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Statkraft To Build Its First Wind Farms In The World’s Southernmost Country Chile4/12/2021
Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy generator, will build its first wind farms in Chile, expanding its renewable energy generation capacity in the South American country amid an increasing demand for hydro, wind and solar power in the southernmost nation in the world
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Wartsila Gas Conversion Project Will Accelerate Senegal’s Move To Cleaner Energy Production4/12/2021
The technology group Wärtsilä will convert the close to 90 MW Bel-Air power plant in Dakar, Senegal to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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Wells Fargo Announces Major Solar Expansion In North Carolina4/8/2021
Wells Fargo, NextEra Energy Resources, and Duke Energy today announced a 20-year renewable energy purchase agreement, under which Wells Fargo will consume 100% of solar energy produced by the Blackburn Solar Project, a 58-megawatt 600-acre solar farm planned for Catawba County, North Carolina, under Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage (GSA) program
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AGENDA ANNOUNCED FOR POWERPLANT CHEMISTRY FORUM
The preliminary agenda for the 2019 PowerPlant Chemistry Forum USA (PPCF) was announced on July 1. The Forum titled Power Cycle Chemistry in a Changing World will cover a variety of key issues facing plant chemists and decision makers including Fleet Flexibility, Corrosion Products, Film Forming Substances and other critical topics. SWAN Analytical USA is taking part, with Technical Director Randy Turner participating in the steering committee as well as presenting. PPCF takes place in Washington DC September 26-27.
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Wells Fargo Announces Major Solar Expansion In North Carolina4/8/2021
Wells Fargo, NextEra Energy Resources, and Duke Energy today announced a 20-year renewable energy purchase agreement, under which Wells Fargo will consume 100% of solar energy produced by the Blackburn Solar Project, a 58-megawatt 600-acre solar farm planned for Catawba County, North Carolina, under Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage (GSA) program
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Fusion Energy Milestone From TAE Technologies Validates Path To Cost-Competitive Carbon-Free Baseload Energy4/8/2021
TAE Technologies, the world's largest private fusion energy company, has announced a landmark fusion technology milestone by producing stable plasma at 50M+ degrees Celsius in a proprietary compact reactor design that can scale to competitive fusion-generated power
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ReNew Power, India's Leading Renewable Energy Company, Announces The Commissioning Of 110 MW Solar Generation Project4/7/2021
ReNew Power ("ReNew", or "the Company"), India's leading renewable energy company, announced that it has commissioned a 110 megawatt (MW) solar generation facility in the Indian state of Rajasthan
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ATTENTION BOILER OWNERS
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EPA No Longer Accepting Paper Submittals
EPA is no longer accepting paper submittals of the Notification of Compliance Status (NOCS) for Energy Assessments for area source boilers. We now require the NOCS to be submitted electronically to the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). For further information, please see the implementation videos.
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EPA And Industry Fail To Settle Waste Unit Risk Policy Fight
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry groups including cement producers have failed to settle a permit dispute that is testing whether the agency has the authority to require operators of hazardous waste combustion units to conduct risk assessments that can be used to strengthen emissions limits for mercury and other pollutants when renewing the facilities' existing waste and air permits. Negotiations stalled during a meeting in November 2013 between EPA lawyers and cement kiln operators at EPA's Region V offices, according to an 8 January 2014 status report the parties filed with the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Litigation will continue on 20 February 2014.
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EPA Publishes Final Boiler MACT And Other Rules - Compliance Dates Set
On January 31, 2013, U.S. EPA published the final Boiler MACT in the Federal Register. This sets the existing source compliance date as January 31, 2016.
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EPA Reopens Public Comment Period On Reconsideration Of Startup And Shutdown Provisions
EPA is reopening, for 60 days, the public comment period on the startup and shutdown provisions included in the November 2012 proposed updates to pollution limits for new power plants under Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.
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EPA Updates The Mercury And Air Toxics Standards For New Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated emission limits for new power plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The updates only apply to future power plants; do not change the types of state-of-the-art pollution controls that they are expected to install; and will not significantly change costs or public health benefits of the rule.
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EPA Finally Amends Its Boiler MACT Regulations And Further Defines Fuels Versus Wastes
Boiler owners beware – EPA has “finalized” its Boiler MACT, GACT, CISWI and NHSM rules and the compliance clocks have begun ticking.