GREENBELT, Md., Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — X Energy, LLC (X-energy) and a subsidiary of Southern Nuclear Operating Company (Southern Nuclear) have entered into a memorandum of understanding as a step toward commercializing and deploying X-energy’s High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR): the Xe-100. The Xe-100 reactor series will produce zero-emission energy around the clock to […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–California will host the geothermal energy event of the year from October 23-26, just 9 weeks away. This event brings together key players in policy, technology, and industry at the Sacramento Convention Center — the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GEOEXPO+. Last year, the event hosted more than 1,200 representatives from over 25 […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Support Wanes for Coal Industry Lobbying Groups The downturn in the U.S. coal industry isn’t just hurting coal mining and coal-heavy power companies; it’s also having a devastating effect on the groups formed to help promote the industry—coal lobbyists. […]

Siemens is supplying two gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) for the Rogun hydropower plant in Tajikistan, a country bordered by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Afghanistan. The power plant is part of the Rogun Dam project. At a height of 335 meters, the dam taking shape here will be the highest in the world. The 8DQ1 switchgear, […]

The downturn in the U.S. coal industry isn’t just hurting coal mining and coal-heavy power companies; it’s also having a devastating effect on the groups formed to help promote the industry—coal lobbyists. Three of the most prominent coal lobbying groups have seen high-profile supporters drop off of their membership lists in recent years, and with […]

HAILEY, Idaho (August, 2016) — POWER Engineers Incorporated (POWER) has been selected by Masinloc Power Partners Company Ltd. (MPPC) to provide Owner’s Engineering Services for a 300 MW super-critical, coal-fired expansion project at the existing Masinloc Generating Station. The current plant consists of two identical 315 MW coal-fired units located at Barangay Bani, Masinloc, Philippines, […]

Bangalore, India/ August 15, 2016– Sungrow, the world’s leading PV inverter manufacturer, has been awarded a contract to supply solar central inverters for around 150MW of solar projects by Mytrah Energy (India) Private Limited. Sungrow will help with the design, engineering, manufacture and assembly of central inverters for Mytrah’s Solar projects in the states of […]

GE’s Zero Discharge Technology Will Enable Hebei Zhuozhou Jingyuan Thermal Power Plant Co. Ltd. to Meet Chinese Emissions and Discharge Limitations for New Thermal Power Plants Application of GE’s Brine Concentration Technology for Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment Jingneng Zhuozhou Coal-Fired Power Plant to Reuse 99 Percent of Wastewater SHANGHAI—August 15, 2016—GE (NYSE: GE) today […]

A massive fire broke out at DTE Energy’s St. Clair Power Plant in the early evening on August 11. Firefighters reportedly received the call for assistance at around 6:30 p.m. and fought the blaze well into the following morning. Video taken during the incident shows flames in several spots on the north end of the […]

Pre-assembled tower takes cooling to a higher level with faster delivery and installation coupled with up to 50% more cooling capacity per cell and 20% reduction in pump energy Overland Park, KS – SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a full-line, full-service industry leader in the design and manufacture of evaporative and air-cooled heat exchangers, announces the […]