Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014The 103 MW Charles D. Lamb Energy Center should be completed by spring 2015 |
Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independenceAccording to the survey, 62 percent of respondents believe the U.S. can achieve energy independence by 2030 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries closes on Pratt & Whitney Power SystemThe acquired company will now be known as PW Power Systems. The company will be headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut. |
MDU Resources names business development VP
MDU Resources invested more than $900 million last year and plans to invest another $3.9 billion, exclusive of acquisition opportunities, over the ...
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Energy sector welcomes confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead DOE
Energy industry trade groups are reacting to the confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) with generally positive statem...
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Perry Nuclear Power Plant returns to service after planned outageThe 1,268 MW power plant is currently operating at 21 percent power |
California Sentinel Energy Project goes online
The CPV Sentinel Energy Project is located near Desert Hot Springs, amidst wind farms producing 600 MW of electricity, five miles northwest of Palm...
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AltaGas buys 507 MW Blythe Energy CenterThe Blythe Energy Center is contracted under a power purchase agreement through to July 2020 with Southern California Edison |
NRG agrees to retire coal-fired plant earlier than expected after settlement
The pair of power generation units at the Portland Generating Station, which have a combined capacity of more than 400 MW, will stop burning coal b...
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Alstom to renovate hydropower generators in Austria
This project, at the Kaprun Hauptstufe hydropower plant in Austria, will increase the output of the M3 and M4 generators, with commissioning schedu...
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NEI: Nuclear power sector poised to rebound along with economy
Fertel listed milestones achieved by those in the industry, including the pouring of concrete basemats for new reactors at facilities in South Caro...
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Europe can save $58 billion by deploying renewable energy
If installations were built at the sites in Europe that offer the highest power yields, some $58 billion of investment in renewables could be saved...
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Exelon nuclear power plant to use Transnuclear fuel storage casksThe first four canisters will be delivered in 2014, with the remaining four delivered in 2015 |
PJM estimates enough power to meet summer demand
To meet demand, PJM has available 186,884 MW of installed power generation capacity and 11,175 MW of demand response and energy efficiency
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Georgia Power adds 53 MW of biomass capacity from Piedmont Green Power
The biomass generation process at Piedmont Green Power will create energy using forestry byproducts that would otherwise end up in landfills or be ...
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