The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported that carbon dioxide emissions from the US electric power sector rose by 4 per cent, or 58 million metric tons, in 2025, due to growth in electricity generation and coal use.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, in an attempt to boost the fossil fuel industry.
China’s statistics bureau has announced that the country will see its power generation from fossil fuel power generation plants fall this year. It said that the data showed a 4.2 per cent year-on-year fall in November.
The municipality of Kakanj in Bosnia and Herzegovina has requested that the local coal-fired power plant be restricted to supplying thermal energy for district heating only, due to recent record air pollution levels.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new measures to speed up construction of power plants to support the power demands of data centres for AI, enabling companies to start construction before obtaining clean air permits.
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By Olga Rivas, Technical Director at LRQA
Doosan Enerbility signed an MOU on 23 October with the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan to cooperate in the development of the country’s power industry.
The US Supreme Court has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to proceed with its plans to limit carbon emissions by power plants.
Siemens Energy and 8 Rivers have formed a strategic partnership to develop direct-fired supercritical CO2 turbines for a variety of power sources. This collaboration aims to pave the way for commercial-scale projects in the future.
A US Federal appeals court has ruled that a new federal regulation limiting greenhouse emissions from coal-fired power plants can remain in force.