FAYETTE POWER PROJECT GETS TOP PERFORMANCE AWARD FOR RELIABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND COST MANAGEMENT

April 6, 2011 The Fayette Power Project (FPP) near La Grange has been selected top performer among an international group of large coal-fired power plants for high performance in reliability, efficiency and cost management. EUCG Inc., an electric utility industry group, on April 4 announced its selection of FPP as the 2010 Top Performer for [...]

UT scientists pursue means to burn coal cleanly

by Asher Price, Texarkana Gazette AUSTIN—In a four-story test plant just behind a warehouse-like research building in north Austin, University of Texas researchers are hoping for a revolutionary breakthrough to the question of how to continue to burn coal without contributing to global warming. The mini power plant, only big enough to theoretically power a [...]

Texas Energy and the Energy of Texas

Steven F. Hayward, Ph.d. & Kenneth P. Green, Ph.D. prepared the following report for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The findings of the report show that the best energy strategy to maintain a strong economy in Texas is one that keeps a diversified energy portfolio, creates an adaptable marketplace for competing energy supplies and technologies, [...]