June 07, 2016 07:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a contract to provide analysis and consulting services regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized regulations on coal combustion residuals (CCR) to City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. “In addition to evaluating, designing and constructing CCR facilities, […]

Energy storage is helping grid operators maintain system stability and ensure efficient integration of renewable energy, report finds June 08, 2016 05:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines the growing opportunities for energy storage systems (ESSs) to provide numerous services to the grid, with global market forecasts for power capacity, […]

June 08, 2016 08:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Material Science and Technology Division, has been granted the first U.S. patent for a method to simultaneously extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater. This single process provides all the raw materials necessary for the production of synthetic liquid hydrocarbon […]

June 08, 2016 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits the Bay Area. The devastation stretches along the Hayward Fault in the East Bay with impacts in Marin County, San Francisco and the Peninsula. Bridges, roads, mass transit, hospitals and gas and electric service are severely impacted, the cell network […]

The last of six gigantic modules in the nuclear island for Unit 3 at the Vogtle AP1000 reactors under construction near Augusta, Ga., have been placed. The CA02 and CA03 modules, weighing 52 tons and 237 tons respectively, are critical components and part of the In-Containment Refueling Water Storage Tank (IRWST), Georgia Power said on […]

North Carolina’s governor has vetoed a coal ash bill backed by Duke Energy that would have reinstated the recently dissolved Coal Ash Management Commission. Senate Bill 71 (SB71), introduced in February 2015, has passed both houses. Some media sources suggest that lawmakers have enough votes to override the veto. The bill seeks to re-establish the […]

“An Introduction to Large Thermal Power Generation Plants,” a 3-day course designed to provide useful knowledge to those interested in energy, electric power generation, and the basics of fossil power production, is being presented by Williamson College of the Trades, in Media, Pa., from July 12-14. The course will include tours of three local power […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Great Plains Energy to Acquire Westar Energy in Deal Worth $12.2 Billion Kansas City–based Great Plains Energy has agreed to purchase Westar Energy—Kansas’ largest electric utility—in a combined cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of about $12.2 […]

  Siemens has signed a long-term contract extension for service and maintenance at the 152-megawatt (MW) Keenan II wind farm in Oklahoma that will add Balance of Plant (BoP) to the scope and extend it for another 15 years. This marks the first long-term BoP wind service agreement in the U.S. for Siemens. The customer […]

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Signs Six-Year Pact with GE’s Power Services Business, Covering Fleet of Gas Turbines at Two Power Plants in Bangkok Agreement Builds on GE’s Work with EGAT to Increase Availability, Reliability and Economics of the Power Plants   BANGKOK—May 26, 2016—GE’s Power Services business (NYSE: GE) today announced it has signed a multiyear […]