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Environmental Headline News
UK vote to introduce Emissions Performance Standard for new power stations narrowly fails (Feb 25, 2010)

A cross-party bid to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from new power stations has narrowly failed in the UK House of Commons.

Copenhagen accord prompts fall in carbon prices (Dec 22, 2009)
The failure of the UN Climate change conference in Copenhagen to reach a legally binding deal on reducing carbon emissions has led to a sharp fall in carbon permits on the European carbon exchange.
Progress Energy to retire four coal-fired plants by 2017 (Dec 1, 2009)
Progress Energy Carolinas, a unit of Progress Energy, said that all of its remaining coal-fired plants in North Carolina without scrubbers will be retired by 2017.
Magazine Articles on Environmental

The Philippines' San Miguel to build 300 MW coal fired plant ...
... to give further details as the company is currently in the thick of preparing applications for a coal operating contract, environmental compliance certificate ...

The Next 10 Years: A View From a Utility CEO - POWER-GEN WorldWide
... decade. I don’t think very many around the country. The environmental characteristics obviously are the main stoppers. Clean coal ...

Tenaska coal-fired power plant project to cost $3.5bn - POWER-GEN ...
... December 2014. Tenaska still needs an air permit from environmental regulators and the Department of Energy to complete its review. In ...

Kleen natural gas-fired plant had little safety oversight - POWER ...
... Several agencies are in charge of setting electric rates, environmental issues, power plant design and safety recommendations but none actually set any safety ...

South Africa seeks international support for $3.75bn coal plant ...
... But environmental campaigners argue the project contributes to global warming. In a document published earlier this month, the World ...

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Latest News
Nuclear power plant wins $56mn from DOE court ruling (Mar 8, 2010)

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled March 5 to award Energy Northwest nearly $56.9 million in damages from the Department of Energy (DOE) for breach of contract involving the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository project.

Nuclear power plant design team gets $40mn from DOE (Mar 8, 2010)

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $40 million to Westinghouse and General Atomics for conceptual design and planning work for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant.

Power transmission equipment makers launch Friends of the Supergrid lobby group in London (Mar 8, 2010)

Power transmission and distribution equipment manufacturers such as Siemens, Areva T&D and Prysmian have launched Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) in an effort to build a European offshore grid focused on the North Sea.

Pakistan?s Pepco agrees for Sindh Engro to build 1200 MW coal fired plant (Mar 8, 2010)

Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and Sindh Engro Coal Energy Company (SECEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a 1200 MW coal fired power plant at the Thar coalfield in Pakistan.

March 1-7 QuickVote results (Mar 8, 2010)

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