Financially hemorrhaging in 2016 due to uneconomic power plants in its fleet, FirstEnergy Corp. said it may exit the competitive generation business by mid-2018, and shutter its nuclear plants in Ohio, even though it will back legislation to subsidize nuclear power. In a fourth quarter earnings call on February 22, officials from the Akron, Ohio–based […]

February 22, 2017 06:45 AM Eastern Standard Time CAMBRIDGE, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) announced today that its subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) has been awarded a four-year amendment to its existing Master Services Agreement (MSA), which went into effect on January 1, 2015, for feeder inspection services at Bruce Power, located near Kincardine, […]

More than 7,500 pages of emails and other records released by the Oklahoma attorney general’s office to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveal a “close and friendly” relationship between the former office held by Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new administrator, and the fossil fuel industry, the CMD alleged. The emails […]

Abdullah Economic City, a unique urban development project which was started in 2005 and constitutes the largest building project in the history of Saudi Arabia. Located on the coast of the Red Sea between the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina, this new city is set to become the country’s second economic centre in […]

In a final 52–46 vote, the Senate on Friday confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The vote was mostly along party lines. Every Republican present except Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted for Pruitt (Sen. John McCain [R-Ariz.] did not vote because he is at […]

A state court ordered Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to turn over more than 2,500 emails his office withheld from open records requests relating to communications with coal, oil, and gas corporations. The order came a day before the Senate is poised to confirm him as President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection […]

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Eco-efficient First Solar modules have 67% lower CO2 footprint than Crystalline Silicon modules (Graphic: Business Wire) February 16, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time PARIS & TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that Photosol, a French photovoltaic (PV) solar energy company, has selected its high performance, lower-carbon, thin film modules to power 14 […]

February 16, 2017 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Power management company Eaton today announced contracts to lead life extension and electrical modernization projects at four hydropower facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. Eaton received the contracts from Aponte Power Services, which is working directly with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District. The projects will […]

February 16, 2017 11:26 AM Eastern Standard Time BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mint Energy is now serving competitive electric supply in both AEP Ohio and Dayton Power & Light (DP&L). “As we continue our expansion into PJM, I am excited to add the Ohio Market to the Pennsylvania and Illinois territories that we currently serve. We are […]