DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - MidAmerican Energy announced new proposed projects to add solar energy sites and two natural gas-fired combustion turbines as demand for electricity grows. Leaders with the ...

Because it requires high amounts of heat, glass production is one of the most energy-demanding industries in the world. Alternatives to natural gas combustion are considered in this article. As with ...

Natural gas is a fossil fuel made up of methane and other hydrocarbons formed from the decomposition of organic matter. It is extracted via various methods and used as an abundant and relatively ...

Seven years after the last of the coal-fired generators were shut down at the Colbert Fossil Plant, the Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to start up three new natural gas combustion turbines at ...

Three years after shutting down what was once one of TVA's biggest coal plants in Kentucky, the Tennessee Valley Authority activated three new natural gas combustion turbine units over the weekend on ...

Natural gas-fired combined cycle plants now total more electric power capacity in the U.S. than coal-fired generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s new report. Combined ...

Researchers have developed a cutting edge catalyst made up of 10 different elements -- each of which on its own has the ability to reduce the combustion temperature of methane -- plus oxygen. This ...