More Coal Fired Plant Operations & Maintenance News

Polish coal exports expected to halve this year

21/11/2011

Polish state-owned coal company Weglokoks has said that the country’s coal exports could halve this year while its imports will rise 10 per cent.

Warning over Indian coal crisis

21/10/2011

India’s Central Electricity Authority claims that political red tape is hampering the country’s coal supply and warns that a serious shortfall is looming.

NRG shuts plant

24/02/2011

Plans to reopen the Somerset coal- and oil-fired power plant in Massachusetts have been scrapped.

Dominion shut plant

17/02/2011

Dominion Resources Inc. has asked ISO New England to allow it to permanently close the coal- and oil-fired Salem Harbor Power Station in Massachusetts by June 2014.

Transalta

10/02/2011

TransAlta Corp. will be closing operations at its two Sundance coal-fired units because repairs would be too costly. The Sundance 1 and 2 units have been down since December.

Thermal power tops hydro in Chile

14/01/2011

According to official figures, Chile’s production of thermal energy has surpassed that of hydropower for the first time, according to a local news report.