The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) today, with several changes made from the last version. The final version of the …
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly for April 2015, showed natural gas overtaking coal as the primary source of electrical power generation …
Coal production from the use of mountaintop removal (MTR) has declined by 62% since 2008, according to information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total U.S. coal production was down …
The Supreme Court decided today in a 5-to-4 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations regarding limits on …
CONSOL Energy (ticker: CNX) announced today that it will offer 10 million common units as part of an initial public offering in CNX Coal Resources LP, which is expected to list on the …
The Clean Power Plan, passed on June 2, 2014, is aimed at lowering carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 from power plants, many of them coal-fired. While …
Electricity generation from coal decreased in all regions of the country in March compared to the previous year, while electricity generation from natural gas increased in …
Last week Tesla Motors’ (ticker: TSLA) innovation-infused CEO Elon Musk unveiled the latest offering from the all-electric auto maker: a new home battery. This battery is an enlarged version of the …
As we swing into spring earnings season, Q1 earnings are coming fast, along with questions surrounding the state of natural gas and oil prices.
In a non-oil and …
Total coal distributions in the United States for 2013 were 976.0 million short tons (mmst), according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Coal Distribution Report. Total coal distribution fell by 2.7% …
Wyoming is the most energy intensive state. It’s the largest U.S. coal producer, producing about 40% of total coal mined per year in the U.S. It’s the country’s eighth most …
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electrical generating companies to add more than 20 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale generating capacity to the power …
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly coal production report for the week ended February 21, 2015, shows continued declines in coal production in the United States. According to the …
Coal stockpiles increased by more than 12 million tons in October 2014, the largest build since 2011, reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).…
Private Equity Partnership Announced to Construct NatGas Power Plant
Energy Investors Funds (EIF), an energy-focused private equity firm, and I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, announced that they have formed an equity partnership to construct the Oregon …
Despite shrinking domestic numbers, demand for coal is growing internationally
Recent years have been difficult for the coal industry in the United States. James River Coal Co. (ticker: JRCCQ) laid off a quarter of its workers, and Consol Energy Inc. …
Surprise: The EIA predicts more coal will be used to generate electricity this year than in 2013. But they believe coal’s downtrend will resume in 2015. In 2013, 39.1% of U.S. power was generated by burning coal. In 2014 that …
U.S. coal exports continued to decline from record volumes in 2012, according to an EIA report out today.
In the first half of 2014, U.S. coal exports were at 52.3 million short tons (MMst), down 16% from the export levels …
It was a cold, rainy day in downtown Denver when an Oil & Gas 360® reporter was greeted in the bathroom at the EPA office building: “Lovely weather out there, huh? Even God’s saying there’s a carbon problem!”
The U.S. …
On January 17, 2008, President Obama said, “If someone wants to build a coal power plant, they can, it’s just that it will bankrupt them…” That promise is coming into fruition now.
Last month, the EPA revealed its Clean Power …
On June 2, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to the second phase of its Clean Power Plan. According to the EPA, the Plan “cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in …
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced plans on August 27, 2013, to close and decommission its Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vermont.
The station is expected to cease power production …
