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CB&I Out, Fluor In at Vogtle and V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Plant Construction Projects
There has been a major shake up in the contractors involved in both of the new AP1000 nuclear power plant projects under construction in the U.S. Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, a group company of Toshiba Corp., announced on Oct. 27… Read More

Kemper IGCC Celebrates Key Milestone, Suffers New Cost Increases
Mississippi Power has revealed a new cost increase of $110 million for its Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility. But, the company said that it has tested one of two gasification units—reaching what it says is the project's… Read More

Coal-Fired Sunbury Power Plant Gives Way to Gas
The 400-MW coal-fired Sunbury Power Plant in Snyder County, Penn., retired in 2014, will be replaced with a three-unit, 1.1-GW combined cycle plant, private equity firm Panda Power Funds announced on Oct. 28. The four-unit Sunbury facility, which began operations… Read More

Information-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Clears Senate, On Track to Be Enacted
The U.S. Senate has approved the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), controversial legislation intended to block the deluge of cyberattacks by opening up communication channels between the private sector and federal agencies. Senate Bill 754 introduced in March by… Read More

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Avi S. Garbow, General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will deliver the keynote address at a one-day conference hosted by POWER magazine. The conference will bring together an impressive lineup of experts in the power sector to discuss recent changes in regulations affecting utilities and other power generators. These experts know power industry regulations from all sides. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to meet and network with all speakers during a closing reception. LEARN MORE

Swiss Company Aims to Build Commercial Scale Direct Air Carbon Capture Plant
The ETH spin-off company Climeworks AG has announced plans to construct and operate an industrial scale CO2 capture plant to be operational by mid-2016. The Oct. 21 announcement said the plant in Hinwil (Canton of Zurich, Switzerland) “has the capacity… Read More

NRC Issues Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Power Plant Operating License
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an operating license for a new nuclear power plant. The 40-year license was issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the long-overdue Watts Bar… Read More

Seminole G&T Challenges Clean Power Plan in Federal Court
It took only minutes for opponents to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants to head for the courts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan became official, published in the Federal Register… Read More

Clean Power Plan in Federal Register Oct. 23, Clock Starts Ticking
In a media briefing this morning on the Clean Power Plan, Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Air and Radiation made no announcement of major changes but did note that the final rule… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's October 2015 issue and its sister publications:

TOP PLANT: Columbia Energy Center, Portage, Wisconsin

TOP PLANT: Manjung Unit 4, Perak, Malaysia

The Shifting Fates of Coal Markets, Coal Mining, and Coal Power

Diesel Gensets Aim at the Future

Gas-Fired DG Showdown: Microturbines, Fuel Cells, or Reciprocating Engines?

Power Industry Policy Flip-Flops

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