Power

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commissioned two 220/20 kV substations in Afghanistan.

Sembcorp Industries and Chongqing Energy Investment Group’s subsidiary has formed a joint venture to invest in a 1620 MW mine mouth coal-fired power project in Chongqing municipality, China.

Prophecy Development Corp. has signed a join development agreement with a Chinese partner to invest in the Chandgana coal-fired power project.

US Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy President Karen Harbert criticises President Obama’s veto of the Congressional Review Act, which intended to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.

Southern Generation Technologies signs a letter of intent with Alps Energy and Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC to evaluate the deployment of its coal gasification technology at the new 1000 MW Alps Energy power plant in South Korea.

A round-up of the week’s coal news from updates on the latest coal projects to short-term outlooks on US coal production and prices.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has successfully commissioning a 500 MW thermal coal-fired generating unit in West Bengal, eastern India.

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved PNM Resources' New Mexico Utility, Public Service Co. of New Mexico’s retirement of two coal-fired units at San Juan Generating Station by December 2017.

An international group of leading environmental organisations, the ENGO Network, has emphasised urgent action on carbon capture and storage projects is imperative in order to meet climate targets.

The US EPA has made an agreement with SIGECO to reduce air pollution from the company’s Southern Indiana coal-fired power plants in the US.

A motion criticising the UK government’s decision to scrap funding for CCS development in the UK has received cross-party support from member of the Scottish Parliamant.

Dr Colin Henderson’s new report for the IEA Clean Coal Centre, Power plant CO2 capture heat integration, explores various ways to use the ‘waste’ heat from capture systems in power plants to reduce the energy penalty of carbon capture.

The carbon footprint of shale gas is no smaller than that of coal when measured over a hundred year period.

Policy parity is vital for the deployment of CCS, according to World Coal Association, as a new study casts doubt on the cost-effectiveness of the technology.

Peabody Energy honours the world’s cleanest coal-fired plants with its Advanced Energy for Life Clean Coal Awards.