According to Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, the Sarawak Public Utilties Minister, Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) has completed technical studies for five proposed hydroelectric dams, which together represent over 3000MW of generating capacity. The dams will be situated at Balleh (1400MW), Pelagus (410MW), both in the upper Rejang River basin in central Sarawak, Baram …
Australia’s power sector is heading for an AUD22bn (US$19bn) bill as it seeks to refinance debt over the next two years as well as uncertainty about carbon prices hurting investment. Around 80 per cent of the country’s electricity is generated by coal-fired plants, which are facing rising costs for their operators as some form of …
Bangladesh is inviting foreign investors to raise US$7bn to boost the country’s electricity generation and consequently, accelerate its economic development. Shortfalls in natural gas supply and technical constraints limit national power production to a maximum of 3700MW while the country’s peak hour demand surpasses 5000MW, according to officials. Electricity consumption has been growing by 7.5 …
When Tata Power Decided to upgrade its coal handling facilities, it called on FLSmidth’s expertise to overcome several challenges.
The US has decided to step up the pressure on the World Bank to stop funding the construction of coal-fired power stations in the developing world. In a letter sent to the World Bank and obtained by the Times of India, US Executive Director to the World Bank, Whitney Debevoise said: “The Obama Administration believes …
Tata Power’s efforts to expand its generating capacity by more than fourfold, as part of a national drive to help solve India’s widening power-demand-supply gap, are certainly not cheap, by any means. In a recent interview with Dow Jones Newswires, the company’s Finance Director Sowmyan Ramakrishnan said that: “We have close to 6,000 megawatts (of …
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that it is working on new regulations that could potentially require coal-fired power plants and Chemical companies to put money aside for future coal ash waste disposal. The move has been hailed by conversation groups, given a major spill of coal ash waste in Tennessee a year …
Ameren Energy Resources Co, the holding company for St. Louis based Ameren Corp has reported the completion of environmental improvement projects at its Illinois coal-fired power plants, worth over US$1bn. These include the installation of scrubbers at American Energy Resources’s Duck Creek Power plant, near Canton and at Unit 1 of its Coffen Plant. Ameren …
Geof Brazier and Mitch Rooker, members of the US-based NFPA committee on explosion venting & protection systems discuss coal dust explosion risks in power plants
As industry tightens its belt against the tough times ahead, we take a timely look at how some power utilities are turning waste into gold.
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