Although many observers consider Elon Musk—the visionary entrepreneur who leads Tesla Motors and SpaceX—to be a disruptive force threatening the conventional power industry, he believes power companies have a bright future, if his goal to expand the use of electric cars and install vast numbers of rooftop solar systems is achieved. Speaking during a presentation […]

Doosan Škoda Power will supply a turbine set of the output of 183MW for the purposes of expansion of the combined cycle power plant Hussein Thermal Power Station (also called Zarqa), located near the capital city of the Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, with the total output of 485 MW. EPC contractor and direct customer of […]

NEW YORK – Four years after Hurricane Sandy caused more customer outages than any storm in Con Edison’s long history, the energy company is on schedule to complete $1 billion in upgrades to protect its systems from severe weather events. The company has installed submersible equipment that can withstand flooding, redesigned underground electrical networks, installed […]

GE’s Power Services Showcases Its Expanded Total Plant Solutions with Fleet360 Services Platform GE Highlights Enhanced Capabilities to Modernize Other Manufacturers’ Power Generation Equipment with Cross-Fleet Solutions Offering Power Plant Operators with One-Stop Services Shopping Fleet360 Built on the Integration of Alstom’s Expertise within GE’s Portfolio over the Last Year BADEN, SWITZERLAND—October 27, 2016—GE’s Power […]

Idaho Power—co-owner with NV Energy of the two-unit 522-MW North Valmy Generating Station near Battle Mountain, Nevada—filed a request with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) last week seeking to accelerate the depreciable life of the power plant from 2031 for Unit 1 and 2035 for Unit 2 to 2025 for both units. In Idaho […]

After more than 43 years of service, the Fort Calhoun Station—a single-unit 478-MW nuclear power plant, which was the smallest operating reactor in the U.S. fleet—came offline for the final time at 12:55 p.m. CDT on October 24, 2016. Some said the mood at the plant was subdued, but professional. Many workers and other plant […]

Although Duke Energy maintains that “only very minor erosion of material” migrated from an inactive coal ash basin on the H.F. Lee Power Plant site, several environmental advocacy groups are concerned that the spill has dirtied North Carolina’s Neuse River. “This spill is easily visible to anyone in a boat. The area looks like a […]

A surprising win in a Japanese prefectural gubernatorial race by the anti-nuclear, Communist Party–backed candidate Ryuichi Yoneyama—a 49-year-old doctor who has never held public office—makes the restart of the 8-GW Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant a much taller task for owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). The election of Yoneyama (Figure 1) is also a setback for […]

Continuous contributions in hydroelectric generating equipment for over forty years TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that Toshiba Group has won major orders to supply hydroelectric generating equipment for the Malea Hydro Power Plant Project in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The orders were received from PT Malea Energy, the subsidiary of Kalla Group that generates and […]

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) voted unanimously to support Xcel Energy’s latest long-range plan, which will transform the company’s energy fleet. Xcel expects to more than double its renewable energy portfolio as a result, delivering greater than 60% carbon-free energy to its Upper Midwest (Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) customers by […]