Power

LWP Technologies Ltd has announced very positive results from the ongoing fly-ash test work being undertaken at the company’s Brisbane-based pilot plant.

According to the latest market report by EnAppSys, gas fired plants increased their power contribution by nearly a third from the end of 2015.

The introduction of a national carbon price in the US could be used to benefit coal communities that have been devastated by the coal industry slump.

The average utilisation for natural gas combined cycle plants exceeded coal steam plants in 2015.

A joint research project between Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage highlights differing attitudes towards enhanced oil recovery in the North Sea.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Pembangkitan Jawa-Bali, Indonesia Power and Mitsubishi Corp. agree to collaborate in the provision of fields services for thermal power generation systems.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from recently commissioned coal plants to the latest sales and acquisitions.

Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa will remain bastions of coal-fired power as coal’s role fades in the US and Western Europe.

BHEL has successfully commissioned its fifth 500 MW set at Chandrapur super thermal power project in Maharashtra, India.

BHEL successfully commissions a 250 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in Bihar, India.

The decision to extend operations at Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired power plant highlights the real concern about the UK’s security of electricity supply.

SSE has secured a one-year contract for one unit at Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired power plant in Cheshire to provide ancillary services to National Grid.

After providing 50 years of electricity production, the UK’s Ferrybridge C coal-fired power plant ceases production.

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Colbert coal-fired power plant was closed, marking the end of TVA coal-fired generation in Alabama.

Closure preparation activities are underway at all 29 Georgia Power ash ponds in the US.