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- Old king coal shows its age 13 Dec 2009 01:34 GMT
... owners of some of America’s oldest coal-fired power plants are finally starting to see the ... One of North Carolina’s biggest utilities, Progress Energy, announced plans this month to mothball 11 coal-fired ... facilities are in West Virginia, Texas and Alabama. Dominion Virginia Power, meanwhile, is proceeding with ...
- Feds give clean coal projects $979 million 13 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
... coal projects in West Virginia, Texas and Alabama are getting $979 million in federal stimulus funding, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said. The money will go ... money will go toward retrofitting existing coal-fired power plants owned by American Electric Power, Southern ...
- DOE selects clean coal projects for support 9 Dec 2009 18:57 GMT
... to beneficial use carbon emissions. American Electric Power will design, construct and operate a chilled ... Schlumberger Carbon Services, Battelle Memorial Institute, CONSOL Energy, Alstom and an advisory team of geologic experts. ... stream at an existing coal-fired power plant, Alabama Power's Plant Barry, located north of Mobile, ...
- EDITORIAL: Clean coal project could be game-changer for Texas 9 Dec 2009 19:14 GMT
... could help chart a path for Texas' energy future. Last week's announcement that Summit Power has won a $350 million federal grant ... will receive $295 million to retrofit an Alabama plant and collect CO2. To see more ...
- Coal ash spill called 'a godsend' 10 Dec 2009 06:01 GMT
... Turner, a county commissioner in the rural Alabama community where the coal ash is being ... coal-ash storage facilities at its 10 coal-fired power plants. The cost would be on top ... to the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, Ala., for permanent disposal. As of Nov. 24, more ...
- Walter Energy to close Alabama plant, cut jobs 11 Dec 2009 21:56 GMT
... 11 (Reuters) - Coking coal producer Walter Energy Inc ( ) said its unit Walter Coke ... plans to close its fiber plant in Alabama, effective immediately, cut jobs and take related ... coal industry as demand for steel and electricity slumped, forcing coal producers to slice production, ...
- Power rate increase to pay for dam likely 17 Dec 2009 14:00 GMT
... Power rate increase to pay for dam likely ... is responsible for marketing electric power and energy generated at reservoirs operated by the United States ... customers in the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Miss-issippi, southern Illinois, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North ...
- BRIEF: Energy safety, efficiency key during holidays 11 Dec 2009 18:11 GMT
... BRIEF: Energy safety, efficiency key during holidays Dec 11, ... Information Services via COMTEX News Network) -- Alabama Power Co. said safe and efficient use ... to . Copyright (c) 2009, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, ...
- Alabama Power: Slow growth in electricity sales means tepid recovery 9 Dec 2009 17:01 GMT
... National and local business, financial and economic news from The Birmingham News Alabama Power: Slow growth in electricity sales means tepid recovery . expects its electricity sales in Alabama to plummet 7.4 ...
- Walter Energy Announces Closure of Walter Coke's Fiber Plant Coke Plant Expected to Resume Full Production 11 Dec 2009 20:45 GMT
... Walter Energy Announces Closure of Walter Coke's Fiber Plant ... its Walter Coke subsidiary, based in Birmingham, Ala., plans to close its fiber plant, effective ...
- New data paints a more toxic picture of TVA coal ash spill 10 Dec 2009 00:50 GMT
... ago at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee dumped a whopping 2.66 ... 3,000 acres at its other plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee—four of which the EPA rates ... commonly used for building ships and repairing hydroelectric dams. However, TVA opted for wet dredging ...
- U.S. energy official will speak at UAH graduation Friday night 14 Dec 2009 13:52 GMT
... AL - Kristina M. Johnson, undersecretary of energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, will ... the commencement address at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's fall graduation Friday night. UAH ... in the DOE offices of fossil energy, nuclear energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Her ...
- More than 3,200 Mobile residents lose power as storms move through area 15 Dec 2009 05:30 GMT
... communities More than 3,200 Mobile residents lose power as storms move through area MOBILE, Ala. -- Tonight's storm has left more than 3,200 customers ... at least the next hour or two, Alabama Power Co. said tonight. Spokesman Bernie Fogarty ...
- Walter Energy cranks up new longwall at expanded Mine No. 7 15 Dec 2009 23:27 GMT
... has started longwall production at a long-awaited expansion of its Mine No. 7 metallurgical coal operation in Alabama, the company ',PU_STATUS,'Press Release (PR) Walter Energy filed on Dec. 15. The Mine No. 7 East expansion is expected to generate approximately ...
- Walter Energy to close fiber plant in Birmingham 11 Dec 2009 22:00 GMT
... economic news from The Birmingham News Walter Energy to close fiber plant in Birmingham said today ... disposing of other businesses to concentrate on coal mining and the production of coke, or ... operates coal mines and methane-gas wells in Alabama, as well as Walter Coke, which used ...
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