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Exelon to close 2 nuclear plants in Illinois
2016-06-03 14:12:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Exelon, a leading competitive power provider, plans to shut two money-losing nuclear plants in Illinois, the company said Thursday, after efforts to push a bailout through the states Legislature fell apart. The company will close the Clinton Power Station in Clinton next June and the Quad Cities Generating Station in Cordova in June 2018. Slowing demand for electricity and a flood of cheap natural gas have driven down the price of power, and the two plants, like others in the aging system across...
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EPA: Coal-fired power plants need new pollution controls
2016-06-03 14:12:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Federal regulators are requiring new pollution controls at Utahs oldest coal-fired power plants to reduce haze near national parks. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it would require new equipment to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at Rocky Mountain Powers Hunter and Huntington power plants in Emery County. Environmental and clean air groups cheered the EPAs decision, which the agency said would clear haze near eastern Utahs Arches and Canyonlands national parks, in addition...
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Water used by coal-based power plants can meet needs of 25 crore people
2016-06-03 09:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: At a time when 11 states are facing drought-like situation, Greenpeace India today said the amount of fresh water being consumed by the country's coal-fired power plants can meet the basic water needs of about 25 crore people and also accused the government of having "myopic" view on managing India's water resource. The green NGO released data related to water consumption patterns of coal power plants in Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh , Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , Chhattisgarh...
NAES Selected By J-POWER USA To Operate Four Long Island Power Plants
2016-06-03 06:33:58| plantautomation News Articles
NAES Corporation, a broad-based provider of plant operations, maintenance, fabrication, construction, engineering and technical services, has been selected by J-POWER USA to operate four Long Island, New York, power-generating plants, effective May 1
Power weighs legal options EPA mandates pollution controls Utah coal plants
2016-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that installing selective catalytic reduction at Rocky Mountain Powers Huntington coal-fired power plant in Emery County will reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, one of the chemicals that contributes to the formation of haze. (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that installing selective catalytic reduction at Rocky Mountain Powers Huntington coal-fired power plant in Emery County will reduce emissions...
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