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Okeechobee Clean Energy Center to Give Florida Yet Another Big CCPP
Florida regulators on Jan. 5 approved the 1,600-MW Okeechobee Clean Energy Center under development by NextEra Energy subsidiary Florida Power & Light (FPL) near Vero Beach. The plant will be the fifth advanced combined cycle power plant FPL has commissioned… Read More

The Generating Company Challenge: Manage Change While Maintaining Reliability
In mid-November, current members of POWER’ s Generating Company Advisory Team responded by email to a set of questions about their concerns, challenges, and new initiatives as they plan for the year ahead&hellips; Read More

Announcement from POWER
Is Your Power Project a Winner?
Find out by nominating it for a POWER award. The 2016 categories, open to projects around the world, are:

Plant of the Year Award
Reinvention Award (formerly Marmaduke Award)
Water Award
Smart Grid Award
Top Plants Awards (in gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable subcategories)

All nominated projects must be in commercial operation by the nomination deadline of April 29, 2016. You'll find award information, lists of former winners, and nomination forms at https://www.powermag.com/power-awards/

IEA: World's Power Mix Is Seeing Unprecedented Transformation
A significant transformation of the global power mix is under way, noted the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its newly released World Energy Outlook (WEO-2015). Renewables are getting subsidized boosts&hellips; Read More

Natural Gas Prices, Regulation to Reshape U.S. Generation
The near-simultaneous surge in U.S. natural gas production and recent enactment of environmental regulations will usher U.S. power supply from reliance on coal to increased usage of natural gas and renewables&hellips; Read More

NERC: Unprecedented Changes to Power Mix, EPA Rules Pose Reliability Challenges
North America's reserve margins are trending downward, even though electricity demand has generally fallen, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned in a new report. The international regulatory authority established to gauge and improve the reliability of North America's… Read More

The Energy Industry in Xinjiang, China: Potential, Problems, and Solutions
The autonomous region of Xinjiang has an important strategic position in China’s economy—which consumes more energy than any other nation—yet several conditions limit the most effective use of its fuels. This article provides an overview of the situation. Since ancient… Read More

PGE Takes Over Power Plant Construction After Abengoa Filing
Portland General Electric (PGE) assumed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) responsibility for the Carty Generating Station on Dec. 18, following the original EPC contractor’s default on its construction agreement. Construction began on the Carty plant on Jan. 9, 2014. It… Read More

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