Material Handling

FirstEnergy utilities repurpose former coal ash site for utility-scale solar

Mon Power and Potomac Edison are developing five solar projects that will total 50 MW of renewable solar generation, the first phase of 200 MW the companies plan to develop over time.

South Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy’s coal ash cost recovery request

The utility sought to recover approximately $238 million from 2018 closing coal ash basins in South Carolina and North Carolina, along with $36 million of previously disallowed costs from a 2018 rate case.

Coal ash reuse plan announced for Alabama Power’s Plant Barry

At Barry, coal ash will be prepared for recycling using an on-site processing facility constructed, operated and maintained by Eco Material Technologies.

Georgia Power to begin third coal ash re-use project

The utility said over 8 million tons of ash will be removed from the Plant Branch site and processed for use in concrete production.

EPA proposes denying coal ash disposal at six plants

The agency also proposed a process for these coal plants to seek an extension, in the interest of addressing grid reliability issues.

TransAlta finds a use for its landfilled coal fly ash

The flyash will include waste from TransAlta’s coal-fired generation activities near Edmonton, Alberta, which ended last year.

B&W wins contract for coal ash handling system

The equipment is designed to help the plant operator reduce the environmental impact of the plant and comply with emissions regulations.

Coal fire could disrupt supplies to two Pacificorp power plants

Lila Canyon produces 3.47 million tons of coal per year, about 28% of Utah’s total coal.

Material Handling

The equipment is designed to help the plant operator reduce the environmental impact of the plant and comply with emissions regulations….

Lila Canyon produces 3.47 million tons of coal per year, about 28% of Utah’s total coal….

Georgia Power launches coal ash use project at Plant Bowen

Millions of tons of stored coal ash would be collected from Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen under a new project involving the utility and Eco Material Technologie…

Coal

The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $6.1 million for student training and research in remediating pollution from coal-fired power generation and for using…

East Coast Cluster selected as one of UK’s first CCUS projects

Power Engineering International The UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has named the East Coast Cluster (ECC) as a ‘Track-1�…

JERA studying co-firing attributes of ammonia in burners at coal-fired Japanese power station

Japanese power generator JERA and partner IHI Corp. have started to utilize a small amount of fuel ammonia in another one of its units at a coal-fired power pla…

EIA: U.S. coal output falls 24 percent, but electric sector supply rises slightly

The coal industry continued its decline in 2020, although electric power use or storage of the fossil fuel seems to have risen slightly despite power plant reti…

AEP seeking coal supply bids for power plants

American Electric Power is seeking bids to purchase multi-year supply for several of its coal-fired power plants. The Ohio-based company which owns several util…

AP: Crews demolish smokestacks at retired Alabama coal-fired plant

By The Associated Press Six smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Alabama crashed to the ground Wednesday in a controlled implosion that began with the…

National Grid informing public on NY manufactured gas plant cleanup

Manufactured gas was how Americans heated and lit their homes and businesses through much of the 19th and early 20th century. A New York utility is working on a…

DOE awards $24M for direct-air carbon capture R&D projects

Nine projects researching new methods for direct-air carbon capture and storage will receive $24 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE anno…

Georgia Power, EPRI using new center to find best uses for coal ash

Southern Co. utility Georgia Power and the Electric Power Research Institute are collaborating on a partnership to find uses for recycled coal combustion produc…