March 03, 2016 02:00 PM Eastern Time  RICHMOND, Va.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) and Questar Corporation (NYSE: STR) announced today that they have jointly filed merger applications with the Public Service Commission of Utah and the Wyoming Public Service Commission regarding the pending combination that was announced on Feb. 1, 2016. The companies […]

Westinghouse installed all four reactor coolant pumps at Sanmen Unit 1 ahead of the current milestone schedule. Sanmen 1 is one of two AP1000® nuclear power plants under construction at Sanmen NPP.

B&W has been awarded a contract for more than $80 million to design and manufacture a supercritical boiler and components for the Masinloc Thermal Power Plant expansion project in the Philippines.

NRG and NRG Yield Unveil New 20 MW Solar Facility in Southern California New Solar Installation Helps California Move Closer to Clean Energy Goal March 07, 2016 08:00 AM Eastern Time  PRINCETON, N.J.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG), the country’s largest independent power producer, and its subsidiary NRG Yield, Inc. (NYSE:NYLD, NYLD.A), today announced that […]

Of nearly 18 GW of U.S. generating capacity permanently shuttered in 2015, 77% was conventional steam coal–fired. About 30% of that 13.7 GW in coal capacity was retired in April 2015, when the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule went into effect, said the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March […]

The 4-GW three-unit Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station has broken its own generation record, producing the highest electricity output of any nuclear plant in the world. APS, the Arizona utility that operates the plant, said Palo Verde generated 32.5 million MWh in 2015, making it still the only U.S. power plant to ever produce more […]

Distributed energy firm Vivint Solar has terminated an agreement under which it would have merged with renewables giant SunEdison in a $2.2 billion deal. The Lehi, Utah–based company told investors on March 8 that it had delivered a letter notifying SunEdison that the merger agreement had been terminated, owing to SunEdison’s “failure to meet obligations” […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide U.S. Cybersecurity Super Team Reveals How Attackers Prompted Ukraine Blackouts External malicious actors deployed a "synchronized and coordinated" cyberattack to prompt the large-scale blackout in Ukraine last December, a U.S. interagency team has confirmed. The event on December 23, 2015— […]

March 1—LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Technavio analysts forecast the power rental market in Southeast Asia to post a CAGR of close to 11% by 2020, according to their latest report. Power rental market in Southeast Asia to post a CAGR of close to 11% by 2020, according to Technavio. Tweet this The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects […]

March 01, 2016 04:17 PM Eastern Standard Time IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company closed its acquisition of Stork Holding B.V. Fluor announced in early December 2015 that the company had agreed to purchase 100 percent of Stork’s shares from UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners. .@FluorCorp finalizes acquisition of Netherlands-based Stork […]