The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) may be the most important federal agency many in the power industry have never heard of. Whatever generation technology you are associated with, ARPA-E’s work will affect its future.

Technological progress and policy interventions over the last decade have arguably enhanced U.S. energy security and put it in a stronger position to shape its own energy destiny, a new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) argues. Among more than 50 energy policy recommendations outlined in the report to tackle significant challenges still faced by the nation’s energy sector are those calling for the establishment of a comprehensive national energy strategy.

A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directs 36 states to revise their Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to eliminate exemptions for excess emissions of air pollutants at power plants during startup, shutdown, or when the plant malfunctions.

The Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced the availability of up to $20 million for the development of tools and technologies to enhance cybersecurity of delivery control systems for electricity, oil, and gas in the U.S.

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., February 23, 2013 — Will Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. buy nuclear reactor vendor Westinghouse Electric Co.? That rumor was flying at the Platts nuclear conference in Washington this week. There is a certain, slightly perverse logic to such a deal. CB&I closed its $3 billion acquisition of Shaw Group […]

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., February 22, 2013 – How many new nuclear reactors are under construction in the world today? That seems like a straightforward question with an easy answer. Wrong. It’s a figure that defies precision. Ask Tom Nauman, a veteran of the Shaw Group, which became a part of CB&I (nee Chicago […]

A think tank affiliated with the New York University School of Law is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to mandate cuts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all 50 U.S. states through a little-used section of the Clean Air Act.

Nuclear power will play a significant role in the nation’s energy future, though a nuclear expansion will be hindered by several factors—foremost among them low natural gas prices and a lack of a comprehensive national energy policy, Dominion Chair, President, and CEO Thomas Farrell II told attendees at the Platts Nuclear Energy Conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

The U.S. House voted 422–0 last week, approving a bill that could facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider streamlining its two-year permitting process.

Two bills seeking to rapidly expand geothermal energy resources in the U.S. were reintroduced in the Senate last week.