September 13, 2018 Lawsuits Raise Stakes on Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Vote As a vote by owners on the fate of the Vogtle nuclear expansion project hangs in the balance, the City of Jacksonville, Florida, and JEA—the city’s municipal utility that serves… Read More IAEA: ‪Global Nuclear Power Industry Is ‘Struggling’ Nuclear power’s share of the […]

Xcel Energy on September 12 launched a drone to inspect electric power lines near Fort St. Vrain Generating Station in Platteville, Colorado—marking the first flight by a U.S. utility beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) during ongoing inspections. Xcel on Wednesday launched a 35-pound drone that is equipped with two cameras, as local, state, and federal […]

 Fluor drives digital transformation with artificial intelligence solution to monitor status of global projects and drive significant project cost savings IRVING, Texas (September 13, 2018) and ARMONK, New York–Fluor Corporation(NYSE: FLR) and IBM(NYSE: IBM) announced today the use of artificial intelligence-based systems to predict, monitor and measure the status of engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction […]

September 10, 2018 08:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time   WARRENVILLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTEK), a technology company providing advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems, emissions control and water treatment in utility and industrial applications, today announced the receipt of multiple air pollution control (APC) contracts from customers in the US and […]

September 10, 2018 04:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time   SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) will preview a new high-efficiency, Bloom Energy Server-based solution for generating clean electricity from waste biogas at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Climate Tech Marketplace, which is an affiliate event of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco […]

ROSEMEAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As part of its ongoing efforts to protect customers and communities from the growing risk of wildfires, Southern California Edison proposed additional wildfire safety measures in a filing today with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The proposed $582 million Grid Safety and Resiliency Program (GS&RP) aligns with the wildfire mitigation plans required […]

September 12, 2018 03:43 PM Eastern Daylight TimeOMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kiewit engineering and construction experts will attend and present at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition in Barcelona, September 17-20. Exhibition attendees can visit stand #C145 to learn about Kiewit’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the global gas, LNG and energy industries. “Gastech offers an […]

Nuclear power’s share of the world’s power generating mix could shrink dramatically from 10% in 2017 to just 5.6% in 2050 as the industry struggles with “reduced competitiveness,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggested in a new report. The international organization based in Vienna, Austria, that works to promote the peaceful use of nuclear […]

  Scientists appear to have unraveled the mystery of uranium ore found at a mine in Oklo region of the Central African state of Gabon that exhibits a lower proportion of uranium-235 (U-235)—the fissile sort. According to an August 10 bulletin from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the first response that physicists had when […]

Companies collaborate to offer smart module, accelerating installation and delivering more solar power to homeowners FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, Sept. 6, 2018 – Panasonic Eco Solutions of North America and global leader in smart energy, SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), today introduced the HIT® S Series Module, a new premium smart module for the U.S. residential […]

September 6, 2018 Crucial to Decarbonization, Costs Dim Prospects for Nuclear Power A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) interdisciplinary study found that nuclear power has the potential to contribute greatly to the achievement of deep decarbonization goals, yet despite its promise, cost… Read More Sponsored Content GE’s Reservoir helps utilities store the sun for a […]

Terrestrial Energy USA, a company that is developing a fourth-generation molten salt nuclear reactor, has joined forces with Southern Co. and several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs, in a research and development (R&D) project that seeks to pin down whether its reactor technology can produce hydrogen efficiently using nuclear heat and power.  The […]

Seventeen states have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration’s efforts to further delay the court’s decision on legal challenges to the Clean Power Plan. In a filing with the court on September 4, the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, […]

President Trump campaigned on a promise to reduce regulation and control regulatory costs. One of his first actions after taking office was to issue an executive order calling for the elimination of two existing regulations for every one new regulation issued. Toward that end, the Trump administration has acted or sought to reverse more than […]

Along with producing power from 99 turbines, the 309-MW Hornsdale Wind Farm in South Australia has helped trial new technologies that could ramp up power system security and reliability. At first glance, the

