Power

NACCO Industries, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Falkirk Mining Company, has entered into a new coal sales agreement with Rainbow Energy Center, LLC.

According to the US EIA, February 2021’s increase in coal-fired electric generation reduced US coal stockpiles.

According to GlobalData, India’s coal market experienced growth in 2020, despite COVID-19 challenges and long-term shifts to renewables.

The Department Of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has selected the West Virginia University Research Corporation to receive US$5 million for the research and development of an advanced component for thermal power plants to generate highly-flexible, low-carbon power from traditional, renewable, and nuclear energy.

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 – 2021.

America’s Power has released a statement following the White House’s announcement of a new economy-wide target for the US to seek to reduce carbon emissions by 50 – 52% from 2005 levels by 2030.

A consortium led by Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, has completed the construction of Nakoso IGCC Power GK’s integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan.

The share of coal-fired power in Indonesia's energy mix increased on the year to 38% in 2020 from 37.1% a year earlier, Argus Media has reported.

China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute Co. Ltd and Glencore have signed a memorandum of understanding for the cooperation on carbon capture, utilisation and storage technology, commencing with the CTSCo Project in Millmerran power station in Australia.

NTPC recorded its highest ever group generation of 314 BU in FY21, a growth of 8.2% compared to previous year.

SaskPower’s carbon capture and storage facility at Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan, Canada, has captured more than 4 million t of carbon dioxide since operations began in 2014.

Eskom has announced that Unit 3 of the Kusile Power Station has recently achieved commercial operation status.

Combustible by-product production in the US electric power industry decreased from 135.1 million short t in 2010 to 88.7 million short t in 2019, a 34% decline.

NETL has announced the release of a new dynamic power plant modelling library that could lead to more efficient, reliable and flexible power plants.

2020 marked the first time that coal was not the largest or second-largest source of annual electricity generation in the US since at least 1949, but the EIA expects coal-fired electricity generation to increase in both 2021 and 2022.