US coal news

The Office of Fossil Energy has selected 13 projects to receive approximately US$1.95 million in federal funding to develop conceptual designs of commercially viable technologies that will extract rare earth elements from US coal and coal by-product sources.

Babcock & Wilcox has recently announced that its B&W Thermal segment will supply and install replacement secondary air heater components for a US power plant.

Peabody has announced that the US District Court concluded its review and is supporting Federal Trade Commission efforts to block the formation of the joint venture combining the Peabody and Arch’s Powder River Basin (PRB) and Colorado assets.

NETL researchers are leading the way on a new frontier of reaction chemistry by harnessing the power of microwaves to create valuable chemicals from the nation’s abundant supplies of fossil resources.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has recently announced the winners of its 2020 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards.

According to the US Energy Information Administration’s latest coal data, Indiana consumed more coal in 2019 than any state in the US besides Texas and North Dakota.

The US Department of Energy has recently announced plans to make US$122 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals Initiative for US Basins.

Clean Coal Technolgies has signed an MoU to formalise its partnership with Energy Capital Economic Development in Gillette, Wyoming.

The EPA has announced the approval of Wyoming’s request for primary enforcement responsibility for Class VI wells under the Underground Injection Control Programme.

DOE and NETL have announced the award of approximately US$72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements.