Sonal Patel is a national award-winning multimedia journalist and senior editor at POWER magazine with nearly two decades of experience delivering technically rigorous reporting across power generation, transmission, distribution, policy, and infrastructure worldwide.
Several U.S. states have passed, or are mulling, programs that expand state aid to financially distressed nuclear reactors in a bid to keep them open for economic and environmental reasons. Generators that operate in competitive wholesale markets are perturbed by these measures, which they say amount to nuclear “bailouts.” —Sonal Patel, associate editor (@POWERmagazine, @sonalcpatel) […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Clean energy storage solutions leader Fluidic Energy™ has completed the five year warranty period at one of its first Zinc-air long duration energy storage system installations and has proven the capabilities of the technology to overcome barriers of theft, reliability and cost that have historically slowed feasibility and […]
Proposals for new wind resources grows company wind portfolio 50 percent MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL), the nation’s leading utility wind energy provider, has plans to make the largest multi-state investment in wind capacity in the country. The company has proposed 11 new wind farms in seven states, which would add a total of 3,380 […]
San Francisco, USA, March 22, 2017. SOLV, the leading independent solar O&M service provider in America and a division of EPC contractor Swinerton Renewable Energy, has begun deployment of QOS Energy’sQantum® software to monitor and support the operations and maintenance of more than 1 GW of solar PV plants in the United-states. Qantum® is an innovative cloud-based analytics platform that […]
• Most powerful mobile unit on the market • Immediate power to the grid using proven technology • Easy transport by air, land or sea • Fast delivery and installation for customers who need power quickly A product has been added to the Siemens gas turbine portfolio: The SGT-A45 TR mobile unit addresses […]
Altamont Pass facility will be repowered with modern turbines and generate 60 percent of its energy during peak load hours for Bay Area SAN DIEGO – Salka LLC today announced the execution of a purchase and sale agreement for an in-development wind farm in the east San Francisco Bay Area called the Summit Wind […]
Supporting the stable operation of machinery, maintenance of quality and improvement in production efficiency through the sophistication of predictive diagnostics TOKYO, Mar 16, 2017 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.(TSE: 6501), today announced that it is adding new “Failure cause estimation” and “Predictive services” to […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Draft Trump Budget Proposes Major Cuts in EPA, DOE Programs The Trump administration released a blueprint of its proposed 2018 budget on March 16, likely setting off a major battle with Congress. The budget proposal, “America First: A Budget […]
Texas has filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the Department of Energy (DOE) from spending tax dollars on consent-based siting activity, and to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other relevant federal agencies to complete licensing proceedings for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste permanent repository. The lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court […]
Maria Korsnick, president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), told POWER on March 9 that the U.S. nuclear industry is optimistic this Congress will work to resolve the nation’s long drawn out spent fuel predicament. Speaking at CERAweek by IHS Markit last week, Korsnick said that optimism was based on Republican domination of […]
Tom Leyden to speak at Intersolar East on the future of energy storage March 15, 2017 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE), a leader in renewable energy development, announces the creation of a new business unit, Distributed Electricity and Storage (DES), to focus on distributed solar and storage projects up to 30 […]
ABB Ability Symphony® Plus technology connects ABB’s legacy of power generation leadership with its digital future at ABB Customer World Houston, Texas, March 14, 2017 – ABB will present its portfolio of technology solutions for the power, water and process industries at ABB Customer World this week in Houston, Texas on March 13-16. This year’s event […]
-Southern MD Private Energy Project Completed Ahead of Schedule Now Supplying Efficient, Reliable Power on PJM Grid- SILVER SPRING, Md., March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Maryland-based Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) today announced that the 725-megawatt (MW) CPV St. Charles Energy Center in Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland achieved commercial operation. The milestone comes after 30 […]
The firms will each build four of the eight new solar power plants FPL is planning for the next 12 months – Combined, the sites are expected to employ an estimated 1,600 people during peak construction – Solar projects are among the lowest-cost solar ever built in America – Savings on avoided fuel consumption and other generation […]
