by Jack | Mar 28, 2019 | News
Acme Equities LLC is looking to buy San Juan Generating station in New Mexico for $1. The current owners plan to shut the facility down because current environmental regulations require installation of significant and expensive backend pollution control...
by Alec | Mar 14, 2019 | News
How valuable are zero-emissions credits (ZECs) to nuclear power plants in Illinois? Without them, operating costs at five of the state’s six nuclear plants run close to wholesale power prices, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence cost model. In...
by Alec | Feb 19, 2019 | News
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence (“S&P”), the U.S. power grid is expected to add 49,420 MW of generation capacity in 2019, while 8,597 MW of capacity is expected to be retired. 68% of the capacity to be retired, is coal plants, the largest of...
by Jack | Jan 14, 2019 | News
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has rejected EDF Renewables’ application for a new offshore wind farm near Atlantic City, questioning its high cost and economic benefits. EDF Renewables submitted the application, which called for MHI Vestas Offshore to...
by Matt | Nov 27, 2018 | News
The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy is funding research and development into small, modular coal-fired power plants in 2019 in an effort to revive the coal-fired power generation sector and diversify the power generation industry. The potential for...
by Matt | Oct 19, 2018 | News
Westmoreland Coal Co., one of the oldest coal mining companies in the U.S. has filed for bankruptcy. The filing represents the fourth major U.S. coal company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in three years due to continual decline in demand for coal throughout the...
