climate change educator Peter Sinclair and coal plant project development manager Janet Vanderpool can agree on a few things: both are seeking low-cost energy, and the U.S. government needs federal regulations to control carbon dioxide emissions.
But they don’t agree on what the role of coal should be in the future, and they […]
For the third time, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vetoed a bill that would have authorized construction of two coal-fired power plants in western Kansas.
The bill was the Legislature’s final attempt before adjournment to strip a state regulator of the discretion he used last year to reject — because of concerns about climate change — […]
Sabah state government agreed to the need for the power plant to cater to the electricity demand in the east coast, but was adamant the previous proposed location in Silam, Lahad Datu, was no longer appropriate.
Sabah Government, Energy, Water and Communications Minister, said :
The state government will discuss in detail on the matter (on the […]
The Sabah Government is sticking to its decision against building a coal- fired power plant in Lahad Datu.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum said the government could not afford the environmental risks of such a facility close to key pristine conservation areas.
“We are aware of the argument that coal-fired plants in the […]
Legislative leaders planned to try to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of a bill allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas after she rejected an alternative proposal Wednesday.
Sunflower Electric Power Corp. wants to build the plants outside Holcomb, in Finney County. The project has been blocked by Sebelius’ secretary of health and environment over […]
Kan. governor to respond to Republican leaders ‘ultimatum’ on coal-fired plants.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she’ll respond to a new plan for allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.
The Democratic governor has scheduled a news conference for 9 a.m. Wednesday. That’s just an hour before legislators reconvene after their annual spring break.
The Republican leaders who […]
Indonesia’s state-run power firm PLN has signed two engineering procurement contracts worth $888.4 million with Chinese companies for construction of coal-fired power plants, a news report said on Saturday.
The first contract worth $642 million was signed Friday for the 700-Megawatt Tanjugn Awar-Awar plant in East Java, with a consortium of China National Machinery Equipment Corp. […]
China closed 83 small coal-fired generators with an aggregate capacity of 4.7 million kilowatts during the first three and half months of this year, Xinhua News Agency reported Friday, quoting the National Development and Reform Commission, or NDRC.
Zhao Yinong, an official with the State Energy Administration under the NDRC, said the closed capacity accounted for […]