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) administrative priorities will be reined in to focus on process, rule of law, and cooperation with states, the agency’s new head Scott Pruitt told attendees at CERAweek by IHS Markit on March 9. Since the former Oklahoma Attorney General was sworn in as EPA administrator in late February, the agency has […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Coal Industry Urges Cautious Optimism on Future Growth, Trump Rhetoric While investor interest in U.S. coal production is seeing a revival, President Donald Trump can do little to directly help the flailing industry, coal producers and investors said at […]
Six years after the Fukushima disaster prompted an electricity crisis in Japan and sent tremors throughout the world’s nuclear power sector, Japan is determined to continue its reliance on nuclear for nearly a fifth of its power needs in the long term. Nuclear will make up 20% to 22% of Japan’s power mix by 2030, […]
India will open all 26 of its sedimentary basins to allow domestic and foreign investors to explore conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas resources in a bid to escalate its indigenous oil and gas production, reduce imports, and support a planned influx of renewable power. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told […]
While investor interest in U.S. coal production is seeing a revival, President Donald Trump can do little to directly help the flailing industry, coal producers and investors said at CERAweek by IHS Market, which is taking place in Houston this week. After a period of financial calamity that was prompted by the collapse of natural […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Minnesota Governor Allows Xcel to Bypass Utility Commission Oversight for Major Gas-Fired Plant A bill signed by Minnesota's Gov. Mark Dayton (D) on February 28 allows Xcel Energy to build a 786-MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant without approval […]
Zurich, Switzerland, March 1, 2017 – Battery Energy Storage System connected to main grid capable of supplying electricity to 60 households for 24 hours ABB today announced the successful commissioning of Denmark’s first urban energy storage system. The Lithion-ion based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be integrated with the local electricity grid in the […]
February 28, 2017 04:48 PM Eastern Standard Time HERNDON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greensmith Energy, the leader in energy storage software and services, announced it will partner with E.ON North America to deliver two grid-scale energy storage systems in Texas. Each system will be 9.9 megawatt (MW) short duration energy storage projects using lithium-ion battery technology. “These projects will […]
Black & Veatch Awarded Study of Options to Improve Resiliency of PG&E’s Grid DEVENS, Mass., Feb. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMSC (NASDAQ:AMSC), a global energy solutions provider serving wind and power grid industry leaders, today announced that AMSC will partner with Black & Veatch to perform a study to evaluate solution options to improve […]
The utility distribution microgrid market may be limited without regulatory clarity, report finds March 2, 2016 – Boulder, CO – A recent report from Navigant Research examines the US utility distribution microgrid (UDM) market, with a focus on technology and policy trends, customer adoption, utility deployments, and the vendor landscape, through 2024. Utilities are […]
Starting in April, solar power can be stored in a virtual electricity account Power customers will act as their own independent energy managers E.ON is using innovative products to help its customers declare their independence from traditional energy supply structures. Going forward, customers will be able to not only produce their own solar power, they […]
DCfusion’s Direct-Current (DC) System Consulting, Engineering and Policy Expertise Strategically Aligns with EnSync Technologies and Markets MILWAUKEE, March 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — EnSync, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ESNC), dba EnSync Energy Systems, a leading developer of innovative distributed energy resource (DER) systems and internet of energy (IOE) control platforms for the utility, commercial, industrial and multi-tenant […]
Augsburg, 02/03/2017 MAN Diesel & Turbo has landed a training contract with Gabon’s public development company for power and water, Société du Patrimoine, to train the staff of the Cap Lopez power plant, located close to Port Gentil, Gabon. Since late 2016 37 members of the plant’s future staff undergo an extensive 12 month training […]
Bipartisan lawmakers in Minnesota want utilities in that state to procure 50% of power sold by 2030 from renewable sources. The measure, if passed, could put the state’s renewable efforts on par with California’s. The bipartisan bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature on February 27 seeks to double the state’s renewable energy standard, which is […]
A bill signed by Minnesota’s Gov. Mark Dayton (D) on February 28 allows Xcel Energy to build a 786-MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant without approval from state regulators. The governor signed Chapter 5, House File 113, a bill that had bipartisan support of the state’s legislators, to allow the Minneapolis-based power company to move […]
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on February 27 authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rewrite a contentious rule asserting federal authority over small bodies of water. The Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, also known as the “Clean Water Rule,” finalized by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]