http://www.americaspower.org Get the latest news from America's Power via RSS en-US Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:31:33 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Utah-Receives-$16.3-Million-In-DOE-Grants <p> The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the DOE “announced Tuesday that Utah will receive $16.3 million in grants for energy conservation and research into geothermal energy and carbon capture,” which will go to Salt Lake City and Utah’s State Energy Program. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13704508" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:18:24 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/New-We-Energies-Coal-Plant-Generating-Power <p> The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, “We Energies’ newest coal-fired plant is generating power, after ‘significant progress’ in construction over the past three months, the company’s chairman said Thursday. The coal plant consists of two coal-fired boilers next to an older coal plant on Lake Michigan in Oak Creek.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/67291342.html" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:15:17 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/AEP-To-Unveil-Carbon-Capture-Project-Today <p> West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports, “The Mountaineer coal-fired power plant in New Haven is getting international attention because Friday morning, AEP officials are scheduled to unveil the plant’s carbon capture and sequestration technology.” The facility “is the first of its kind to both capture CO2 emissions and sequester them underground, says AEP spokesman Pat Hemlepp.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=11832" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:31 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Company-To-Sell-Captured-CO2-To-Oil-Producers <p> Greenwire reports that Blue Source LLC announced Monday that “it will market almost 3 million tons of carbon dioxide captured at a coal power plant slated for West Texas.” Summit Texas Clean Energy LLC “aims to begin construction of the 400-megawatt power plant next year near the city of Odessa,” and “would use what is known as an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process to gasify coal and capture about 90 percent of the fossil fuel's CO2.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/10/26/13/" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:13:56 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/DOE-To-Launch-Innovation-Agency,-Announce-Grants <p> The New York Times reports that on Monday the Department of Energy “will make good on a pledge for a bolder technology strategy” by “awarding research grants for ideas like bacteria that will make gasoline, enzymes that will capture carbon dioxide to counter global warming and batteries so cheap that they will allow the use of solar power all night long.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/science/earth/26energy.html?hp" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:12:03 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/AEP-To-Kick-Off-CCS-Project-This-Week <p> The Charleston (WV) Gazette reported, “Later this week, American Electric Power will begin pumping a small stream of carbon dioxide from its Mountaineer Power Plant deep under the bottomland along the Ohio River in Mason County.” The company “hopes the gas stays there.” AEP “wants it tucked safely away, were it can't add to the heat-trapping gases already building up to dangerous levels in the Earth's atmosphere.” If the “utility's pilot project works out, it might just help save the world -- and along the way rescue the coal industry.” </p> <p> <a href="http://wvgazette.com/topStories2/200910240481" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:51:57 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Study-Minnesota-Needs-New-Coal-Fired-Plant <p> The St. Paul (MN) Pioneer-Press reports, “Minnesota may need a new 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant to meet growing demand, according to a Department of Commerce study that will be presented to state lawmakers today. The study by the department's Office of Energy Security is meant to be a forecasting tool for policy-makers, but environmentalists who oppose building more coal power plants say the study isn't specific enough to be of much practical use.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_13622398" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:49:08 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Arkansas-Supreme-Court-To-Review-Coal-Fired-Power-Plant-Case <p> The AP reports, “The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday it will review a case involving Southwestern Electric Power Company’s planned coal-fired power plant,” after “the state Court of Appeals had overturned a permit that was issued by the Arkansas Public Service Commission” for the $1.6 billion project. SWEPCO appealed that decision, and now the Arkansas Supreme Court is going to review the case.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102203053.html" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:53:46 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/CARBON-CAPTURE-University-will-study-sequestration-in-S.C <p> The University of South Carolina will study whether carbon dioxide can be stored in the state's abandoned wells, coal beds and underground reservoirs of salt water. The school received one of 11 national awards from the Department of Energy to study carbon capture and sequestration. The $4.95 million grant will be distributed over three years. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2009/10/22/13/" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:51:31 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Plug-In-Cars-Are-Almost-Here,-but-Charging-Stations-Lag <p> The New York Times reports that sales of electric vehicle, which are set to be launched next year, “may be limited by the lack of a national infrastructure to support them. … Among the biggest challenges for automakers is overcoming consumers’ fears of becoming stranded with a dead battery -- what the industry calls ‘range anxiety.’” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/business/22electric.html" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:49:23 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Utilities-Promise-Electric-Car-Infrastructure <p> The AP reports, “A trade group representing 70 percent of U.S. electric utilities” has promised “to work aggressively to put charging stations and other infrastructure in place to support electric vehicles that soon will be in dealer showrooms. According to an industry executive, utilities “will develop charging systems, advanced meters, electricity pricing that gives customers an incentive to recharge at night, and a grid that interacts with cars.” The utilities have also “pledged to set up customer service networks to handle questions about the location of charging stations to rates or government incentive plans to buy electric vehicles.