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Plenty of growth for coal sector, in power plant decommissioning
2013-08-07 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The market for decommissioning services for coal-fired power stations is set to reach $5.3bn between 2013 and 2020, according to new research that suggests a combination of tightening environmental regulations and increasingly competitive alternative energy sources will result in a spate of plant closures. The new research from analyst firm Navigant Research predicts that the "coming wave of retirements offers significant opportunities to the companies that will carry out the decommissioning processes"....
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Revenue from coal plant decommissioning services to account for $5.3bn by 2020: Report
2013-08-07 01:00:00| Power Technology
Revenue from coal plant decommissioning services will account for a total of $5.3bn from 2013 to 2020, according to a report from Navigant Research.
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Coal at risk as global lenders drop financing on climate
2013-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The worlds richest nations, moving to combat global warming, are cutting government support for new coal-burning power plants in developing countries, dealing a blow to the worlds dominant source of electricity. First it was President Barack Obama pledging in June that the government would no longer finance overseas coal plants through the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Next it was the World Bank, then the European Investment Bank, dropping support for coal projects. Those banks have pumped more than...
Battle looms over expanding Houston coal exports
2013-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: The expansion of a terminal along the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel normally receives little attention. But Kinder Morgan Energy Partners plans to refurbish two docks have opened a new front in the fight over coal. Environmentalists are mounting a campaign to stop the projects and a dozen other proposed shipping terminals along the Gulf Coast because the docks, if built to capacity, could export as much as 200 million tons of coal per year from Appalachia and the Rockies to Asia and...
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Some Tampa Bay companies gain ground amid backlash against coal, soda
2013-08-06 08:19:49| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
In a regional economy still hunting for firmer ground, let's take the temperature of the corporate health here by vetting the latest quarterly performance of some major area companies.
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