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Calpine to Take Uneconomic CCGT Plant Offline in Calif.
Calpine Corp. will idle a 578-MW natural gas–fired combined cycle (CCGT) power plant in northern California for likely the remainder of the year. The Houston-headquartered company told POWER on January 15 that it will put the 2001-built Sutter Energy Center… Read More

Entergy Sues New York for New Attempt to Shut Down Indian Point Nuclear
Entergy has asked a federal court to invalidate a November 6 New York State objection to a certification needed for the 20-year license extension of its Indian Point nuclear facilities by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The state's Department of State… 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/

Power Generation Industry Faces Fundamental Changes
New energy technologies, decreasing renewable energy costs, and low natural gas prices are forcing changes in the way traditional power companies must plan for the future. “A fundamental rethink is now well underway about how energy gets produced, delivered, consumed,… Read More

Advanced Nuclear, Solar-Storage Projects Get DOE Funds
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced on January 15 that it was awarding up to $40 million each in cost-shared funding to Southern Co. and X-Energy to “support work to address key technical challenges to the design, construction, and operation… Read More

DOI to “Modernize” Coal Program, Halts New Leases in Meantime
Acting on President Obama’s desire to improve fossil fuel resource management and push the country toward a “clean energy” economy, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on January 15 that it is launching a comprehensive review of the… Read More

DOE Releases Grid Modernization Blueprint
A new grid modernization blueprint released by the Department of Energy (DOE) on January 14 seeks to integrate conventional and renewable power sources with energy storage and efficiency measures, while ensuring the grid is resilient against cyberattacks and climate change… Read More

Want More?

Check out these stories from POWER's January 2016 issue and its sister publications:

Big Data and the Industrial Internet Meet the Power Plant

I4GEN: EPRI's Power Plant of Tomorrow Concept

Record Changes and Uncertainty Reshape the U.S. Utility Industry

Engage the Next Generation of Energy Leaders

Clean Power Plan Means Opportunities for Power Plants

THE BIG PICTURE: Future Coal Fleet

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