Happy Tuesday!
Did anyone
happen to read the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbon and Geothermal
Energy Office Release on February 11, 2026, their announcement, “Energy Department
Announces $175 million to Modernize Coal Plants, Keeping Affordable Reliable
Power Online for Americans”? In the announcement,
it goes on to speak on how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a
list of six projects in rural America who have been awarded funds from $175
million grant to rejuvenate and innovate their coal power plants to keep them
online to power their region. The funds
are part of the DOE’s $525 million Coal Recommissioning and Modernization
funding announced in the Fall 2025, the $175 million is part of Topic 2 Rural
Capacity and Energy Affordability Coal Projects, and Topic 1 Coal Commission, Recommissioning,
Retrofitting, and Modernization Projects have $350 million on the table; we
expect we will hear later this year on the selectees. Topic 2 projects are the administration’s way to
keep reliable coal power energizing the power grids in rural America. The power plants are in Ohio, West Virginia,
North Carolina and Kentucky, if you would like to see how the power plants will
be using the funds, please click the link: Project Selections for Broad Agency Announcement DE-FOA-0003605, Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization (Topic 2) | Department of Energy. We will keep you posted on anything interesting
we hear out of the DOE. If you would
like to read more of the Announcement from the U.S. DOE’s Hydrocarbons and
Geothermal Energy Office, please click the link: Energy Department Announces $175 Million to Modernize Coal Plants, Keeping Affordable Reliable Power Online for Americans | Department of Energy.
How may we
help you revitalize your coal power plant and help you protect the communities who need you?
We can help by finding the best way to dispose of your flue gas which
may include enhanced oil recovery and emission sequestration, contact us via
email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening.
**Disclaimer: Please see the Immediate Announcement from
the U.S. DOE for specifics. **