All Posts Tagged With: "emissions reduction"

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GE Power Plant Design Works Bettter with Renewables

The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle design is reportedly 61 percent efficient and provides unprecedented operational flexibility, including with intermittent wind and solar resources.

3Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Report Says New EPA Rules Will Erode
Power Grid Reliability

Four federal environmental regulations to improve water and air quality could by 2018 chop by nearly half the amount of projected reserve energy available to the US power grid, according to the NERC report.

27Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Barrasso: Finding Cleaner Ways to Use Coal; Best Way to Cut Greenhouse Gases

The Senator believes that finding cleaner ways to use coal is one of the most viable methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while still meeting the energy demands that continue to grow around the world. “We need the renewables but (renewable energy development) is not keeping up with the overall demand for energy.”

10May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Refinery Association Chairman Says EPA Rules Will
Freeze Investment

Valero’s Bill Klesse, also chairman of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, told the industry gathering that such regulation would increase costs for an industry already struggling with low margins and sluggish demand amid a slow economic recovery.

23Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Exxon Bets on Domestic NG Market
with XTO Purchase

The energy giant says it will buy XTO Energy in an all-stock deal worth $31 billion as the oil giant seeks to capitalize on the growing supply of natural gas at home. Major producers see natural gas as a priority fuel source, especially in a reduced carbon economy.

15Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Construction Underway on McFadden Ridge
Wind Project

The wind farm will be Rocky Mountain Power’s seventh project brought into service in Wyoming within the past two years. McFadden Ridge I is located near the company’s High Plains wind project, which also is under construction and is scheduled for completion in this autumn.

3Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued