Clean coal news

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced two proposed regulations – one that applies to the management of coal combustion residuals from electric utilities, and one that revises a portion of the regulations affecting wastewater management from steam electric power plants.

Australia will continue to be a strong supplier of metallurgical coal over the next couple of decades due to its high quality, according to a report recently released by the Minerals Council of Australia.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded US$19 million for 13 projects to support the production of rare earth elements and critical minerals vital to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

VGK and BELAZ have discussed the course of testing of an electric dump truck with a carrying capacity of 220 t and recorded further steps on the project.

VGK intends to create a ‘Green Coal Cluster’ in the Uglegorsk District of the Sakhalin Region.

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.

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.

Vostochnaya Mining Co. has put into operation modern treatment facilities at the Solntsevsky coal mine.

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

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two projects to receive approximately US$2 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development.