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-us-electriccars-util,0,2541211.story" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:53:19 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Challenge-To-Kentucky-Coal-Plant-Permit-Fails <p> The Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader reports a Franklin Circuit judge has “turned down an attempt by the Sierra Club to overturn a state permit for a coal-fired power plant that began operating last spring near Maysville, according to a release Tuesday from the state Energy and Environment Cabinet.” Judge Thomas Wingate decided “that the state Division For Air Quality properly issued the permit to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for its Spurlock No. 4 unit.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/985160.html" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:37 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Governor-Hopes-To-Persuade-Obama-Of-West-Virginia’s-Energy-Importance <p> The AP reports that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin “is angling for a sit-down with President Obama over his administration's stance on climate change and its pursuit of cap-and-trade legislation.” On Tuesday, Manchin told the AP “that West Virginia has a role to play as the nation considers cutting climate-affecting energy sources” and hopes that statistics demonstrating the country’s dependence on coal-fired power “will help him persuade the president that investing in the right technology can allow the US to continue to rely on coal, but more cleanly.” Said Manchin, “Coal is going to be our primary provider of electricity for the next 30 years. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/200910200888" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:46:40 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Investment-In-CCS-Seen-As-Vital-As-Coal-Plays-“Critical-Role”-In-US-Energy <p> In an editorial, “Reflecting the Views of the United States Government,” the Voice of America writes, “Carbon dioxide [CO2] emissions from power plants contribute significantly to global warming. For that reason, the United States is making a concerted effort to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon dioxide at existing American power plants so that the greenhouse gas may be sequestered or put to beneficial use.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2009-10-20-voa1.cfm" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:48:10 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Five-Technologies-That-Could-Change-Everything,-Including-CCS <p> The Wall Street Journal reports under the headline, “Five Technologies That Could Change Everything,” that space-based solar power, advanced car batteries, utility storage, carbon capture and storage, and next generation biofuels have the potential to drastically alter the world’s energy usage. The Journal notes that electric vehicles are necessary to cut CO2 emissions, but more efficient batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, are necessary to make EVs more widespread. </p> <p> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703746604574461342682276898.html#mod=todays_us_" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Obama-administration-to-clear-red-tape-surrounding-alternative-energy-production <p> The AP reports Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “has told a North Carolina meeting of corporate CEOs the Obama administration is clearing away red tape to speed progress on alternative energy production. Salazar spoke Friday to the Business Council, a group of 150 chief executive officers formed during the Great Depression to advise the federal government.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20091016_ap_energysecretarytellsceosnewfuelscoming.html" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:03 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Chu-Tells-CEOs-That-The-US-Will-Not-“Turn-Its-Back-On-Coal" <p> MYNC reported Secretary Chu “said finding cleaner ways to generate electricity is good, but America also needs greener ways to generate its current electricity sources. ‘The United States is not going to turn its back on coal,’ Chu said. ‘Fifty percent of our electricity is generated by coal. The industry will not develop that technology, but we have to partner with the industry to develop it.’” </p> <p> <a href="http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/43304/top-us-energy-leaders-push-fast-track-to-green-energy" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:51:11 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Resurgent-Coal-Trade-Would-Positively-Impact-Hampton-Roads-Area <p> The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot reported, “Home to three major coal terminals, Hampton Roads exports more coal than any other port in the nation.” According to David Host of T. Parker Host, “A resurgence in coal exports would shore up hundreds of jobs statewide, in businesses ranging from railroads to port terminals, mines to shipping firms, coal-testing labs to harbor pilots and tugboat captains.” </p> <p> <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/after-rough-year-coal-exports-look-rebound" target="_self">View Full Article</a> </p> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:17:33 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/PNNL-Report-China-Can-Cheaply-Transport,-Sequester-CO2 <p> USA Today reports that a study conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, set for release in London Wednesday, found that “getting China’s coal-plant emissions out of the atmosphere so they don’t worsen global warming may be cheaper, easier and longer-lasting than expected.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-10-14-china-carbon-emissions_N.htm" target="_self">Read Full Article </a> </p> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:55:07 GMT http://www.americaspower.org/News/Proposed-Pipeline-Would-Carry-CO2-From-Midwest-To-Gulf-Coast <p> The New York Times “Greenwire” blog reports, “Midwestern states are working with energy companies to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to carbon capture and storage: finding ways to transport the gas from its industrial source to its final resting place.” </p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/13/13greenwire-pipeline-would-carry-midwest-co2-to-gulf-coast-19951.html" target="_self">View Full Article </a> </p>