http://www.americaspower.org Get the latest news from America's Power via RSS en-US Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:02:01 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/World's-first-carbon-capture-pilot-fires-up-clean-coal-advocates <p> Built alongside the 1,600MW Schwarze Pumpe power plant in north Germany, the demonstration experiment will capture up to 100,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, compress it and bury it 3,000m below the surface of the depleted Altmark gas field, about 200km from the site. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/05/carboncapturestorage.carbonemissions?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=environment" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:29:23 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Clean-Coal'-Will-Power-Electric-Cars <p> Part of the answer is renewable. Another part of the answer is American coal. Some people will say we can't use coal because it isn't clean. But just as a hybrid car isn't your grandfather's Oldsmobile, today's coal use is more advanced.\ </p> <p> <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/OPINION04/809020304%20" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:01:17 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/The-CEO-of-a-big-utility-makes-a-bold-bet <p> Morris' intense focus stems from his new role as overseer of a major energy first: installation of the world's first carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) system on a large, existing coal-fired power plant. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/03/1%5C%20" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:39:35 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Obama-pledges-$150-bil-for-renewables-pushes-gas,-nuclear,-coal <p> In a speech before 80,000 people in a packed football stadium in Denver, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, saying he will tap domestic natural gas reserves, invest in &quot;clean coal&quot; technology and harness nuclear power. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.platts.com/Nuclear/News/8990601.xml?src=rssheadlines0" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:11:11 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Schweitzer-Speech-Energizes-the-Convention <p> Mark Warner was tonight's keynote speaker, but it was the raucous Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer who worked the crowd into a frenzy, delivering a kinetic speech about--of all things--energy policy. </p> <p> <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/trailwatch/2008/08/schweitzer-spee.html" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:35:45 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Coal-must-be-significant-part-of-realistic-U.S.-energy-policy <p> Energy prices, though they have receded some in recent weeks, spiked to push gasoline over $4 a gallon during much of the summer. There is legitimate concern about what heating costs will do to family budgets this winter. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.timeswv.com/editorials/local_story_237003352.html" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:25 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Coal-forum-discusses-W.Va.'s-role-in-energy-debate <p> Coal is the largest part of the nation's energy profile, and a new report released Tuesday in West Virginia doesn't see that changing even with a growing shift to renewable energy. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200808200115" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:12:33 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Op-Ed-Taxpayers-should-support-clean-coal <p> Let's look underground. We have vast quantities of coal in this country. This could give us energy security and would ease worries about running out of oil and gas, not to mention pushing down oil and gas prices as we use more coal and less oil. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/oped/x1507910828/Op-Ed-Taxpayers-should-support-clean-coal" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:09:12 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Ausra-hopes-to-add-solar-power-to-coal-plants <p> Ausra is an alternative energy company that is counting on fossil fuels to help it survive. Congress’ failure to renew a 30 percent investment tax credit for cleantech energy makes it unlikely that banks will finance plants like Ausra develops, which use solar power to generate steam. So in the meantime, the Palo Alto company is turning its attention to coal plants. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/08/18/story14.html?b=1219032000%5E1685617%20" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:25:27 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Coal-is-called-crucial-to-U.S.-energy-needs <p> But coal-powered generation must deal with &quot;the 800-pound gorilla -- and that's climate change,&quot; said Steve Miller, president and CEO of the Virginia-based American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. Miller, who grew up in Owenton, Ky., said the coalition &quot;believes in the use of all our domestic energy sources.&quot; </p> <p> <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080814/BUSINESS/808140372" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:57:46 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Alabama-Power-looks-for-new-ways-to-make-coal-work <p> Alabama Power Co. thinks the future of the state's energy grid will look very much like it does today — lots of coal, but maybe new technologies to burn it. The utility, for example, has pursued coal gasification at a plant in Shelby County and will join in a test carbon sequestration project in Mississippi this fall. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/121861902290000.xml&amp;coll=3" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:07:28 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/New-Mexico-carbon-sequestration-project-gets-underway <p> The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP) have started injecting CO2 into a large coalbed at the San Juan Basin near Navajo City, New Mexico. During the 6-month demonstration project, SWP plans to inject over 31,000 tonnes of CO2 into three coalbed methane-producing wells, whilst simultaneously recovering the methane. The San Juan Basin is one of the top ranked basins in the world for CO2 coalbed sequestration.<br /><a href="http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/999/" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:10:55 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Editorial-Bush-is-right-about-coal-power <p> The electricity that coal provides makes the American economy healthy and strong. West Virginians are by their nature environmentalists. But they are also pragmatic. They know that science can provide cleaner ways to burn coal more efficiently. It is good to have a president who recognizes that. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/Editorials/200808010167" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:54:45 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/US-DOE-aids-research-to-cut-water-use-in-coal-power-plants <p> The US Department of Energy plans to award nearly $8.8 million to 10<br /> projects designed to use water more efficiently to cool large coal-fired<br />power plants, the agency said Tuesday. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.platts.com/Coal/News/6929435.xml?src=Coalrssheadlines1" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:41:12 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/DOE-launches-carbon-sequestration-project <p> The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven regional partnerships created by the U.S. Department of Energy to advance carbon sequestration technologies, has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) in a groundbreaking field project in Wabash Count. Ill. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=95076" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:38:20 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Work-starts-on-controversial-power-plant <p> Months after a coal-gasification plant obtained a crucial air permit, Duke Energy Corp.'s CEO likened the $2.35 billion plant to an &quot;Apollo project for energy&quot; Monday during a ceremony marking its unofficial start of construction. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080722/BUSINESS/807220397" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:07:36 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Coal-fired-power-plants-Energy-needs-demand-solution <p> In a July 14 column, Jay Bookman questions how a Fulton County judge could possibly attempt to regulate carbon dioxide emissions when state and federal authorities are still trying to figure out whether and how to do so (&quot;Georgia judge makes a clean choice for Planet Earth,&quot; @issue, July 14). </p> <p> <a href="http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/07/15/smoged_0716.html" target="_self">View full article </a> </p> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:58:20 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Clean-coal-conference-set-for-UACCH <p> Scarecly five months after AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. announced a $1 million gift to the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, the UACCH campus will become the site of a national clean coal policy conference this week. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.hopestar.com/articles/2008/07/14/news/news1.txt" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:54:33 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Arch-CEO-Sees-Positive-Future-for-Coal-|-State-Journal <p> &quot;More and more of this coal's going to be exported out of the country,&quot; Eaves said. &quot;It's low sulfur, it's high BTU (energy content) and I think it's a coal that's going to be desired not only in the U.S. but all over the world.&quot; </p> <p> <a href="http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&amp;storyid=41045" target="_self">View full article</a> </p> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:42:30 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/FutureGen-alliance-welcomes-funding-vote <p> The actions of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee have the FutureGen Alliance lauding what it calls the second sign in a week that their clean coal-burning plant is on track. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/07/09/futuregen_alliance_welcomes_funding_vote" target="_self">View full article</a> </p>