Coal

Consumers Energy plans to close its last three coal-fired units in 2025, 15 years earlier than originally planned.

AES Indiana to repower coal units to natural gas, add solar and storage

The utility aims to be the first in Indiana to exit coal.

US coal stockpiles hit highest levels since 2020

Coal-fired electricity has declined in the U.S. over the past decade, but the EIA expects that trend to reverse this year.

Coal plant’s AI drives down emissions, boosts efficiency

Global management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company published a case study detailing how it helped Vistra develop a machine-learning model to improve the efficiency and emissions of the Martin Lake Power Plant in Rusk County, Texas.

Arizona coal communities to receive more grant funding

Three utilities have pledged a combined $1 million in funding to help communities impacted by the transition away from coal.

US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges

The EPA rule would force many coal plants to capture 90% of their carbon emissions or shut down within eight years.

EIA: Coal consumption’s decline is likely to reverse this year

EIA forecast an increase in use of coal for power consumption in the U.S. this year, with use dropping back to about 2023 amounts in 2025.

“Project Accounting” is the new “Routine Maintenance”

A proposed New Source Review (NSR) rule change for coal-fired plants aims to clarify project definitions and emissions accounting, yet faces widespread criticism for its complexity and perceived flaws.

Coal

EIA forecast an increase in use of coal for power consumption in the U.S. this year, with use dropping back to about 2023 amounts in 2025….

A proposed New Source Review (NSR) rule change for coal-fired plants aims to clarify project definitions and emissions accounting, yet faces widespread criticis…

South Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy’s coal ash cost recovery request

The utility sought to recover approximately $238 million from 2018 closing coal ash basins in South Carolina and North Carolina, along with $36 million of previ…

What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ pollution rule

The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas wi…

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the plan was cutting air pollution…

DTE Energy demolishes legacy coal-fired plant

The 535 MW Trenton Channel plant was completed in 1924. At the time of its commissioning, it was the fourth major power plant Detroit Edison (now DTE Energy) pu…

Cooling opposition, Utah Legislature eases mandate to keep coal power plant operating

During a special legislative session, an IPA official said the agency doesn’t oppose the changes. …

Coal-fired power represented more than half of the Canadian province’s fuel mix as recently as 2015….

PJM is dispatching coal-fired power less frequently

In 2023, the use of coal-fired generation in PJM fell to 34% of capacity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal generators were dispatch…

Work to begin on biomass, CCS retrofit at Michigan coal plant

Babcock & Wilcox’s capture technology absorbs CO2 directly from the plant’s flue gas using a regenerable solvent that is then recycled for re-use….

GOP lawmakers introduce resolution aimed at overturning EPA power plant rules

Coal and new gas plants would be required to capture their emissions using CCS or retire by various compliance dates in the 2030s….

‘War on coal’ rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming

The front line in the political battle over coal is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, a sparsely populated section of the Great Plains with the …