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.
26 October 2016 Mexico’s wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country’s declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency. Mexico’s […]
Nuclear power’s future—and its much-needed contribution to U.S. decarbonization efforts—may be hampered if eight pressing issues aren’t addressed within the next five years, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said at a recent event held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The issues Moniz outlined in his keynote speech at a six-hour event titled […]
New Colombia Resources in Negotiations to Build a 300 MW Thermal Coal Power Plant Near their Coal Property in Colombia in Association with a Foreign Entity that Secured a US$ 200 Million L.O.I. from a Major Construction Company in China NEWS PROVIDED BY New Colombia Resources Inc. Oct 19, 2016, 10:32 ET BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, October 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ […]
Link between Energy Storage, Renewable Power Takes on Water-Energy Nexus, Lowers Costs NEWS PROVIDED BY Advanced Microgrid Solutions Oct 20, 2016, 16:09 ET CHINO, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Clean tech energy storage leader Advanced Microgrid Solutions(AMS) and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) today launched a landmark water-energy project using advanced energy storage systems to better integrate […]
Emerson Helps Companies Improve Earnings As Much As 15 Percent and Achieve Top Quartile Performance October 24, 2016 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the oil and gas, petrochemical, refining and other manufacturing companies face mounting pressure to achieve improved financial results, Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today launched Operational Certainty™, a technology and engineering-based […]
October 24, 2016 09:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time SEOUL, Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Westinghouse Electric Company and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co. Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a technological exchange committee to promote a discussion and exchange of engineering capabilities between both organizations. The bilateral MOU will fully engage the partners’ capabilities in […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Court Orders EPA to Evaluate Coal Industry Job Losses Related to Air Pollution Rules A federal court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to file a plan and schedule to evaluate the consequences of its air pollution rules […]
In a major development for a novel carbon capture technology, developers are preparing to commission a 1-MWt oxy-fired pressurized fluidized bed combustion (oxy-PFBC) pilot test facility in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its Canadian counterpart, Natural Resources Canada, commemorated the facility’s construction and commissioning in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 18 […]
Siemens received an order to deliver the main components for installation at SaskPower’s planned Chinook Power Station – a 350 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant to be located near Swift Current, Saskatchewan in Canada. Customer is the Canadian engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell. The thermal power project, scheduled for operation in the […]
A federal court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to file a plan and schedule to evaluate the consequences of its air pollution rules on jobs, finding for a giant coal company that is suing the agency for an alleged “war on coal” waged over the past five years. In an October 17 summary […]
An explosion reported on October 13 at Luminant’s coal-fired Oak Grove Power Plant located near Franklin, Texas, was from a blown transformer, the company said. Robertson County dispatchers received a call from the power plant at 6:08 p.m., reporting that there had been an explosion at the plant “as a result of an electrical issue.” […]
The Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will award up to $80 million to a 10-MWe pilot project that seeks to advance the development and commercialization of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton power cycles. The plant will be managed by three research entities: the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Crescent Dunes: 24 Hours on the Sun Dreams of a future of round-the-clock dispatchable solar energy may have become reality at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada.&hellips; Read More Kemper County IGCC Plant Generates First Syngas-Fueled […]
Six northeastern states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force it to act on controlling air pollution blowing in from coal-fired power plants located in nine Midwestern and southern states. New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont on October 7 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the […]
October 11, 2016 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) and a consortium led by Axium Infrastructure (Axium) announced the closing of the Slate Creek Wind acquisition, by which Axium acquired a 50% ownership interest in the 150 megawatt (MW) Slate Creek Wind Project. The Slate Creek Wind Project, which is located in […]
Will launch voltage-sourced converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems business globally October 11, 2016 10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at […]
October 12, 2016 08:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time SPRINGFIELDS, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it is continuing to work with the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) on an additional advanced manufacturing study to explore potential design efficiencies to reduce significantly the build lead-times of the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR). […]
Modernizing Town’s Grid Infrastructure Will Deliver Resiliency and Energy Cost Savings In an official groundbreaking ceremony today in Sterling, MA, Town officials, Massachusetts State officials, U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Clean Energy States Alliance, and NEC Energy Solutions representatives commemorated the Sterling Energy Storage project, the Largest Battery Grid Energy Storage Installation in […]
Mississippi Power’s integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Kemper County, Miss., on October 12 has begun generating its first power using a combination of syngas (produced from locally mined lignite) and natural gas. The milestone is a major one, said Thomas Fanning, CEO of Mississippi Power’s parent company Southern Co. “After decades of research […]
PV power plant accounts for approximately 1% of Jordan’s total power generation capacity October 09, 2016 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time TEMPE, Ariz. & AMMAN, Jordan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has commissioned the 52.5 megawatt (MW)AC Shams Ma’an project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on schedule. “First Solar has delivered […]
Strategic and Financial Highlights: Best-in-class commercial and industrial retail electricity provider in the U.S. Complements Calpine’s existing wholesale power generation footprint Approx. $700 million net cash deployed represents approx. 5x Adjusted EBITDA Highly free cash flow and credit accretive transaction October 09, 2016 07:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) announced today that […]
In a push to focus on regulated markets in the U.S., Duke Energy has completed its exit of international business in deals valued at $2.4 billion. The company announced on October 10 that it reached an agreement to sell all businesses in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Argentina to investment firm I Squared […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Paris Agreement Meets Final Requirement to Enter into Force As of October 5, the Paris Agreement—the first global agreement on efforts to limit and mitigate the effects of climate change—had been ratified by a sufficient number of countries, representing […]
October 05, 2016 02:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Energy oversupply in Peru has reached about 50%, significantly pressuring the prices and profitability of suppliers and likely creating a challenging environment for new investment, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. “Capacity has outpaced demand due to the economic slowdown, with low metal prices […]
Mississippi Power’s integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant under construction in Kemper County, Miss., will likely be placed in service by November 30, a month later than anticipated. The delay will be costly. Mississippi Power reached a new milestone on September 16, announcing that it had started producing syngas using the second gasifier—gasifier “A”—at […]
Big or small? Centralized or distributed? The answer, at least for energy storage, may be both, but what that future may be is unclear, if early discussions at the Energy Storage North America (ESNA) conference in San Diego October 4–6 are anything to go by. Speaking on the first night’s opening keynote panel, Colin Cushnie, […]
Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide LIVE UPDATES: The Clean Power Plan at the D.C. Circuit West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (No. 15-1363) is arguably the most important environmental case in nearly a decade. For the U.S. power sector, the stakes are particularly high. […]
New York City is aiming to have 100 MWh of energy storage by 2020 under an unprecedented target set by Mayor Bill de Blasio on September 23. The city’s first-ever energy storage deployment target will help reduce reliance on the grid by making variable sources of energy production, such as solar panels, usable for more […]
Duke Energy agreed to pay a $6 million fine under a new settlement reached with North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the February 2014 coal ash spill at its Dan River power plant in Eden. State regulators fined the utility $6.8 million in February, but Duke Energy challenged the decision, which was the […]
Key markets include Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and China, report finds September 27, 2016 05:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recent report from Navigant Research examines the major offshore wind markets, with wind power capacity forecasts and global and country-level analyses, through 2020. “From a policy perspective, Europe is showing the way in […]