Energy & Green Tech
Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday.
Mar 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Coal-fired power plants have been in place for a long time to meet the global demands for power generation. Needless to say, there are environmental and human health concerns to be addressed on this front. While there are ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
South Africans had to deal with the worst ever series of power cuts in 2022. All in all the country lost a record 205 days of electricity due to constant breakdowns at the coal-fired power plants run by Eskom, the state-owned ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The nation's largest public utility has proposed building a $216 million solar farm project in Kentucky atop a capped coal ash storage pit at one of its coal-fired power plants.
Nov 11, 2022
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Engineering
Using a new power sector model, a team of researchers, including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has proposed a method for Europe to eliminate natural gas imports from Russia. The team's commentary ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in April requested a study to assess the effect of renewable energy policies on nuclear and coal-fired power plants.
May 12, 2017
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Business
The EPA on Thursday announced a series of actions to address pollution from fossil fuel power generators, including a final rule for existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired plants that will eventually require them to ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
It's tough for the cement and lime business to make its important products without generating high emissions. So, the industry is investing in research and innovative pathways to reduce its hard-to-abate emissions.
Nov 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has presented its annual evaluation of electricity generation in Germany in 2022. The year was characterized by extreme prices and strong growth in renewable energies. ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii's only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state's dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel.
Sep 1, 2022
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