Coal-Fired

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, which delves into Europe’s current energy crisis, the post-coal power market and what this could mean for the future of natural gas. In this episode, NGI Senior Energy Analyst Shaylon Stolk lays out the status of coal-fired power generation and the intersection…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, which delves into Europe’s current energy crisis, the post-coal power market and what this could mean for the future of natural gas. In this episode, NGI Senior Energy Analyst Shaylon Stolk lays out the status of coal-fired power generation and the intersection…

Calgary-based TransAlta Corp., a mainstay of investor-owned power generation, on Wednesday ended 65 years of burning coal in its Canadian thermal plants by completing a fuel switch to natural gas for its Alberta network. The company announced its 463 MW Keephills Unit 3, west of Edmonton near Wabamun, finished the historic change. The firm is…

Even amid lower overall electricity consumption due to Covid-19 mitigation efforts, natural gas-fired power generation grew 55,000 GWh year/year through the first half of 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Comparing the first six months of 2019 to the first six months of 2020, natural gas was the fastest growing source of electric…

The U.S. coal-fired generating fleet saw its output levels decline to nearly 966,000 GWh in 2019, the lowest level since 1976, marking the largest percentage decrease in history, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday.

Atlanta-based Southern Co. sees natural gas providing a U.S. energy bridge stretching beyond 2050, combined with a growing portfolio of both nuclear and renewable resources.

Bellevue, WA-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE) bought itself a reduced-carbon fuel mix by selling its 185 MW interest in Colstrip coal-fired Unit 4 in Montana to the state’s largest private sector utility, NorthWestern Energy. The price was $1 in a unique deal.

Cheap, abundant supply has allowed natural gas to emerge as a fuel of choice in electricity markets once dominated by coal, leading to plant retirements and shifting capacity trends. However, last month’s record-setting cold snap showed how much price continues to shape the competition between the two fuels.

Stronger Illinois emissions standards and more alternative energy incentives have led Dallas-based Vistra Energy Corp. to announce it will retire four coal-fired generation plants with about 2,000 MW of capacity before the end of the year.