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Friday, July 3, 2015

Power Engineering's E-Newsletter 7/3

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    Pence says Indiana will not comply with coal plant regulations
    Indiana will not comply with President Barack Obama's plan to battle climate change by requiring reductions in emissions from coal-fired power plants, Republican Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday.
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    Oklahoma attorney general challenges EPA's clean-air plan
    A plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants would threaten the reliability and affordability of electricity and cause substantial economic injury to the state, Attorney General Scott Pruitt claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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    Coal plant operator says Colstrip remains profitable for now
    The formation of a new company to run Montana's largest power plant has raised questions among analysts and plant detractors about how long it can keep going, as pollution control costs rise and coal's share of the electricity market crumbles.
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    Duke Energy to upgrade energy storage system at Notrees Windpower Project
    Duke Energy, Samsung SDI and Younicos will work together to update Duke Energy's 36-MW energy storage and power management system at its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas.
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    EPRI awarded $3mn to research power plant dry cooling technologies
    The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) won a $3 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a novel dry cooling technology for thermal power plants.
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    Hydropower's Untapped Potential
    At first glance, the potential for hydropower in the U.S. seems limited. Of the country's 84,000 dams, only a small fraction produce hydropower, and the country seems to have an appetite for tearing down dams, not building new ones.
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    Top 5 U.S. Coal Plant Heat Rates
    Peabody Energy recently ranked the top 5 cleanest burning coal-fired power plants in the U.S. under three categories: SO2 emissions, NOx emissions and best heat rate.
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    PJM Capacity Performance Market to Shake up Power Market
    On June 9, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) largely accepted PJM's Capacity Performance (CP) Filing of Dec. 12, 2014, as amended in April 2015.
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