Enbridge Inc., a Canadian pipeline and energy distribution and services company, and FuelCell Energy Inc. opened what they say is the "world’s first" direct fuel cell – energy recovery generation (DFC-ERG) power plant in Toronto...
To overcome recent power shortfalls—and ensure they never occur again—Eskom is embarking on an immense infrastructure expansion program. The Build Programme, initiated in 2005, has been aligned with the government’s target of 6% GDP growth...
Elizabeth Ames Jones In the 1980s, Houston wildcatter George Mitchell drilled the first well into the Barnett Shale formation that stretches through north and central Texas. He tapped into what would turn out to be one of the most prolific and valuable...
South Korea is steadily muscling its way into the big league when it comes to leading world economies: It currently ranks 13th. The country, which is officially known as the Republic of Korea, experienced exponential economic growth during the last half of...
Nevada returned to the top spot of the U.S. Census Bureau’s list of fastest growing states in 2007, posting a 2.9% increase in residents. It was the fastest-growing state in the nation in 19 of the past 20 years, losing out to Arizona only in 2006. The...
This May, when Xcel Energy’s High Bridge Combined Cycle Project entered commercial service, it marked the end of an era in St. Paul, Minn. The new 570-MW natural gas-fired plant, on the banks of the Mississippi River near downtown St. Paul, replaces the...
Known for its beautiful glaciers, fjords, and mountains, Norway is a country of contradictions, especially when it comes to its citizens’ attitude toward energy. On one hand, many Norwegians support strong environmental policies to protect their nation’s...
Port Washington Generating Station (PWGS) is two for two. Phase 1, placed into commercial service in July 2005, was a POWER Top Plant. So, too, is Phase 2, the second 545-MW power block of We Energies’ PWGS, located on the shore of Lake Michigan. Phase...
Thirty years after the U.S. government began assessing if a remote ridge in the Mojave Desert 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nev., was suitable for the nation’s first permanent deep geologic nuclear waste repository, the Department of Energy (DOE) has...
