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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1884: Avery’s Turbine
Posted on · Episode: 1884 Avery’s turbine: Important, but little-known, nineteenth-century precursor. Today, Avery’s turbine.
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Houston Oil Company To Invest In Zero Emissions Power Plant Technology
Posted on · Oil companies already use captured carbon to produce more oil from old fields, a process called "enhanced oil recovery."
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Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal
Posted on · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.
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EPA Proposal Could Weaken Mercury Rule Power Companies Wanted Kept in Place
Posted on · The EPA argues the Obama Administration inflated the benefits of the rule.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1553: In Vacuo
Posted on · Episode: 1553 Galileo, Torricelli, von Guericke, and the idea of a vacuum. Today, we invent vacuum.
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Texas Grid’s Big ‘Test’ Could Last Beyond The Heat Wave
Posted on · The state is breaking records for electricity use at a time when power reserves have dropped.
Energy & Environment
Third Texas Coal Plant Closes Since Start Of 2018
Posted on · About 850 jobs are being lost from the plants shutting down.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2713: Storing Energy for the Power Grid
Posted on · Episode: 2713 Storing energy for the power grid. Today, power.
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Latest Texas Haze Rule
Posted on · The new plan gives Texas power plants alternatives to installing costly emissions controls
Energy & Environment
Coal Struggles In Texas, Despite Pro-Coal Administration
Posted on · "Rhetoric's one thing, money’s another," said one energy researcher
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Worry About New EPA Haze Rule
Posted on · The agency plans to let Texas power plants pursue "alternatives" to retrofitting plants with emission controls
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1336: Big Diesel Engines
Posted on · Episode: 1336 In which Diesel engines violate their own metaphor. Today, a new breed of Diesel engines fights an old metaphor.
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Group Says Texas Electric Grid Would Survive Loss Of Two Coal Plants
Posted on · The study looked at what would happen if Dallas company Luminant closed its Big Brown and Monticello power plants.
Houston Matters
A Zombie Industry: Is Coal On the Way Out?
Posted on · Some industry analysts are calling coal a "zombie industry" – meaning it's dying but still functioning. So far in 2016, U.S. coal production is 32 percent lower than it was a year ago, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Meanwhile, a new study says Texans are shifting away from relying on energy […]
Houston Matters
How Will the Clean Power Plan Play Out in Texas if Legal Challenges Fail?
Posted on · Texas and West Virginia are leading more than two dozen states who are challenging President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which establishes standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last month denied a request from Texas and other states to […]