-Fourth order win will support Laos in achieving sustainable power supply- TOKYO— Toshiba Corporation today announced that Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (THPC), its Chinese subsidiary for the manufacture, sales and maintenance of hydroelectric equipment, has won a major order to supply three sets of 44-megawatts hydroelectric generating equipment for the Nam Ou 4 […]

FirstEnergy Corp.—one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York—has made the strategic decision to exit the competitive power business. “We have made our decision that over the next 12 to 18 months we’re going to exit competitive generation and become a fully […]

LOUISVILLE, KY (November 10, 2016) – Charah®, Inc., a total solutions company providing unparalleled service and innovation for the coal-fired power generation industry, today announced that it launched a joint venture in early 2016 with VHSC Holdings, LLC to market fly ash from the NRG Limestone production facility in Jewett, Texas. The NRG plant currently […]

Dubai, UAE, 9 November 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed that the ACWA Power and Harbin Electric consortium has begun construction of the 2,400 megawatt (MW) Hassyan clean coal power station, based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement model. The plant will be the first-of-its-kind in the region and is fully-compliant […]

Steam Turbine Retrofits Will Modernize the Plomin Coal-Fired Power Plant GE’s Power Services Showcasing Its Expanded Total Plant Solutions with Its New Fleet360* Services Platform Upgrades Will Help Improve Power Plant’s Heat Rate, Increase Output and Lower Costs BADEN, SWITZERLAND—November 9, 2016—GE’s Power Services (NYSE: GE) today announced it will modernize Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d.’s power […]

Coal Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Advanced CFB Technology Gains Global Market Share Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology is taking a growing share of the international coal-fired power generation market, particularly in the Pacific Rim and China. Indigenous designs are also growing in&hellips; Read More   Advertisement […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, announces today that it has signed a contract for a 12-month project by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Mines in Benin to provide 50MW of power generation using its fuel-flexible aeroderivative turbines. The turbines will be fuelled by natural gas, with the […]

Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded main contract for upgrading control systems at Tonstad and Solhom to Voith Hydro AS The two power plants meet the energy demand of roughly 230,000 households Project completion is expected in 2022 Heidenheim/Oslo. Norwegian energy supplier Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded the main contract for the upgrade of the control systems at […]

• New Technical Support Alliance extends role beyond EDF Energy’s UK nuclear fleet Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering consultancy services to EDF Energy’s Coal, Gas and Renewables (CGR) division, to support its fleet of coal plants, gas-fired (CCGT) power station and gas storage sites. Under […]

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Nov. 3, 2016) – With the sun shining brightly above, Xcel Energy broke ground on the first Solar*Connect Community project in Eau Claire today. Mark Stoering, president, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin; Kerry Kincaid, president, Eau Claire City Council; Dale Peters, Eau Claire city manager; and Troy Helming, CEO, Pristine Sun, addressed a large […]

TransCanada—a leading North American energy company—has struck deals to sell its U.S. Northeast Power business. LS Power will acquire three principally natural gas–fired power plants and a wind farm from TransCanada, while ArcLight Capital Partners will buy 13 hydropower facilities located in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. “The sale of our merchant U.S. Northeast Power […]

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 […]

The alternative investment manager secures long-term cooperation with Google and OX2 Aquila Capital has extended its portfolio in the renewable energy sector with the acquisition of a large wind power project in Lehtirova in the North of Sweden. The wind park will have 41 Vestas V 126 3.6 MW turbines with an installed capacity of […]

The Danish engineering and contracting company Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) has selected a Brüel & Kjær Vibro online condition monitoring solution for machine condition monitoring of the 40MW Tilbury Green Power biomass power plant in the London area. AET and its consortium partner are responsible for the design, supply, construction, and commissioning of the plant. […]

Holyoke residents to benefit from Holyoke Gas & Electric Power Purchase Agreement Holyoke, MA – October 13, 2016 – Mt. Tom Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of ENGIE North America, held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a 5.76 megawatt solar farm on the property of the former coal-fired Mt. Tom Power Station in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Beginning […]

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Vasari Energy, Inc. a California based solar energy provider, signed a contract to purchase 450 acres of land in Maricopa County, Arizona for the development of a project with up to 68 MW of solar power. The project will be developed through Sonoran Solar Development Partners, LLC, a wholly […]

E.ON to Provide Asset Management and Balance of Plant Management at the Amazon Wind Farm in Texas AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) has selected E.ON Energy Services to provide asset management and balance of plant services for its Amazon Wind Farm Texas near Snyder, TX. The 253 megawatt facility […]

Academics at the University of Sheffield—a public research university in the UK—have begun two new carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, searching for cheaper methods of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil-fueled power plants. The work is being funded by the European Commission’s (EC’s) Horizon 2020 Low Carbon Energy program. Solvents Could Be Game-Changing The […]

GE announced on October 11 that it would purchase Denmark-based LM Wind Power—the world’s largest designer and independent supplier of wind turbine rotor blades. GE will acquire the company from Doughty Hanson (a London-based private equity firm that has owned LM Wind Power since 2001) for $1.65 billion. The deal is seen as a way […]

Coal Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Coal Combustion By-products Aren't All Bad: The Beneficial Use Solution While it’s true that coal ash can be an environmental hazard if it’s not properly managed, there are a lot of positive uses for coal combustion products that actually provide benefits […]

Paris, October 6th 2016 AREVA has been awarded several significant contracts following an EDF tender for support activities associated with electricity generation. These services include handling of casks, low-level radioactive waste management, radiation protection and assembly of scaffolding and insulating protections. The contracts won by AREVA represent a total of several tens of millions of […]