Faced with a massive turnover in capital stock in the electricity sector, together with growing environmental concerns regarding the use of coal as the primary generation fuel in North America, the U.S. government decided, in the Energy Policy Act of…
Category: Clean coal
Emission caps in America: will Bush embrace Kyoto?
In many of my recent posts, I have suggested mainstream America is becoming more comfortable with the idea of caps, or limits, on emissions from fossil fuel use by heavy industry. So far, this shift has manifested itself in policy…
Coal-based power generator contemplates acquiring nuclear, IGCC plant
In my September 14 post, I predicted that coal-based generating companies operating in carbon trading areas would begin acquiring nuclear assets as a way of hedging against carbon prices. Platts Commodity News quotes an NRG Energy official as saying the…
Natural gas lobby launches new PR campaign to gasify Nanticoke
It looks like Jack Gibbons, the never-say-die head of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, is back trying to land the juicy Nanticoke gas contract for his clients in the natural gas industry. The July 21st Toronto Star wrote up the…
Harper and Kyoto: emissions trading in Canada?
In my May 19 post I harped on about the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Europe. What does that have to do with Canada? The ETS covers companies roughly similar to what we in Canada call the Large Final Emitters…