MISO: Clean Power Plan could halve coal burn Argus combed through documents issued yesterday by MISO, finding that the grid operator expects coal generation to take a huge hit should the Clean Power Plan be implemented as expected. Gas would be the immediate benefactor, rising from about 20% of generation under a base case to … Continue reading MISO: Clean Power Plan could halve coal burn
Multiple Studies Confirm: Ohio Can Cut Carbon from its Power Fleet–Affordably and Reliably–With Clean Energy In the 11 months since the Clean Power Plan was proposed last summer, naysayers have been spinning doomsday scenarios claiming that cutting carbon would somehow be costly or would plunge Ohio into the dark ages. This could not be farther … Continue reading Multiple Studies Confirm: Ohio Can Cut Carbon from its Power Fleet–Affordably and Reliably–With Clean Energy
DC Court Throws Out the First Challenge to the Clean Power Plan The Obama administration’s historic initiative to curb greenhouse gas pollution from existing power plants survived its first legal attack yesterday, but also got some harsh criticism from utility industry executives. A federal court of appeals in Washington dismissed a case brought by more … Continue reading DC Court Throws Out the First Challenge to the Clean Power Plan #CPP
Talen Energy sees value in PJM coal assets Washington, 3 June (Argus) — Newly established independent power producer Talen Energy is betting on a large coal and gas portfolio in the PJM Interconnection power market to drive growth and enable future acquisitions in Texas, Montana and the northeast US. Talen started trading independently this week. … Continue reading Talen Energy sees value in PJM coal assets
The Case for Carbon Capture Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) has been identified as crucial in the efforts to reign in CO2 emissions that are causing climate change by leading agencies such as the UN IPCC, the International Energy Agency and the World Bank. But CCS, the process of physically capturing CO2 emissions from industrial … Continue reading The Case for Carbon Capture #CCS
PJM gas capacity exceeds coal for first time Washington, 2 June (Argus) — Natural gas has edged out coal as the fuel with the most installed generating capacity in the PJM Interconnection for the first time. The installed capacity from gas generators in PJM totaled 54,600MW in May, about 7pc more than the 50,900MW of … Continue reading PJM gas capacity exceeds coal for first time
Climate benefits of a natural gas bridge ‘unlikely to be significant’ Natural gas can only be a worthwhile bridge to a low carbon future if a series of tough conditions are met, according to a working paper from the influential New Climate Economy initiative. The paper says the climate benefits of gas, including shale gas, … Continue reading Climate benefits of a natural gas bridge ‘unlikely to be significant’
Report: EPA may weaken its carbon rules for new power plants The EPA’s proposed carbon rules for new power plants would effectively prohibit new coal-fired power plants in the United States for the foreseeable future. As written in the draft proposal, the rules — the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for carbon dioxide — would … Continue reading Report: EPA may weaken its carbon rules for new power plants
New head of regional power grid will face dramatic industry shift from coal to natural gas The person taking over the regional grid operator that includes Ohio has a lot on his plate. PJM Interconnection named Andy Ott on Wednesday as its new president, replacing Terry Boston, who ran PJM for eight years. The independent … Continue reading New head of regional power grid will face dramatic industry shift from coal to #natural_gas
Plant outages reduce Texas coal burn to lowest point in a decade Coal generators in the ERCOT system spent much of the month offline, according to a new report from the grid operator’s independent monitor Beth Garza. Up to half of the grid operator’s 32 units were shuttered at some point, either for maintenance of … Continue reading Plant outages reduce Texas coal burn to lowest point in a decade
For more information call 1-855-GET-INNOTAP (1-855-438-4666) or contact us by form or email us today!
