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  1. Botswana to tender for coal power plants

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    Fri, 11 May 2012

    Botswana , is to issue a tender for two 300 MW coal fired plants to be built, construction ..... Botswana's power utility BPC operates a coal -fired plant. The independent power producers ..... sell the electricity to BPC. For more coal fired power news

  2. South Korea to return to coal if nuclear issues remain

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    Sat, 14 Apr 2012

    KEP), says it is considering boosting coal purchases to replace nuclear power generation ..... November. While generating electricity from coal costs almost twice as much as atomic energy ..... Economics Institute. “Economically, coal is the best,” said Osamu Fujisawa, an

  1. $1.9bn coal fired unit to be built in India

    Article

    Tue, 24 Apr 2012

    has unveiled plans to set up a 2000 MW coal fired power unit for INR100bn ($1.9bn ..... built in the vicinity of NLC's allocated coal blocks, Talabira-2 and Talabira-3 ..... 29 independent power producers to set up coal plants in the region with a combined capacity

  2. Mississipi Power wins coal plant approval

    Article

    Thu, 26 Apr 2012

    Service Commission (PSC) for its new 582 MW coal fired plant in the state. Energy Business ..... The Commission noted that the Kemper coal -gasification power project will serve ..... for the next several decades. For more coal power news

  3. China State Grid to sell coal power unit for $7.9bn

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    Wed, 25 Apr 2012

    and distribution firm, plans to sell a coal and power generation unit with assets worth ..... plants and produces the largest volume of coal among Chinese miners. State Grid news ..... were not available for comment. For more coal power news

  4. Alstom in $201m Indian coal joint venture

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    Tue, 24 Apr 2012

    for the supply to NTPC Limited of two units of 660 MW supercritical coal “turbine islands” in Solapur located in the state of Maharashtra ..... tender is the biggest ever initiated by the Indian government. For more coal fired power news

  5. $2.4bn deal struck for construction of Indian coal power plant

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    Tue, 17 Apr 2012

    Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) to build the second phase of a coal fired power project in Tamil Nadu, in the south of the subcontinent ..... companies on a long-term basis and also in the open market. For more coal fired power news

  6. UK coal power generator Drax prefers co firing over biomass

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    Wed, 22 Feb 2012

    UK’s largest coal -fired power generator has shelved plans ..... mix environmentally friendly biomass with coal , if enough government support is forthcoming ..... level of support for mixing biomass with coal , but said it would reduce support for

  7. $143m Indonesian coal fired power plants set for operation

    Article

    Wed, 22 Feb 2012

    operations of a new 2x265MW mine-mouth coal -fired power plant located in South Kalimantan ..... will be the country's third mine-mouth coal -fired power plant and is estimated to ..... of 7300 MW by 2020 in a bid to optimise coal usage in the producing regions after the

  8. Alstom wins billion dollar coal power plant deal in Malaysia

    Article

    Thu, 23 Feb 2012

    part of a consortium that will build a coal fired power plant in Tanjung Bin, Malaysia ..... contract is for a so-called supercritical coal -fired plant. These plants operates at a higher temperature than regular coal -fired power plants, which improves