Nova Scotia Power could begin Donkin coal test burns this fall

摘要

Nova Scotia Power hopes to begin test burnsof thermal coal from US-based Cline Group’s Donkin undergroundmine this fall, although any term supply agreement most likelywould not begin before 2017, an official with the Halifax-based utilitysaid Wednesday. Marie Thomas, senior manager of fuel strategy and performancefor NSP, reaffirmed in an interview that her utility is interested indetermining whether it would be financially and technologicallyfeasible to burn coal from Donkin.