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Limiting climate change to boost nuclear & renewables, IEA says
… we are constrained in limiting carbon emissions to switching increasingly “to gas-fired power plants or more efficient coal plants up to 2020, as the additional reliance on nuclear power is constrained by long construction lead times,” the report says …
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Country co-operation vital to revive Europe’s power sector
… problems on its own.” Mr Mitterlehner highlighted the seriousness of a landscape that is seeing “gas plants shut down and coal plants running on full throttle”. “The situation is extremely serious and corrective action is needed,” he added. And he …
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Tennessee Valley Authority offers retirement incentives to workers in coal division
The Tennessee Valley Authority will be offering retirement incentives to workers at the agency’s 11 coal plants in an effort to cut some of the 2,400 jobs in its coal division, according to a report in the Chattanooga Times Free Press …
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AE&E Group wins EUR25m coal plant upgrade deal in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Austria's AE&E Group has secured an order for modernisation of the Unit 6 steam generator at Bosnia-Herzegovina's Kakanj coal fired power station, 50km north of Sarajevo.
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US gas turbine revenues to plummet as China closes gap
… from last year’s figure of $1.4bn to $231m by 2018. However, it predicts that a large-scale decommissioning of coal plants will drive the need for more environmentally friendly gas-fired alternatives and push the US market value back up to $852m …
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Chicago coal plants shut down after century in service
… down permanently, closing the last two coal plants within the city limits, according to ..... s reliance on two highly polluting coal plants that use fuel from out of state to a ..... not the only place to see long-lived coal plants shutting down, however, with The Charleston …
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Duke Energy dedicates natural gas facility
… generation capacity of 620 MW. The new station is part of the company's modernization effort to retire older, less-efficient coal plants and replace them with cleaner-burning natural gas-fueled units — resulting in decreased emissions and higher efficiency …
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Dominion to pay out $13.2 million to settle pollution case
… settle federal air pollution violations at three out-of-state power plants. The company recently agreed to sell two of the coal plants , and it shut the third one down last year. "We have operated these stations in full compliance with the Clean Air Act …
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Canada imposes new emissions restrictions for coal plants
… after a facility first commences commercial operation. "Major changes to the draft rules will allow the oldest and dirtiest coal plants in Canada to run for up to half of a century from commissioning without any limits to their climate pollution," environmental …
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Exelon to sell three Maryland coal plants
… which is subject to approval by FERC and DOJ, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012. Since 2008, the three coal plants have undergone environmental upgrades, including investment in a new scrubber at Brandon Shores. The plants comply with …
