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KC Firm Burns & McDonnell Lands Contract to Help Build Virginia Power Plant
Burns & McDonnell has work to retrofit existing coal-fired plants but not to build any from scratch. Its projects for new generating plants now involve natural gas or renewables. “I think natural gas is the play everyone is back into now,” Kowalik said. Continue reading
Coal Plant Delay in VA Offers a Better Alternative
ODEC, according to its press statement, is delaying the project for a coal plant in Surry County by one-and-a-half to two years. The coalition today called on the utility to pull the plug on the coal plant altogether and instead commit to deploying more energy efficiency resources and to pursuing cleaner sources of energy, including offshore wind and solar. These sources of energy would more than offset the 1,500 megawatts from the delayed plant. Continue reading
Coal-Fired Power Plants to be Idled
American Electric Power Co. (AEP) plans to idle an estimated 1,925 MW at two coal-fired power plants as part of cost-cutting measures amid a slow recovery in electricity demand starting in June, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. Continue reading
Electric co-op members ask for review of USDA financial support for coal
Electric cooperative members in Virginia and Kansas are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general to review financing decisions by the Rural Utilities Service on coal-burning power plants that they say put billions of taxpayer dollars at risk and will lead to higher electricity bills. Continue reading
