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Idaho Power Studying Upgrade To Coal Plants
2013-02-12 10:58:34| Energy - Topix.net
Idaho Power is studying whether to spend $500 million or more in pollution-control equipment for coal plants it partially owns Wyoming and Nevada.
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Wind power is now cheaper than coal in some countries
2013-02-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: When many countries are choosing their next generation of power stations, they will be tempted to pick wind turbines. Thanks to better design, building wind farms can now be cheaper than building new coal or gas power stations. Figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show that this is already the case in Australia. Any wind farms built now would generate electricity for between A$80 (about US$80) and A$113 per megawatt-hour, whereas new coal plants would cost A$176/MWh. In Australia, coal's...
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OSU team demonstrates Coal-Direct Chemical Looping for more efficient and low carbon coal heat release
2013-02-11 12:30:19| Green Car Congress
New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
2013-02-08 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Electricity supplied from a new wind farm is cheaper than that from a new gas or coal-fired power plant in Australia, reports a new analysis published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. According to the study, wind-generated electricity costs AU$80 ($83) per megawatt hour compared with compared to AU$143/MWh ($148) from a new coal plant or AU$116/MWh ($120) from a new baseload gas plant. The rates including the cost of emissions under Australia's carbon pricing system, however "even without a...
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Interior Department to Investigate Coal Exports
2013-02-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Interior Department will investigate whether mining companies are gaming the federal government by skirting royalty payments, a pair of senior senators announced Friday. The agency is looking into whether mining firms lowball the value of coal excavated from federal lands to minimize the fees they pay the government. The Department shares your concern that this matter should be taken seriously and be thoroughly investigated to determine if there is any merit to the allegations contained...
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