Khan Resources Inc. announce that it has entered into contracts for the construction of a power line and sedimentation pond for the Dornod Uranium Project. The electric power line will be constructed from the Xin Xin Mine to the Dornod Uranium Property, a distance of about 26 kilometres and an electrical substation will be constructed at the site. The Xin Xin Mine is connected to an electric power...
General Moly Inc. announced that it has entered into Electrical Transmission Service Agreements with Mount Wheeler Power and Sierra Pacific Power to provide the Mt. Hope Project in Eureka County, Nevada with sufficient power transmission capacity to satisfy its projected electrical needs. Under the terms of these agreements, service is expected to start in December 2009 and ramp up to the full 75 MW...
Hydrogen Energy International LLC, a joint venture of BP Alternative Energy and Rio Tinto, announced plans to file an AFC (Application for Certification) before the California Energy Commission on Thursday, July 31, 2008, for a proposed hydrogen fuel production facility and power plant in Kern County, California. The filing initiates a comprehensive regulatory review process and, upon approval, grants...
Anglo American said Tuesday three of its coal mines open coal supply to electricity utility Eskom has closed because of rain. “They are all closed. They are not in operation at present, “spokesman Pranill Anglo Ramchander said. Ramchander said he was unsure when Denmark and New Kriel collieries in the province of Mpumalanga and New Vaal in the province of Free State would be returned to...
Under political pressure over climate change, the coal industry has vowed to raise at least $1 billion to develop technology to curb greenhouse gases. The announcement increases by $700 million the funds producers have committed to clean coal technology. Both the federal government and Labor have put much store in the technology as a way of reducing emissions. The Australian Coal Association said the...
Coal is poised to rebound from a two-year slump as China buys more than it exports for the first time in history. Power use in China, the world’s biggest coal producer, is rising 13 percent annually, and utilities are building plants at a record pace. The nation gets 78 percent of its electricity from coal, spurring imports from Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam. “The coal sector in China...
Duke Energy estimated it would cost $1.53 billion to build a single coal-fired power unit at its Cliffside power plant in western North Carolina, the state Public Utilities Commission disclosed Wednesday. Duke Energy Corp. provided the estimate when seeking permission from the commission to build a pair of generators, estimated at $3 billion, at its Cliffside Steam Station. In a brief ruling issued...
Duke Energy Corp. may build only one 800-megawatt coal-fired generator at its aging facility in western North Carolina, not the two the utility has sought for nearly two years, the state Utilities Commission ruled Wednesday. The Charlotte-based company said it needed the generators to meet increasing consumer demand. Environmentalists argued Duke had failed to consider cleaner power-generating options...
Several Texas energy companies offered Thursday to build a string of wind, gas and coal-fired power plants and transmission lines across the Panhandle that could lessen the state’s future dependence on coal while supplying enough electricity for more than a million Texas homes. More than 15 proposals were filed with the Public Utilities Commission to meet a Thursday deadline for competitive...
The southwestern United States is especially vulnerable to global warming, but the region can help stop climate change by forgoing new coal-fired power plants in favor of conservation measures and renewable energy, according to a new study. If more than a dozen new coal plants planned in Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico come online, they will emit as much heat-trapping carbon dioxide...