February 7, 2018

Regulators Back Settlement for Costs of Failed Kemper IGCC Project
Shareholders of Mississippi Power will have to absorb the majority of outstanding costs resulting from the scuttled Kemper County coal gasification project, as the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) on…

Report: Trump Wants Deep Cuts in Clean Energy Programs
Documents obtained by The Washington Post show the Trump administration is prepared to ask Congress to cut the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) renewable energy and energy efficiency programs by as…

NRG Sells Renewables Assets, 3.6 GW of Louisiana Coal and Gas Power Plants
NRG Energy, in a bid to shed $7 billion in consolidated debt, is selling the bulk of its renewable assets and development platforms along with several coal and natural gas…

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Test Your Knowledge: Improving Plant Efficiency
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Industry Press Releases

Babcock & Wilcox Initiates Executive Transition

Utilities ill-equipped to face increasingly disparate cybersecurity threat

FortisBC Modernizes Outage Management System with SurvalentONE OMS

PRUFTECHNIK Establishes New Calibration Laboratory for Vibration Sensors

ALL Family of Companies Adds Eight Units from Manitowoc

Rugged DLRO from Megger with New Enhanced Features

Cloud Peak Energy Signs Long-Term Coal Export Agreement with JERA Trading to Supply New Japanese IGCC Power Plant