POWERnews January 11, 2018
Several Milestones Reached at Nuclear Power Projects Around the World
The world’s nuclear power industry has been busy in the new year, with several construction projects reaching key milestones as 2018 began. EPR Units Making Progress Four EPR nuclear units…
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AES and Siemens, Two Power Giants, Join Forces on Energy Storage 
Underscoring energy storage’s new vital role in power company operations, Siemens and AES Corp. have launched a joint company, Fluence Energy, that provides technology solutions paired with engineering and services capabilities.…
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EIA Report: Gas-fired Generation Will Continue to Outpace Coal
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its first look at expected power generation in 2019, and its conclusions are much the same as those it expects in 2018—the use…
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FERC Rejects DOE’s Proposed Grid Resiliency Rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) controversial proposed rule on grid reliability and resilience pricing, initiating instead a new proceeding that will examine…

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TVA Retires Aging Johnsonville Coal-fired Plant
The Johnsonville Fossil Plant in Humphreys County, Tennessee, came online in 1951, and provided power for generations of Tennesseans as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA's) vast coal-fired fleet.…
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FPL Closes Coal Plant, Brings More Solar Online
Florida Power & Light (FPL) began the new year by opening four new solar power plants, along with officially retiring one of its two remaining coal-fired plants in the state.…
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Decade-Old Power Grid Problem Solved by Smart Grid Technology 
A control system that smooths out inter-area oscillations—a problem affecting power systems connected by relatively weak tie lines—has been successfully demonstrated by researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Montana Tech…
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VIDEO: Trump Says U.S. Could Re-Enter Paris Agreement, Praises Norway’s Hydropower
In a press briefing held with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on January 10, President Donald Trump said that U.S. could “conceivably” re-enter into global climate change mitigation efforts under…
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Industry Press Releases
GE Power & Harbin Electric Announce Order for Langfang Gas Combined-Cycle Power Plant Project with SPIC

Framatome pursues the industrial and technological adventure of the nuclear energy business

Vertiv Announces Expansion of Lithium-Ion UPS Line

Xtreme Shell Pipe Flange Containment System

Acromag and Ctek Partner to Provide Remote Monitoring and Control Solutions over Ethernet and Wireless Networks for IIoT Applications

L&T commissions 360 MW Bheramara Combined Cycle Power Plant in Bangladesh

CLAMPSEAL THROTTLING VALVES PROVIDE REPEATABLE FLOW CONTROL AND DEPENDABLE SHUTOFF