08.26.2008
Southern Co.'s Georgia Power has requested approval from state regulators to convert its coal-fired Mitchell power plant to wood biomass in another notable step toward greater renewable energy use by a company that has been hostile to federal renewable energy...
08.25.2008
In a takeover aimed at securing a steady supply of Pennsylvania coal to fuel its growing U.S. steel business, Russian steel producer OAO Severstal announced Friday that its mining division has agreed to acquire U.S. coal company PBS Coals Corp. for $1.3...
08.22.2008 | By Chris Holly
Giving the green light to an unusual proposal from the state's largest electric utility, Colorado regulators approved Wednesday an Xcel Energy plan to shutter two coal-fired power plants, a move the utility says will make it easier to meet Colorado Gov. Don...
08.18.2008
The Energy Department announced last week it will award up to $340 million under the third round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative, a Bush administration program aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of advanced coal technologies. In an August 11...
08.14.2008 | By Jeff Beattie
In another grim financial development for the company, PNM Resources on Monday announced losses of more than $143 million for the second quarter--its second straight poor quarterly earnings report--and said it plans to sell its Texas power retailer and to cut...
08.14.2008 | Commentary By David J. Nagel
The 20th anniversary of the 1989 announcement of "cold fusion" experimental results by Fleischmann and Pons at the University of Utah is approaching. That announcement by the two chemists of a new source of energy based on electrochemical loading of...
08.13.2008 | By Chris Holly
In what appears to be a tactical maneuver aimed at blunting Republican attacks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Monday that she might allow a vote on legislation to open some offshore areas to oil production if the measure also includes key Democratic...
08.13.2008 | By Johnathan Rickman
Continuing its push to develop promising new carbon-capture technologies, the Energy Department announced last month that it will provide up to $36 million for 15 projects to develop new carbon capture technologies focused in five areas of interest...
08.12.2008 | By Chris Holly
In a new development in a closely watched lawsuit, five environmental groups have asked a federal court in North Carolina to rule that an affiliate of Duke Energy Corp. violated the Clean Air Act by beginning construction of an 800 megawatt coal-fired power...
08.11.2008 | By Jeff Beattie
Potentially putting a huge amount of U.S. coal reserves up for grabs, Rio Tinto said Friday that it has filed paperwork to spin off Cloud Peak Energy--the mining giant's North American coal unit and the second largest coal producer in the United States--but...
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