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Xcel submits proposal for three natural gas power plants in US
2013-04-16 10:00:00| Power Technology
Xcel Energy has submitted a proposal to regulators in Minnesota and North Dakota to build three new natural gas power plants in the US states.
Meet the woman who shut down Chicagos dirty coal plants
2013-04-15 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last summer, clean-air activists celebrated the shutdown of Chicagos notorious Fisk and Crawford coal power plants, which ended the Windy Citys distinction as the only U.S. metropolis to house two operating coal facilities. The victory came thanks to a dogged grassroots battle waged by residents of Little Village and Pilsen, the predominantly Latino, working-class neighborhoods bearing the brunt of the plants pollution. Today, the woman who spearheaded that battle, lifelong Little Village resident...
SPX JV to supply cooling systems for Chinese power plants
2013-04-15 10:00:00| Power Technology
A joint venture between global manufacturer SPX and Shanghai Electric has received new orders worth over $80m to provide dry cooling systems for four power plants in China.
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Its official: EPA delays climate rule for new power plants
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: You might have been wondering whether the Obama administration was going to impose the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on new power plants, since the deadline is April 13. We reported nearly a month ago that the Environmental Protection Agency was likely to delay the rule to bolster their legal case for imposing the new carbon restrictions. On Friday, EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson confirmed that the agency would not finalize the controversial proposal on time. Johnson said in an e-mail...
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E.P.A. to Delay Emissions Rule at New Power Plants
2013-04-13 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it would delay issuance of a new rule limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from new power plants after the electric power industry objected on legal and technical grounds. The rule, proposed a year ago and scheduled to be finalized on Saturday, would have put in place the first restrictions on climate-altering gases from the power sector in the United States. Agency officials said it would be rewritten to address the...
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