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Corwyn Bruce, Head of Technical Services with the International CCS Knowledge Centre, answers questions on the announced retirement of coal-fired power units BD4&5 and what this means for CCS.
The National Energy Administration (NEA) has set a raw coal production target of 3.7 billion t for 2018, which CRU believe will be tricky to achieve.
An outlook of above average temperatures, which led to minor capacity reductions at thermal plants recently, will last until the beginning of August.
A new report confirms that the cost of doing nothing far exceeds the costs of policy measures to support existing coal plants providing reliable and resilient generation for the power grid.
These amendments provide states and utilities much-needed flexibility in the management of coal ash, while ensuring human health and the environment are protected.
ACCCE “look forward to working with EPA as it develops changes that protect the environment and avoid more coal retirements which are a threat to the reliability and resilience of the electricity grid.”
The World Coal Association has commented on the IEA’s 2018 World Energy Investment report.
Investment in new coal-fired plants in China fell by 55% in 2017.
In addition to the 21 threatened mines, there are 154 mines in the US that sold coal to just one US utility-scale buyer last year. An additional 44 mines sold their coal to just two such buyers last year, some of which are among the coal plants already slated for retirement.
GE Power’s Ostroleka coal power plant technology will be specifically designed for operational flexibility to improve start time, start fuel, ramp-up and turn-down rate, and minimum load.
TEPCO Fuel and Power and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems have launched a digital solution service aimed at improving asset value of clean coal power plants.
The key recommendation of a report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been welcomed by the Minerals Council of Australia.