US EPA adopts revised rules for new power plants

Tulsa, OK-Gina McCarthy, administrator who took the stage at the national environmental protection agency, the Press Club in Washington, D.C. September 20, their agency newly revised pollution to adopt standards for new power plants.

McCarthy said that the proposed rules is a flexible, accessible way in the future from morning fleet of power plants. According to the rules, the large natural gas-fired turbines would emit less than 1,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide per MWh, while new small natural gas-fired turbines would have to spend less than 1,100 kilograms of carbon dioxide per MWh.

New coal-fired power plants would need units less than 1,100 kilograms of carbon dioxide per MWh or spend, optimize more than 84 months operating plants offer the flexibility and time to technologies, between 1,000 and 1,050 kilograms of carbon dioxide per MWh in the average.

The average US coal plant emits 1,768 kilograms of carbon dioxide per MWh-hour. Natural gas plants emit 800 to 850 pounds.

Administration was coal-fired electricity site according to the US energy information responsible for 37 percent of all power generation in 2012.

President Barack Obama directed the EPA to develop and release pollution standards for new and old power plants in June 2013 as part of a larger plan to tackle climate change.

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. More than 97 percent of the climate researchers are convinced that human induced climate change is taking place on the basis of scientific data. If our climate change goes unchecked, this devastating effects on the United States and the planet needs. Reduction of CO2 pollution is of vital importance for the protection of Americans, health and the environment which our economy depends, "she said.

This latest version of the EPA standards for new power plants that is result of some 2 million public comments, said McCarthy.

"We have done what requires democracy. We paid attention. We heard these comments, and that's what today's proposal reflects, "she said.

One way the is can meet standards the use of CO2 sequestration - a technology that she said "proved"

"CO2 capture and sequestration technologies will eventually tire and be so today are commonly used in power plants, such as scrubber", she said.

Cleanup of conventional thermal power plants to be a boost for the economy and not a burden for them, she said.

"The argument that we must choose between economic growth and environmental protection is wrong," she said.

The EPA fully expected many comments on these proposals, like it after the first version of the new source performance standards in March 2012, she said.

"We will do what we have done. We give every comment we receive detailed attention, "she said.

During the writing proposed rules, she said, committed revised and finally applied the EPA to regulate CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions power generation fleet, existing not only new power plants, but of the country.

Coming up, however, is "on a longer time scale," she said with rules for the regulation of the older power plants.

EPA comment period for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register open being.

President Obama has the EPA come instructed until June 2014 a proposal to clean up the older plants.

In 2009, EPA determines that greenhouse threatened with pollution Americans health and welfare by leading long-lasting changes in our climate, can have a number of negative effects on human health and the environment.

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Guidelines Revised for U.S. Wave Energy, Ocean Current Technologies

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 19 announced revised guidelines for developers pursuing technology testing and commercial development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The revisions further clarify the regulatory process and help streamline the process for authorizing research and testing of marine hydrokinetics—energy developed from waves and ocean currents.

The revised guidelines replace 2009 guidelines; they also provide information about agency responsibilities and how best to navigate the process for obtaining a marine hydrokinetic lease and license on the OCS. They cover topics such as provisions for obtaining leases and licenses, fee structures, and hybrid (e.g., wind and marine hydrokinetic) project considerations. The guidelines were developed as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of the Interior and FERC. Under the Memorandum, BOEM and FERC will coordinate to ensure that marine hydrokinetic projects address public interest, including the adequate protection of fish, wildlife, and marine resources and other beneficial public uses. See the BOEM press release and the complete guidelines.

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PEMEX opens bidding for revised energy contracts

MEXICO CITY - State oil company Pemex announced on Tuesday, the first "exploration and production integrated" contracts, to allow greater private participation in strictly controlled area.Petroleos of Mexicanos offers six fields in three areas that many oil produced in the 1960s, but have since been largely ignored.The company said the fields in the Gulf Coast State of Tabasco to produce about 13,000 barrels per day, but as much as 50 000 with the right technology might arise.You have probably about 200 million integrated contracts called barrel crude oil equivalent, according to the Unternehmens.Aufgefordert, heated DebateSo - see which companies the responsibility for a wide range of services and paid are, at least partially based on the performance - were in October 2008 after a heated debate and protests by Mexicans worried about ceding control of an important symbol of national sovereignty approved.Mexico has used private contractors for decades, but financial arrangements were largely limited to fixed payments for a specific service.In the future, PEMEX hopes that the integrated contracts bad must be to attract private funding and know-how for the deep sea more easily accessible reserves exploration as Mexico's Verfall.Mai State of just a decadeMexico's proven, probable and potential reserves at about 43 billion barrels in 2010. But, that total proven reserves were only 14 billion barrels - and could be exhausted in little more than a decade, officials have warned that unless deep exploration is carried out.The contracts offered Tuesday an average of 2.57 million barrels a day will use the Land.Pemex of oil production in 2010, by 1 per cent from 2.6 million per day in the previous year. oil is Mexico's largest source of foreign income and finances about 40 percent of the annual budget.

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