Valmet Oyj’s trade press release on October 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EET Valmet’s advanced boiler control application for optimized combustion has been successfully commissioned at Catalyst Paper’s Rumford Mill in Maine, USA. The new combustion management application optimizes the performance of the paper mill’s fluidized bed boiler units 6 and 7. “Valmet’s experts have […]

HAILEY, Idaho (October 5, 2016) — POWER Engineers Incorporated (POWER) was awarded a contract from Gemma Power Systems to provide detailed engineering and design services for Competitive Power Venture’s (CPV) Towantic Energy Center project located on a secluded 26-acre site in Woodruff Hill Industrial Park in Oxford, Connecticut. Ronald Polaske, Gemma’s Senior Vice President stated, […]

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) will close the 620-MW Hudson Generation Station in Jersey City, N.J., and the 632-MW Mercer Generation Station in Hamilton Township, N.J., on June 1, 2017. “The sustained low prices of natural gas have put economic pressure on these plants for some time. In that context, we could not justify the […]

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has reached another milestone in its effort to bring Watts Bar Unit 2 into commercial operation: The unit completed its final power ascension test—a 50% load rejection from full power—and safely returned to full power on September 30. The testing had been halted on August 30 due to a switchyard […]

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are 60 nuclear reactors currently under construction around the world. China leads the way with 20 units in progress, followed by Russia with seven, and India with five. Twelve other countries, including the U.S., round out the list. The IAEA predicts that nuclear power generating capacity […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy has completed its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas, closing the transaction effective today. Piedmont will retain its name and operate as a business unit of Duke Energy. Both companies are headquartered in Charlotte. The acquisition will add Piedmont’s 1 million natural gas customers to Duke Energy’s […]

GREENBELT, Maryland – September 29, 2016 – X Energy, LLC (X-energy) and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., have entered into a memorandum of understanding as a step toward deployment of X-energy’s High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR): the Xe-100. Burns & McDonnell, a full-service engineering, construction and environmental solutions firm, will work with X-energy as […]

The Dutch parliament’s vote in favor of a motion to cut carbon emissions 55% by 2030 could spell the end of coal-fired power generation in the European nation. Although nonbinding, the measure would bring the Netherlands in line with agreements negotiated during the Paris climate talks that took place late last year. What it means […]

DULUTH, Minn. and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minnesota Power and Smart Wires announced today their partnership to deploy an innovative solution for optimizing the flow of power on the grid. Smart Wires is a leading provider of power flow control technology for transmission systems. This first deployment of Smart Wires at […]

Sensors help to monitor fluctuating voltages and reverse energy impacts RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GRID2020, Inc., a leading distribution transformer monitoring solutions provider, announced today that Maui Electric Company is strategically deploying its sensors throughout key areas of its electrical grid to help identify and monitor fluctuating voltages and reverse power […]