…  which has Africa’s largest economy, is in the grip of an electricity supply crunch. Nationwide power cuts early this year affected large …  seen production fall after operating with reduced power supplies. The new 280-megawatt power plant, which will feature the first …

…  producers. Through its national network of mines, Arch supplies cleaner-burning, low-sulfur coal to fuel roughly 6 percent of the nation’s electricity. Arch attained an overall safety record in 2007 that was 2.5 times …

…  power generation, hybrid to bring reliable 24 hour electricity, which thwarts all others, intermittent in megawatt’s power …  goal of increasing the percentage of renewable energy supplies. California Energy Commission, as well as the developer, will seek …

…  Fla., will turn coal into synthetic gas for generating electricity, while reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and …  in developing clean, secure, affordable and reliable supplies of energy,” said Samuel Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy. Southern …

…  emissions would severely hurt the coal industry, which supplies the fuel for approximately 50 percent of America’s electricity generation. Congress is considering several bills that aim to …

…  Gas lowered its residential electricity and gas prices on Thursday in the latest salvo of a price …  parent, utility Centrica, said the business was cutting electricity prices by 6 percent and gas prices by 3 percent. Coupled with cuts …  prices soared in 2005 and early last year as tighter gas supplies and rising oil prices spooked the markets, pushing up customer energy …

…  of the metal 10 percent this year as the nation expands electricity generation capacity, according to CRU International Ltd. Jiangxi …  controls about a third of the copper reserves in China and supplies 17 percent of Chinese production of refined copper, used in wires, …

…  plants at a record pace. The nation gets 78 percent of its electricity from coal, spurring imports from Australia, Indonesia and …  will be insulated from higher prices by the nation’s own supplies, said Richard Price, president of Westminster Securities Corp., a St. …

…  gases. And now Texas faces a big hole in its electricity production, since the country’s second-most-populous state …  its natural gas and coal are likely to have an impact on electricity rates far beyond its borders. “It’s a moment when …  it cannot consume too much of it without affecting supplies and perhaps even utility prices in much of the rest of the …

…  gases. And now Texas faces a big hole in its electricity production, since the country’s second-most-populous state also …  its natural gas and coal are likely to have an impact on electricity rates far beyond its borders. “It’s a moment when Texas energy …  it cannot consume too much of it without affecting supplies and perhaps even utility prices in much of the rest of the …