Global wind turbine orders collected from July through December from 24 countries and 11 vendors total nearly 15,000 MW, report finds   May 4, 2017 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research tracks all publicly announced wind turbine orders between July and December 2016, providing details on orders placed by region, […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it is working on guidance to give states the flexibility in implementing programs for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCR) disposal. In an April 28 letter to state governors, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt described the agency’s steps to implement a “new authority” for authorizing state CCR management […]

The owners of the Vogtle and V.C. Summer nuclear expansions separately secured a few more weeks to allow work to continue onsite at each project while they decide how to proceed with the half-built AP1000 reactors after Westinghouse’s financial debacle. In Georgia, owners of the project to expand Plant Vogtle extended an interim assessment agreement […]

In two separate actions over the past 24 hours, the D.C. Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) request to suspend cases challenging the Clean Power Plan and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).   The orders are the latest in a series of similar actions over the past month by the D.C. Circuit that […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Dynegy Rethinks Illinois Ventures Amid Market Turmoil As Dynegy moved this week to assume full ownership of two struggling Ohio coal plants it co-owns with AES Corp. subsidiary DPL Inc., the company's CEO reportedly said the company is mulling […]

As Dynegy moved this week to assume full ownership of two struggling Ohio coal plants it co-owns with AES Corp. subsidiary DPL Inc., the company’s CEO reportedly said it is mulling withdrawing its presence from downstate Illinois owing to the state’s intervention to keep its nuclear plants running. Dynegy CEO Robert Flexon told Crain’s Chicago Business […]

April 25, 2017 04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) joined other California energy companies today in proposing a plan that supports the state’s clean energy goals, protects customer choice and ensures that all customers are treated equally. “We can achieve the state’s clean energy goals while also supporting […]

ACCIONA’s new wind farm will produce energy to power more than 30,000 homes April 26, 2017 02:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time LOS FRESNOS, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Secretary of State Rolando Pablos joined ACCIONA Energy, a leading global operator of renewable energy projects, to inaugurate the 93-megawatt (MW) San Roman Wind Farm today. San Roman will produce enough […]

Adequate Electricity Supplies Expected, but Forecasts Show Possibility of Occasional Tight System Conditions April 26, 2017 02:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time HOLYOKE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New England is expected to have the resources needed to meet consumer demand for electricity this summer, according to ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region’s bulk power system and […]

The Trump administration is “closely” reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final cost consideration finding for its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) to determine whether it should reconsider the rule or some part of it, it said in an April 18 federal court filing. The EPA filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit urging […]