Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. New England and New York Have Almost Eliminated Coal-Fired Electricity
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The U.S. Northeast is phasing out its coal-fired power plants. Both New England and New York generated 15 percent of… The post New England and New York Have Almost Eliminated Coal-Fired Electricity ...

2. Japan Is Building Coal Fired Power Plants Despite Its Paris Accord Commitment
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Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal-fired power plants at 17 different sites in the next five… The post Japan Is Building Coal Fired Power Plants Despite Its Paris Accord Commitment appeared ...

3. U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to Retire
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In 2010, coal-generated 45 percent of the nation’s electricity with 317 gigawatts of coal-fired generating capacity—30 percent of the generating… The post U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to ...

4. Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase Out Coal
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Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part… The post Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase Out Coal appeared first on ...

5. Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent 'Clean' Energy By 2045
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Idaho Power plans to stop using coal power plants. The news comes as a U.S. energy agency says renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in 2018. ...

6. Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s national standard last year, will close the last of its four major coal-fired power plants next year. ...

7. China Is Expected to Phase Out Renewable Subsidies, Continue to Build Coal Plants
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... to Build Coal Plants appeared first on IER.  ...

8. The Latest Sign That Coal Is Getting Killed
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Coal is having a hard time lately. U.S. power plants are switching to natural gas, environmental restrictions are kicking in, and the industry is being derided as the world's No. 1 climate ...

9. Germany Gives Dirtiest Coal Plants Six Years for Phase Out
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said 13 percent of power stations burning lignite, a cheap form of coal, would be phased out by 2021 under a program to cut power industry pollution. The government ...

10. Australia’s Biggest Power Producer Sees Future without Coal
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Australia’s largest electricity producer committed to close its coal-fired power plants within 35 years as part of an effort to cut the nation’s dependence on the fossil fuel. ...

11. India Cuts Back on Nuclear Power Plants; Will Likely Turn to Coal
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India signed the Paris Accord, but it is already cutting back on its plans for nuclear power, which produces no... The post India Cuts Back on Nuclear Power Plants; Will Likely Turn to Coal appeared first ...

12. Technique Could Help the Nation's Coal Plants Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Carbon capture could help the nation’s coal plants reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet economic challenges are part of the reason the technology isn’t widely used today. That could change ...

13. Cleaned-Up Coal and Clean Air: Facts About Air Quality and Coal-Fired Power Plants
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Coal-fired electricity generation is far cleaner today than ever before. The popular misconception that our air quality is getting worse... The post Cleaned-Up Coal and Clean Air: Facts About Air Quality ...

14. Coal company sues John Oliver for being John Oliver
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

A U.S. coal company is firing back at John Oliver after the Last Week Tonight host slammed its CEO in a June 18 show. On Wednesday, Murray Energy filed suit against Oliver, HBO, and Time Warner for defamation. ...

15. Despite the Paris Accord, India and Pakistan Will Continue to Use Coal
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Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry is committed to building as many as 12 new coal-fired power plants over the next 15... The post Despite the Paris Accord, India and Pakistan Will Continue to Use Coal ...

16. The President’s Climate Change Executive Order: Wrong Pretense
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The President announced on Tuesday, March 28th at the Environmental Protection Agency his new Executive Order based on protecting 75,000 US coal jobs by threatening over 3 million US clean energy jobs. ...

17. Rocky Mountain Power to Test Biomass That May Cut Coal Use
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Rocky Mountain Power, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will test a new biomass fuel that may reduce the amount of coal being burned by power plants.   ...

18. How Far Can Technology Go To Stave Off Climate Change?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

The U.S. now has two coal-burning power plants that avoid dumping carbon dioxide into the air. Petra Nova in Texas and Kemper in Mississippi use technology to stop CO2 in the smokestack ...

19. How Far Can Technology Go To Stave Off Climate Change?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The U.S. now has two coal-burning power plants that avoid dumping carbon dioxide into the air. Petra Nova in Texas and Kemper in Mississippi use technology to stop CO2 in the smokestack ...

20. Renewables have the economic advantage over fossil fuels
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will unravel.The cheapest way of generating energy today is to use renewable fuels - and the authors of a new analysis ...

21. Warming climate likely to have 'minor' impact on power plant output
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Future climate warming will likely cause only minor cuts in energy output at most U.S. coal- or gas-fired power plants, a new Duke University study finds.The study -- the first of its kind based on real-world ...

22. China Won’t Waste Its Time on Wind Power
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China is building coal-fired plants (about one every 2 days)[i] and nuclear plants to supply its energy needs, but has... The post China Won’t Waste Its Time on Wind Power appeared first on IER.  ...

23. Job Losses from Coal Closures Dwarf Gains from Wind Industry
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As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threatens to shut down vast amounts of coal power plants, the federal government continues... The post Job Losses from Coal Closures Dwarf Gains from Wind ...

24. Fracking helping utilities reduce reliance on coal
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

When you flip on a light switch, odds are, you're burning coal. But as the fracking boom continues to unleash huge quantities of natural gas, the nation's electric grid is changing. Power plants ...

25. Australia’s Biggest Power Producer Sees Future without Coal
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Australia’s largest electricity producer committed to close its coal-fired power plants within 35 years as part of an effort to cut the nation’s dependence on the fossil fuel. ...

26. EPA Rules Bring Pink Slips to a Town Near You
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Earlier this month, employees at coal plants in West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana received notices from American Electric Power that... The post EPA Rules Bring Pink Slips to a Town Near You appeared first ...

27. As U.S. Shutters Coal Plants, China and Japan are Building Them
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China and Japan have plans to build massive amounts of coal-fired power plants, while the United States is not only... The post As U.S. Shutters Coal Plants, China and Japan are Building Them appeared ...

28. Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s national standard last year, will close the last of its four major coal-fired power plants next year. ...

29. New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Non-Hazardous
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Environmental groups had sought to have coal ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, regulated as hazardous waste. ...

30. Will more use of natural gas minimize or exacerbate climate change?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Natural gas power plants produce substantial amounts of gases that lead to global warming. Replacing old coal-fired power plants with new natural gas plants could cause climate damage to increase over ...