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The article reports construction of a natural gas-fired combined-cycle unit along with the two coal-fired units at the Grand River Energy Center in Chouteau, Oklahoma by Grand River Dam Authority of Oklahoma. According to Charles Barney, Assistant General Manager of Fuel and Generation Projects at Grand River Dam Authority, the unit will be the most efficient facility in the Southwest Power Pool.

The article offers information on roundtable conducted on coal-fired power generation in the U.S. including topics like environmental regulations and emission of greenhouse gases; views of Dan Lee, Vice President (VP) of Fossil & Hydro Generation at American Electric Power (AEP) on lack of development in research and development (R&D) sector of coal-fired power generation; and views of Ken Buttery from GE Steam Power Systems on challenges of coal-fired power plants like demand for electricity.

The article focuses on the hybridization of power plants. Topics discussed include the shift from coal-fired generation to renewable energy sources, the economic pressures that impede the adoption of emerging technologies, and the cooperative arrangement that govern hybrid facilities wherein several energy sources are harnessed to produce separate but parallel steam paths. Hybridization examples from the Next Generation Solar Energy Center and the Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant are mentioned.

The article focuses on the coal-fired Intermountain Power Project which is located in Delta, Utah which provide electricity to Los Angeles and Southern California. It mentions that the plant was operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and considered as the largest coal-fired power plant in the U.S.

The article presents an interview with U.S. coal-fired power industry executives David Brozek, Rick Halil, and Jacob Williams. Brozek says that coal continues to be a profitable power generation source for owners. According to Halil, the Clean Power Plan will result in an increase in the levels of renewables and natural gas. Williams says that coal plants are affected by various regulations.

The article focuses on the Columbia Energy Center (CEC) coal-fired power plant located in Pardeeville, Wisconsin. Topics discussed include the low-British thermal unit (BTU) Powder River Basin (PR) coal, the focus of the CEC on emissions standards and environmental regulations, and its air quality control system (AQCS) retrofit project.

The author reflects on the growth in the use of gas-fired power plants and its impact on coal-fired generation. Topics covered include the preference shown for natural gas, the development of hybrid power plants which represent fossil plants that add renewable resources to their facilities and the factors driving the addition of renewable assets like the potential for carbon pricing. Also mentioned is the benefit obtained by renewable technologies from their relationship to fossil plants.