August 30, 2018 Coal’s ACE in the Hole? New Rule Still Faces Headwinds The Trump administration has extended a potential lifeline to coal-fired power plants with its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. Now the debate is about how much the plan will actually… Read More FirstEnergy Throws in the Towel on Coal Plants FirstEnergy Solutions […]

NTE Energy on August 28 formally began operations of its 475-MW Kings Mountain Energy Center (KMEC) natural gas–fired plant in Cleveland County, North Carolina, marking the third major milestone in recent months for gas-turbine giant Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) Americas. The $500 million KMEC facility features MHPS G-Series advanced-class gas turbine technology. Owned and […]

Lawmakers in California’s Assembly on August 28 cleared a key vote on a bill that would require the state to obtain 100% of all retail electricity sales from renewable and zero-emissions resources by 2045.  The state’s Assembly voted 43–32 in favor of SB 100. The bill, which now heads to the state Senate for a […]

A spate of major power companies—including American Electric Power (AEP) and Southern Co.—have acquiesced to investor pressure and announced drastic cuts to their generating fleet carbon emissions over the long term. Industry group Edison Electric Institute (EEI) this week launched an official industry-designed template to help its member utilities better inform investors about their environmental, […]

 23rd August 2018  The Chinese company BYD, Build Your Dreams(Shenzhen) and theBelgian company CMI, Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 18th July to lay the foundation of their close cooperation and their future common developments. InMarch 2018,CMI, Cockerill Maintenance& Ingénierie, based in Belgium, ordered one 1.26MW/1.34MWh Lithium battery energy storage fromBYD, […]

Advanced technology from MHPS delivered on schedule for largest single block power plant in the US Lake Mary, Florida—(August 23, 2018) Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) on August 23 announced a successful first fire for the Dominion Energy Greensville County Power Station located in Emporia, Virginia. Designed to generate 1,558 MW, the plant operates three M501J […]

August 23, 2018 Fate of Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Hinges on Minority Owners On August 8, Georgia Power announced that its revised capital and construction cost forecast for its share of the Plant Vogtle expansion project had increased from $7.3 billion to $8.4… Read More Sponsored Content How to Optimize Your Power Plant Asset Management System […]

The $650 Million Facility Will Be the First to Be Built by Air Products Including Proven, Recently Acquired Gasification Technology LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Aug. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Air Products (NYSE : APD ) announced today it has been awarded a long-term onsite contract to supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for their multi-billion […]

– Selected companies are leaders in innovative solutions, sustainability innovation, community excellence, economic development, and storm restoration CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — For the 25th consecutive year, Duke Energy has selected six outstanding organizations to receive the company’s prestigious Power Partner award. Duke Energy established the Power Partner award in 1992 to honor businesses […]

LONDON, August 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The steam boiler system market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.13%, from 2018 to 2023.Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/5490278 The steam boiler system market is projected to reach USD 21.63 billion by 2023, from an estimated USD 17.66 billion in 2018, at a CAGR of 4.13%. […]

EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich., Aug. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — DTE Energy today took a significant step toward its goal of reducing carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by breaking ground on a state-of-the-art, $1 billion natural gas-fueled plant. The Blue Water Energy Center will be the most efficient power plant in the state when it […]

CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Trina Solar has been under the spotlight since the company delisted from the US stock market and became a private company in March 2017. Although the majority of the players in the PV sector have recently dealt with obstacles, Trina Solar Chairman Jifan Gao recently said in an […]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule is proposed to replace the 2015 Clean Power Plan—which the Supreme Court stayed in February 2016 and never went into effect. According to the EPA, the replacement is necessary because the Obama-era Clean Power Plan “exceeded the EPA’s authority.” However, like the Clean Power Plan, […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule to replace the Clean Power Plan—a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from existing coal-fired power plants. The new “Affordable Clean Energy” rule sets GHG guidelines for states to set standards for performance for existing coal-fired power plants. The proposal is the newest development in a […]

August 16, 2018 States Would Set Rules Under Trump Emissions Plan A report from POLITICO says the Trump administration’s rollback of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) would give individual states more leeway to set their own rules governing emissions from… Read More Sponsored Content MHPS Invests in Manufacturing Facilities, Enhances Capabilities, and Takes the […]