Duke Prepares for Testing at Edwardsport IGCC Plant
Duke Energy said in mid-October that testing was under way in preparation for commercial operation next year of its 630-MW integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) Edwardsport power plant in Knox...
View ArticleAmerica’s Aging Generation Fleet
Proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules and a greater reliance on newer generation technologies have put the nation’s aging fossil-fueled generation units at risk of retirement. The numbers...
View ArticleJinzhushan 3: The World’s First PC-Fired Low Mass Flux Vertical Tube...
The world’s first supercritical pulverized coal–fired low mass flux vertical tube Benson boiler is Jinzhushan 3, located in the Hunan Province of the People’s Republic of China. The 600-MW Babcock...
View ArticleEPA Finalizes Standards for Industrial Boilers, Certain Incinerators
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Dec. 20 finalized changes to a specific set of adjustments to the Clean Air Act that apply to coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass boilers and certain solid...
View ArticleEPA Tightens Fine Particulate Matter NAAQS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule in December that strengthens its National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to 12.0 micrograms per...
View ArticleProject Planning Key to Smooth J.T. Deely 2 SCR Retrofit
Recent experience on the Deely 2 SCR retrofit project reminds us that the time spent in thoroughly planning a project prior to the start of construction is usually repaid with avoided construction...
View ArticleKemper County IGCC Project Update
The integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant located in Kemper County, Mississippi, is a 2 x 1 plant that will produce 582 MW at peak and 524 MW fired on syngas, with ammonia, sulfuric acid,...
View ArticleFour Major EPA Air and Water Rules Forthcoming Through May, Agency Schedule...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates final regulations curbing greenhouse gas (GHG), mercury, and air toxics emissions from new sources could appear in the Federal Register by the end of...
View ArticleEIA: U.S. Power Sector SO2, NOx Emissions Lowest Since 1990
Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the U.S. declined to their lowest level since 1990, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in early March....
View ArticleEPA Directs 36 States to Revise SIPs for Emissions During Plant Startup,...
A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directs 36 states to revise their Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to eliminate exemptions for excess emissions of air...
View ArticleThe New Permit for Old Power Plants
Beware the letter from the Environmental Protection Agency asking seemingly innocuous questions about your plant....
View ArticleAES Corp. to Retire 990 MW of Coal Capacity on Environmental Rule Concerns
AES Corp.’s subsidiary Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) plans to retire six coal-fired units representing about 390 MW at its 414-MW Hutchings coal-, gas-, and oil-fired plant in Miamisburg, Ohio,...
View ArticleEIA Releases State-by-State Report on Energy-Related CO2 Emissions
In a report released on May 13, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presents data on energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for each state by year, fuel, sector, and other breakouts...
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