Power

China aims to meet 10% of its electricity demand with natural gas by 2020, eating into coal’s dominance of domestic energy production.

A 427 MW coal-fired power plant in Indianapolis could be converted to burn natural gas to keep in line with emissions targets and market conditions.

The scientific basis for regulating carbon emissions from existing power plants is open to legal challenge, says the Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development.

Utility company RWE has announced plans to shutter 1 GW of coal-fired power.

Coal-fired power plant receives approval from executive committee of the National Economic Council.

The Chinese capital hardens its attitude to coal as “war on pollution” continues.

The Japan Coal Energy Center and Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry have signed a joint agreement to review Ukraine’s coal-fired power plants.

The Italian government will provide €30 million to help establish the Italian Cenre of Excellence for Clean Energy.

NRG Energy will close coal-fired generating unit and modify three coal-fired power plants in Illinois so as to comply with environmental regulations.

Brown Coal Innovation Australia is to provide R&D funding for a carbon capture project at the Loy Yang brown coal-fired power in Victoria.

Largest generating unit at Martin Drake coal-fired power plant in Colorado due back online by end of August, as repairs continue following a fire.

Frost & Sullivan report claims the rise in natural gas availability will help gas turbines edge ahead of steam turbines.

Siemens Energy is supplying high-efficiency steam turbine-generator sets to coal-fired power plant projects in India.

Dr Ian Barnes, IEA CCC, has examined the potential of high efficiency, low emission coal-fired power plant to reduce CO2 emissions.

The coal industry has offered its opinion of new carbon emissions regulations at a public hearing in Washington DC.