A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the ...

Ottawa County commissioners peppered Consumers Energy executives with questions Tuesday, Feb. 11 about the upcoming May ...

Since 2007, Georgia Power has retired 5,547 MW of capacity, including 4,787 MW of coal, 509 MW of oil, 132 MW of gas/oil dual-fuel, 118 MW of oil-fired combustion turbines, and 0.4 MW of hydro ...

One of the oldest power plants in the United States, perched on the edge of the nation’s largest coal mine, was slated to close in 2027. But the plant’s operator recently canceled the ...

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...

Last week, the state Public Service Commission unanimously approved a special contract that will extend the life of a ...

Harrington, whose three units have 1,018 MW of generation capacity, was Xcel’s first coal-fired power plant in Texas. It came online in 1976. The utility in 2020 made the decision to convert the ...

Georgia Power Wants to Keep Coal Plants Alive to Meet Electricity Demand ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. says it wants to keep burning coal to meet what it forecasts as the state’s increasing ...

Another coal-fired power plant in Patuakhali has begun production, with the first unit of the 1,320 MW plant in Kalapara Upazila now connected to the national grid. The first 660 MW unit of the ...

Premier Scott Moe announced on social media last week his Saskatchewan Party government was “closely considering extending the life of our existing coal-fired power plants to provide the ...

In October, I wrote about how five of the country’s 10 largest coal-fired power plants had retirement dates. Today, I’m revisiting the list, providing some updates and then taking a few steps ...

Without alternatives for backup generation to secure power supply at peak demand and low wind speeds, coal plants could be needed into the 2030s, too, Christoph Mueller, chief executive at German ...