Power

A group of state attorneys general has vowed to fight any effort to roll-back climate change regulation in the US.

GE’s Steam Power Systems executes engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a1000 MW ultra-supercritical power plant in Malaysia.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has successfully commissioned a 600 MW coal-based thermal power plant in the Indian state of Telangana.

More wind generation capacity was installed in the US last year than any other type, while almost no new coal was added.

LNG imports into Europe are forecast to spike this summer, resulting in potential coal-to-gas switching in the UK and the Netherlands.

World Coal Association’s new report finds high-efficiency low-emission coal-fired power generation mitigates more CO2 emissions than renewables.

As coal stockpiles at power plants rise, shippers are reducing coal railcar loadings.

Rocky Mountain Power has refuted HEAL Utah and Sierra Club’s lawsuit regarding environmental compliance at the Huntington power plant in Emery County, Utah.

Senator Mitch McConnell has urged US state governors to adopt a “wait-and-see” approach when it comes to Clean Power Plan implementation.

The House recently advanced the SENSE Act, which would prevent the EPA regulations from blocking operations at the 19 coal refuse-to-energy facilities in the US.

Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, is to retire seven of its coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 1000 MW.

Within a month of commissioning its first 270 MW thermal unit in Punjab, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd successfully commissions a second unit in the state.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the global coal industry, from recent project updates to the US coal industry’s reaction to Clinton’s comment on coal miners.

A new book that analyses India’s energy market suggests that the country’s coal use could peak by 2040 even as the fuel remains a critical part of the energy mix in the short term.

China Shenhua Energy Co., the listed arm of Chinese largest coal company, Shenhua Group, has recorded a 21.2% fall in sales in February.