Power

The UK government’s intentions to close UK coal and nuclear power plants could leave the country with an electricity supply gap of up to 55% by 2025.

A consortium of investors, including Taekwang Power and Aowa Power, signed an investment agreement for the Nam Dinh 1 Build-Transfer-Operation thermal power plant in Ha Noi, Vietnam.

Hollysys Automation Technologies wins contract to provide its proprietary distributed control system for 2 x 1052 MW Ultra-Supercritical coal-fired power generating units.

The US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy criticises the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan in a new report that analyses the regulation’s subjectivity and fairness.

Peabody Energy enters definitive agreement to sell it interest in Prairie State Energy Campus: a 1600 MW coal-fired plant and adjacent coal mine in Illinois, USA.

A report, Scottish CO2 Hub – A unique opportunity for the UK, published by Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage has detailed a concept that could lead the way for deployment of CCS in the UK and Europe.

Bharat Heavy Electricals has commissioned a 520 MW coal-based thermal generating unit in Andhra Pradesh and a 660 MW super-critical unit in Uttar Pradesh.

EP UK Investments Ltd, a subsidiary of Energetický a prumyslový holding (EPH), has reached an agreement with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH on the purchase of Lynemouth Power Ltd.

Aboitiz Power Corp. has inaugurated its 300 MW baseload power plant in Davao City, Mindanao.

Big Stone 475 MW coal-fired power plant’s new air-quality control system is commercially operational. The system is now reducing the plant’s emissions and puts it in compliance with new federal and state regulations.

Florida public power utility, Lakeland Electric uses GE’s FuelSolv coal treatment programme and saves US1$12 million in fuel costs and improve efficiency at one of its coal-fired plants.

UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has defended the decision to scrap £1 billion of funding for carbon capture and storage in an appearance before the Liason Committee of the House of Commons.

Energy sector data analysts EnAppSys report on the UK’s electricity generation during 2015 – coal declines as renewables increase.

Global infrastructure company, Black & Veatch, has completed its EPC role at the Therma South coal-fired power plant in the Philippines, which includes the region's first coal storage dome.

Kibo Mining, Tanzania focussed mineral exploration and development company, is finalising a Memorandum of Understanding with Tanzania Electric Supply Co. Ltd on a power purchase agreement for the Mbeya coal to power project.