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EPA Unveils Carbon Capture Regulations for Coal-Fired Power Plants
2013-12-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Regulations issued Thursday would ease the path toward technology needed to allow new coal-fired power plants to operate in the face of President Obamas effort to tackle climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency said. A final rule unveiled by the EPA is designed to remove potential obstacles in the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration (CSS) technologies, without which coal plants will be unable to meet emission standards proposed by the agency. ADVERTISEMENTCarbon...
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West Virginia PSC approves AEPs request to transfer Amos coal-fired Unit 3 to Appalachian Power
2013-12-17 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia (West Virginia PSC) has approved American Electric Powers (AEP) request to transfer its two-thirds ownership in John E. Amos Coal-fired Unit 3 in Winfield to Appalachian Power.
Berliners Still Fighting to Pull the Plug on Coal-Fired Utility
2013-12-13 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A decision 90 years ago by the people of Sacramento, Calif. to oust a private electric company and start a government-owned utility has been the unlikely inspiration for Berliners trying to wrest control of Germany's largest grid from a coal-fired utility. While little known in America, the creation of Sacramento's Municipal Utility District was the model for a November referendum to give Berlin a municipal utility that would pump more clean energy into the grid. The 1923 vote in Sacramento helped...
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U.S. pressured to block proposed coal-fired power plant for Pakistan
2013-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The Obama administration faces the first test of its pledge to oppose funding for overseas coal projects today when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) board decides on $900 million for a coal plant in Pakistan. Environmentalists have put pressure on the United States to vote against the plant instead of merely abstaining, as countries often do before the multilateral development bank boards when they oppose a project but also don't want to stand in the way of its ultimate approval. Bank officials...
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ADB provides $900m loan for Pakistans first supercritical boiler coal-fired power plant
2013-12-10 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $900m loan for a new 600MW supercritical coal power generation unit in Pakistan.
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