Power

Bruks Siwertell has commissioned a new Siwertell ST 790 D-type shipunloader to serve Quezon Power Ltd Co’s San Buenaventura power plant in Mauban, the Philippines.

Following Homer City Generating Station’s announcement that it intends to continue its coal operations, America’s Power has issued a statement.

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2021, coal exports from the US increased by 23% to 85 million t from 69 million t in 2020.

Navajo Transitional Energy Co. has announced a strategic investment in Enchant Energy Corp.

Babcock & Wilcox has announced that its B&W Environmental segment has been awarded a contract for approximately US$13 million to design and supply equipment to reduce the environmental impact of ash at a US power plant.

Poland and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement to end the dispute over the operation of the Turów Brown Coal Mine.

Reuters is reporting that Indonesia has lifted a coal export ban imposed on 139 companies.

JERA Co., Inc. and IHI Corporation have received notice of acceptance of their grant application to conduct a project to develop and demonstrate technology that increases the ammonia co-firing rate at coal-fired power plants.

JERA Co., Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd have received notice of acceptance of their grant application to conduct a project to develop and demonstrate a technology to increase the ammonia co-firing rate at coal-fired boilers.

DTEK Energy has processed over 1 million m3 of coal mine methane released from the Stepova mine to produce electricity and thermal energy for in-house consumption.

In 2022, the Kiyzassky opencast mine will continue to provide social coal to residents of the private sector in the Myskovsky urban district.

A consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd has completed the construction of an integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant in the town of Hirono, in Fukushima Prefecture’s Futaba District.

In its effort to strengthen fuel security, NTPC, India’s largest power generator, has commenced coal offtake from Talabira Mines of NLC in Odisha.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported that while renewable resources will be the largest contributor to the growth in electricity generation through 2050, certain regions will still mainly use coal resources for electricity generation.

Annual US coal-fired electricity generation is set to increase in 2021 for the first time since 2014.