Business
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Press Releases
A.Y. McDonald Acquires Val-Matic Valve & Mfg. Corp.
Dubuque, IA, January 4, 2021 – A.Y. McDonald has acquired Val-Matic Valve & Mfg. Corporation, of Elmhurst, Illinois on December 31, 2020. Val-Matic Valve was founded in 1966 by Andrew Nuter and is a manufacturer of fourteen valve product lines for the water and wastewater, industrial, commercial building construction, and plumbing industries with an additional […]
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Press Releases
Takkion Holdings Acquires Renew Energy Inc.
FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 4, 2021) — Takkion Holdings LLC (“Takkion” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) and premier multimodal logistics and transportation provider for energy transition infrastructure, today announced that Takkion has acquired Sioux Falls, SD-based […]
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Renewables
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Renewable Energy Growth Continues
Wind and solar power capacity and generation have been growing steadily for years, as efforts to halt climate change and a desire for clean energy have gained public support around the world. As renewable
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News
Eight International Power Sector Trends to Watch in 2021 and Beyond
Roiled over 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two much-watched international power market outlooks surveying short-term and long-term implications caution the road ahead will be ridden by complexity. The
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News
How the Energy Transition Is Affecting the EPC Business
Larger changes in the power industry are shaking up the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business in the U.S. and abroad. Experts explain how the industry is fielding business impacts
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Research and Development
Forging Materials with the ‘Right Stuff’ for Tomorrow’s Energy Systems
One of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) key initiatives aims to bridge the gap in research infrastructure and accelerate advanced alloy development and manufacturing. Materials are
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Legal & Regulatory
The Power Purchase Agreement in Transition
The power purchase agreement, commonly called a PPA, is a fundamental element to the development, construction, and financing of power generation projects. Like many things in the power industry, the PPA is
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Finance
Power Sector Faces Continued Financial Distress in 2021
The last few months have seen the power sector plagued with enduring lower power prices, exacerbating the continued negative impact on power generation companies and electric utilities. There are a number of
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News
POWER Digest [January 2021]
Feasibility Study Set for Netherlands’ CCS Plan. Neptune Energy in mid-December announced a feasibility study to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) plan for the Netherlands. The study will look at
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News
12 Big Power Stories You May Have Missed in 2020
With COVID-19 filling the news throughout 2020, it’s very likely you missed some of the most important developments that occurred in the power sector this year. Here’s a look at some of the highlights and big stories covered by the POWER staff this year. MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded In January, Russian engineers announced the loading […]