POWERnews March 14, 2019
U.S. Will Build Nuclear Plants in India
The U.S. has agreed to build six nuclear power plants in India, according to a joint statement from the two countries issued March 13 in Washington, D.C. The countries held…
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POWER Notebook: Wyoming Moves to Save Coal Plants
A Wyoming bill designed to keep coal-fired power plants operating in the state was signed into law by the state’s governor last week, one of several developments worldwide that impacted…
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Energy Secretary Wants to Fast-Track U.S. LNG Export Projects
Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. continue to rise, as the use of natural gas for power generation increases in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan,…
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Power Companies Refute Findings of Widespread Coal Plant Groundwater Contamination

An estimated 91% of U.S. coal power plants that submitted groundwater monitoring data as required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule have unsafe levels…

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Myhrvold Pushes Advanced Nuclear at NRC Conference
Nathan Myhrvold, the long-time polymath idea man for Bill Gates, his former boss at Microsoft, on March 12 told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) annual regulatory information conference, “Energy is…
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VIDEO: Progress and Challenges to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the Japanese utility that took on the behemoth task of controlling and decommissioning the six-unit Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture after the March…
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An Inside Look at a State-of-the-Art Training Facility [PODCAST]
Royce Peters, senior technical coordinator for the Carpenters International Training Center (ITC) in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a guest on The POWER Podcast. The ITC is the largest and most-comprehensive…
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Germany's Coal Exit Bound to Be Complicated

Kazakhstan Adds New Solar Plant to Growing Renewables Capacity

POWER Digest [March 2019]

The Fallacy of Wind Power Generation

Industry Press Releases
Wood awarded construction contract from Siemens

MHPS’ H-100 Gas Turbine Gains Momentum with Multiple Qualifications

US Wind Urges Maryland Legislators to Increase Offshore Wind Capacity and Related Economic Development and Jobs

Sorgenia Turns to GE to Digitize Its Gas Power Plant Fleet in Italy

Brüel & Kjær Vibro installs their 3rd generation monitoring system at the Huntly power station in New Zealand

Wärtsilä delivers power plant on fast track to help Bahamas Power and Light improve system reliability
 
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