Indiana co-op to close 1,070MW Merom coal plant in 2023
Tribune-Star: The Merom Generating Station in western Sullivan County will be closed in 2023, impacting about 185 utility workers. Hoosier Energy today announced a plan to retire the coal-fired power...
View ArticleOklahoma utility makes it official, 650MW Oklaunion coal plant to close in...
RTO Insider: Public Service Company of Oklahoma formally notified ERCOT on Tuesday that it will retire the coal-fired Oklaunion Power Station in the Texas Panhandle. PSO filed a notification of...
View ArticleRapid growth expected in Asian offshore wind market
Asian Power: Despite being a newcomer in the global [offshore wind] scene, China added more capacity than any country in the last two years. When the U.K. began construction on the world’s largest...
View ArticleMoody’s reaffirms its negative outlook on U.S. coal sector
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Declining earnings and intensifying pressure from investors screening their portfolios for environmental, social and governance factors are weighing on the coal...
View ArticleCorporate renewable demand prompts coal-heavy Kentucky utilities to build solar
Lexington Herald Leader: The amount of solar energy produced in Kentucky would increase dramatically under a plan announced Thursday. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities said they have...
View ArticleWisconsin co-op to close Genoa coal plant in 2021
La Crosse Tribune: Dairyland Power Cooperative will close its coal-fired station in Genoa by the end of 2021 — a move that will halt 50 years of continuous operation at the site and put about 80 people...
View ArticleMore trouble for Puerto Rico’s power grid post-earthquake
New York Times: SAN JUAN, P.R. — After the devastation of Hurricane Maria, the federal government set aside nearly $2 billion to fix the electrical transmission lines in Puerto Rico, hoping to avert...
View ArticleNew transmission link to speed South Australia’s transition to 100% renewable...
Renew Economy: South Australia’s plans to reach net 100 per cent renewables within a decade, and help provide renewable power to NSW to offset the closure of its coal plants have received a major...
View ArticleS&P: Fourth quarter results for U.S. coal sector likely to be dismal
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Fourth-quarter 2019 earnings reports are likely to be rough on U.S. coal producers yet again when miners begin reporting results over the next few weeks. Every...
View ArticleNextEra’s Robo gives bullish outlook for battery storage
Greentech Media: NextEra Energy, North America’s leading wind and solar generator, is combing through its base of existing solar facilities with an eye to retroactively adding batteries, as it adopts a...
View ArticleEIA: Renewables could overtake U.S. gas generation by 2034
Platts: Renewable energy is projected not only to crowd out coal-fired and nuclear generation but also to overtake natural gas as the dominant fuel for power generation by 2045, according to the main...
View ArticleDuke Energy shuts 344MW Asheville coal plant in North Carolina
Asheville Citizen Times: After 56 years of burning coal at its Lake Julian power plant, Duke Energy has officially shut down the coal operation. “At 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2020, Duke Energy achieved a...
View ArticleIndiana bill seeks to slow decline of coal industry
Inside Climate News: A proposed law in Indiana would make it harder for utilities to close coal plants, the latest effort by coal-heavy states to beat back the market forces making coal-fired power...
View ArticleIEEFA report: India urged to boost competition, modernise and upgrade the grid
February 6, 2020 (IEEFA India) — India must modernise and upgrade its electricity transmission and distribution grid as a matter of urgency or it stands to fall well short of its great potential in...
View ArticleCoal shipments at two Wisconsin, Minnesota ports dropped sharply in 2019,...
Wisconsin Public Radio: A record amount of cargo containing components used for generating wind power moved through the Twin Ports during the 2019 shipping season. The surge in wind traffic comes as...
View ArticleU.S. regulators, industry officials debate length of gas transition bridge
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The natural gas sector faces growing uncertainty about its role in a decarbonizing economy, but ensuring a place for the fuel in the energy transition will...
View ArticleJ.B. Sims coal plant in Michigan closing for good this week
MLive.com: The boilers at Grand Haven’s Sims power plant will be turned off a final time this week, marking the final end of the 37-year-old coal-burning facility. The decision to shut down the plant...
View ArticleMayflower offshore wind project in Massachusetts to cost $58/MWh
The Herald News: Though the state of Massachusetts removed the requirement that the second contract for offshore wind power generation be more affordable than the first, the price of power from the...
View ArticleU.S. coal executives grapple with rising ESG concerns, more costly access to...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Contura Energy Inc. executives said the U.S. coal sector is feeling the pinch of investors’ growing focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors...
View ArticleTennessee Valley Authority takes first step into solar plus storage market
Greentech Media: The Tennessee Valley Authority announced this week that it has contracted for 484 megawatts of solar power in the past two months, part of its push to expand its clean energy portfolio...
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