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EPA will move to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from new power plants

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EPA will move to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from new power plants
by Puneet Kollipara            fuelfix.com
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will quietly move forward with its first-ever limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from new power plants.

The Obama administration, which has indicated it would act to reduce climate-warming emissions such as carbon dioxide if Congress failed to do so, made the announcement in a posting to a White House website yesterday. EPA could formally propose the emission standards in early 2012, according to the agency’s website. …

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US energy secretary calls for faster power grid modernization

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US energy secretary calls for faster power grid modernization
Washington (Platts)

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday said that the deployment of solar, wind and other renewable energy was outpacing the development of a modern electricity grid, and that the country risked falling behind others in the use of advanced grid technologies.

“It is only a matter of time before solar energy becomes equal in cost to many forms of fossil [fuels]. Whether it is going to be 10 years or 15 years, there is a debate,” Chu told the GridWise Global Forum in Washington. “We need a grid that can accommodate these technology gains.” …