Coal
State Task Force to Target Carbon Capture
and Sequestration
The move is intended to help address the cmplex legal, regulatory and policy issues surrounding CO2 capture and sequestration if Colorado’s coal industry is going to succeed in a carbon-constrained economy, said a state official.
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Arch Coal’s Colorado Mine Garners Awards
The company announced that Mountain Coal Company’s West Elk mine employees were honored with a Colorado state safety award and two state environmental awards at the National Western Mining Conference in Denver.
12Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Evergreen Energy in Tentative Deal to Sell K-Fuel Unit
Denver-based Evergreen Energy’s(EEE) stock rose Thursday on news that the company would spin off its K-Fuel unit. The company signed a tentative agreement to sell its proprietary “clean coal” technology to a newly formed subsidiary called Clean Coal China.
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Westmoreland Coal’s Losses Grow
The Colorado Springs-based energy company reported its losses for the quarter jumped to $12.4 million from $3.49 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue fell 20.5 percent to $112.4 million during the same period.
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Regional Update — Sithe Applies for $450M DOE Grant for Carbon Capture at Desert Rock Enegy Project
The coal-fired facility was designed to incorporate environmental technology to remove 98 per cent of sulphur dioxide, 95 per cent of nitrous oxide and more than 90 per cent of mercury. Desert Rock is located near an existing pipeline used to transport CO2 from Colorado to West Texas.
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Arch Coal Building Colorado Plant to
Remove Impurities
The new $25-$30 million facility at its West Elk Mine in Somerset will remove impurities that, according to the company, have contributed to a production slowdown and layoffs. It is expected to be operational by 2010.
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Workers Handed Pink Slips at Somerset Mine
61 workers have been laid off at the West Elk Mine, a move prompted by the nation’s continuing recession and more use of alternate electricity generating fuels, according to the mine’s owner, Mountain Coal.
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Officials Want Methane Gas Reduced
at Colorado Mines
Concerned because it has 20 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide released from burning coal and other fossil fuels, Federal and state agencies are pushing for methane-capture technology at two western Colorado mines.
25May2009 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
ADA-ES First Quarter Net Loss Widens
The Littleton-based coal technology company says it expects to generate $10 million to $15 million in Activated Carbon sales in 2009, assuming continued consolidation of the results of operations of ADA Carbon Solutions with Energy Capital Partners I, LP and its affiliated funds.
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Evergreen Energy Gets Chinese Government Endorsement
for Cleaner Coal Technology
The NDRC approval for the Denver-based company marks a noteworthy step forward for its K-Fuel technology deployment in China because no new foreign technology can take root there without NDRC review and approval.
15May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Westmoreland Coal Workers Nix Rosebud Labor Pact — Will Strike
Following several weeks of negotiations, employees rejected a tentative agreement that reperesentatives of the Colorado Springs-based coal company said offered increases in wages and benefits.
24Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued-
Colorado is NOT Arizona
His critics will never acknowledge it, but executive leadership like the kind provided by Colorado’s governor can make a critical difference in a state’s economic well-being, even in the depths of a severe recession. Think we’re overstating the case? Take a look at what recently took place in Arizona, a state never known for consistent legislative policy-making.
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Thanks for the example, Mark. We will check out balancedenergyinc.com, as well. Editor 
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