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POWERnews—Dec. 15, 2016
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Coal Magnate Tells Trump to Lower His Expectations Although optimistic about the future of the coal industry under the Trump administration, Robert Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., the largest underground coal mining company in the U.S., does not […]
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Press Releases
Siemens to supply additional aero-derivative gas turbines to help power New York City
· Two more Industrial Trent 60 gas turbines and generators for Bayonne Energy Center, located in New Jersey and supplying power to New York City · Simple cycle power plant is able to ramp up quickly to meet peak electricity demand with best in class simple cycle efficiencies · Additional extension to current long-term service contract Siemens […]
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Wind
First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Farm Starts Operations
Block Island Wind Farm has begun commercial operations, making it America’s first offshore wind farm. Deepwater Wind and project partners have commissioned and tested the 30-MW installation off the coast of Block Island, R.I., and it is now delivering power into New England’s grid via National Grid’s 20-mile-long sea2shore submarine transmission cable, the company said […]
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POWERnews—Dec. 8, 2016
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Trump Reportedly Picks Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt for EPA President-elect Donald Trump has picked Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general, Scott Pruitt, to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York Times reported Wednesday afternoon, citing a transition official. The […]
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Coal
Demand for Rare Earths Sparks Research for Recovery from Coal
Global demand for the 17 periodic table elements—15 within the chemical group called lanthanides, plus yttrium and scandium—has soared in recent years as they become increasingly integrated in new technologies. Some major end uses include generators for wind turbines, permanent magnets and rechargeable batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, automotive catalytic converters, fluid cracking catalysts […]
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Westinghouse and SCANA Corp. Receive DRB Milestone Determination
December 05, 2016 11:54 AM Eastern Standard Time PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Westinghouse Electric Company and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), the principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG), have received the Dispute Resolution Board’s (DRB) decision on the construction milestone payment schedule for the two nuclear construction projects at V.C. Summer Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. […]
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Press Releases
Five Exelon Utilities Issue Request for Information Regarding Aggregation of Capacity Resources in PJM
December 05, 2016 02:13 PM Eastern Standard Time BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Five Exelon utilities — Atlantic City Electric (“ACE”), Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”), Delmarva Power (“DPL”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) — intend to issue a joint-utility Request for Proposals (“RFP”) from Winter Resources to aggregate with the Exelon utilities’ Summer […]
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Press Releases
California’s PG&E Installs Innovative Methane Detection Technology
New technology developed for EDF’s Methane Detectors Challenge will continuously detect methane leaks, reducing harmful emissions and minimizing waste December 07, 2016 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) became the first energy company in the U.S. to pilot an innovative methane detection device developed for the Methane Detectors Challenge (MDC), a […]
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Gas
California Merchant Gas Generator, Lamenting Market Forces, Files for Bankruptcy
The owner of a merchant 1,022-MW combined cycle natural gas–fired power plant in California has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing regulatory policies and market forces that have depressed revenues. La Paloma Generating Co. on December 6 filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming a debt of $524 million that it racked up even though its four-unit […]
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POWERnews—Dec. 1, 2016
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Coal-Fired Generation Projected to Surpass Natural Gas This Winter Coal, the unchallenged leader in U.S. power generation for most of the past century, may regain its place at the top of the energy mix hierarchy this winter, according to […]