The Electric Power Research Institute has demonstrated the thermal energy storage performance of column-like, horizontally stacked concrete members, dubbed BolderBlocs by their Arvado, Colo.-based developer Storworks Energy, at the Alabama Power Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant. Investigators devised a 10-megawatt hour electric energy storage solution, charged with Gaston Unit 5 supercritical steam output. Under their test assembly design, high-pressure…
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Environmentalists’ lawsuit seeks to resurrect EPA-tabled coal ash rule
Sources: Earthjustice, Washington, D.C.; CP staff
On behalf of 11 environmental and community groups, Sierra Club counsel Earthjustice has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force completion of an Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking on power plant coal ash handling and disposal.
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