Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Time for Environmentalists to Compromise on Coal
- There have been plenty of articles lately on the uncomfortable predicament of the coal industry, but this one from MSNBC carries more detail than most: In recent weeks, a group of rural Montana electric co-ops abandoned a partially built 250-megawatt coal plant, ending a four-year legal campaign by environmentalists...
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
Additional Resources
- 50 Arrested, Many Injured in Coal Plant Protest
- Photos via AFP Climate activists staged a protest at a coal plant in England, where hundreds gathered in opposition to polluting coal-fired power. The protest eventually escalated, with minor clashes between the police and the activists--until the protesters attempted to break through the security fence around the power plant. 50...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Global Monitor: Npower plans big coal plant in UK
- Npower, the British generation subsidiary of German energy giant RWE, is planning to build a 1,600-MW supercritical coal-fired plant to replace an existing 1,000-MW coal power plant in Tilbury, Essex. The new plant would cost nearly $2 billion and be the first new coal-fired plant built in the country in...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- KFx Plans Second Wyoming Coal Plant.
- Staff Gillette, Wyo.- Denver-based KFx Inc. is proceeding with plans for its second commercial clean-coal plant in the Powder River Basin near Gillette. The proposed plant, costing up to $600 million, is to be erected ...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- China Coal Plant to Use Methane Gas Engines from GE Energy
- ENERGY RESOURCE-10 February 2009-China Coal Plant to Use Methane Gas Engines from GE EnergyC2009 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GE Energy today announced that the Sichuan Coal Group has selected two of its Jenbacher coal mine methane CMM gas engines for its Furong project. The project will utilize the mine...
- Research articles 2009-02-10
- Environmental group challenges plans for $752 million Wausau, Wis., coal plant.
- By Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 16--The Sierra Club on Monday filed a challenge to the approval of an environmental permit for the $752 million coal plant being built near Wausau. The environmental group...
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- Commentary: We Energies' plan to build coal plant is reasonable way
- The technical and public hearings on We Energies' proposal to expand its coal-plant operation in Oak Creek have ended. Now, it's up to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to decide whether that portion of We Energies' $7 billion Power the Future plan will be approved. ...
- Research articles 2003-09-19
- Project-labor agreement on Weston coal plant signed
- Unions in the Wausau area and the Wisconsin Public Service Corp., Green Bay, signed a project-labor agreement last week for construction of a 500-megawatt coal plant in Weston. The deal follows a statewide trend for power-plant construction. We Energies LLC, Milwaukee, and Madison Gas & Electric Corp., Madison,...
- Research articles 2003-11-25
- Oak Creek Common Council approves coal plant permit
- The Oak Creek Common Council approved a conditional use permit for We Energies' proposed coal plant expansion at the utility's Oak Creek location. The unanimous approval comes about two months after the city reached an agreement with We Energies, in which the city pledged to drop its opposition...
- Research articles 2003-06-06
- Improving heat rate by input/loss monitoring The old proverb "You get what you inspect, not what you expect" has once again been proven true at the Boardman Coal Plant in Oregon. Recently, as part of an upgrade of the plant's control system
- Commissioned in 1982, the 585-MW Boardman Coal Plant (Figure 1) is jointly owned by Portland General Electric Co. (65%), San Diego Gas & Electric (15%), Idaho Power Co. (10%), and Pacific Northwest Generating Co. (10%). Its boiler from Foster-Wheeler generates 3.8 million lbs/hr of steam at 1,005F by burning several...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- Eon puts Kingsnorth plant on hold
- The controversial new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent planned by German energy group Eon will probably not be operational until 2017 at the earliest, the company said on Wednesday, as it revealed it was delaying the investment decision on the project for "up to two to three years"....
- News items 2009-10-07
- Eon puts Kingsnorth plant on hold
- The controversial new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent planned by German energy group Eon will probably not be operational until 2017 at the earliest, the company said on Wednesday, as it revealed it was delaying the investment decision on the project for "up to two to three...
- External links 2009-10-07
- New DoE Head, Illinois Line Up in Favor of Clean Coal
- The stars are aligning up once again for clean coal as Barack Obama approaches his presidential coronation. At both the Federal and state level, policymakers are talking about the technology. And sensing an inexorable change on its way, utilities and energy companies are duly lining up to help, albeit for...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- FirstEnergy Agrees to Switch Coal Plant to Biomass
- In a first for the American power industry, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy called Ohio Edison has agreed to switch two coal-powered generators to biomass fuel, creating electricity by burning a mixture of wood, crop residues and other waste. The plan is the result of a Justice Department...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- DOE to fund low-emission coal plant.(News)(United States. Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Department of Energy will contribute $107 million toward the construction of a $215 million demonstration plant that will burn coal waste to produce electricity with low levels of emissions. The new...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
- Xcel Commits To Clean Coal Plant.
- Staff Denver-- Xcel Energy has committed $3.5 million through 2007 toward development of Colorado's first clean-coal power plant. The money will fund engineering studies and other project development activities for the proposed 300-megawatt t Staff ...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- Alcoa to spend $398 million on coal plant upgrades
- Alcoa said it is planning a large investment to improve the environmental performance of its Warrick coal-fired power plant in Newburgh, IN.Alcoa said it is planning a large investment to improve the environmental performance of its Warrick coal-fired power plant in Newburgh, IN.
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Greenpeace seeks Thailand coal plant closure
- BANGKOK AFP — Activists from environmental group Greenpeace scaled a giant coal loading crane in Thailand, demanding Bangkok abandon a power plant and spend more on renewable fuel sources. Four Greenpeace protestors in orange jump suits and white hard hats climbed the unused crane and unfurled a giant banner...
- Research articles 2005-12-07
- New Mexico Governor Opposes Coal Power Plant on Navajo Land
- SANTA FE, New Mexico ENS — --> New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today expressed his opposition to a new $2 billion, 1,500 megawatt coal-fired power plant proposed for Navajo Nation lands in northwestern New Mexico near the Four Corners area. "I am gravely concerned about...
- Research articles 2007-07-27
- Coal plant to test capturing carbon dioxide
- It may not have the panache of a Toyota Prius or the sizzle of the Academy Awards bid to "go green." But the USA is quietly opening a more significant front this week in the battle against global warming by targeting its biggest source: power plants....
- Research articles 2008-02-27
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Presented by American Express