October 24, 2013

CPUC Issues Nation's First Energy Storage Mandate

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today unanimously established an energy storage target of 1,325 MW that California's largest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric, must meet by 2020. The… Read More »

EPA, EIA: Power Plant Carbon Emissions Saw Drastic Drop in 2012 (UPDATED)

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants plunged 10% in 2012 largely due to the coal-to-gas switch and a slight decrease in power production, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA)… Read More »

Agreement Sets Stage for Construction of New Nuclear Plant in UK

EDF Group and the UK Government have reached an agreement in principle on the key commercial terms for an investment contract for the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Finalization of this agreement and construction of the plant are… Read More »

Statoil Pulls Floating Offshore Wind Project in Maine

Norwegian energy company Statoil last week canceled its $120 million project to put four 3-MW wind turbines on floating spar-buoy structures 12 miles offshore of Maine's Boothbay Harbor. The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) had in January 2013 approved terms… Read More »

New Steam Generators Delivered to Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant

FirstEnergy Corp. announced that two new steam generators have arrived in Oak Harbor, Ohio, for the company’s 900-MW Davis-Besse nuclear plant. The new steam generators are scheduled for installation during the plant’s refueling outage next spring. Fabrication began in 2009… Read More »

Korean Utility Plans First Underground Combined Cycle Power Plant

The oldest power plant in South Korea is making way for something so new that no one has even attempted it before. Korea Midland Power Corp. (KOMIPO) announced earlier this year that Seoul Thermal Power Station, built in the 1930s, would… Read More »

NRG to Buy EME Assets for $2.6B

NRG Energy will buy nearly 8,000 MW of generation capacity across the U.S. from bankrupt power firm Edison Mission Energy (EME) for $2.6 billion. The company entered into a plan sponsor agreement to acquire almost all EME's assets, including EME's… Read More »

Want More? Check out these stories from POWER's October  2013 issue:NuScale Puts Single-Minded Focus on Small Modular Reactor Practical Considerations for Converting Boilers to Burn Gas  Reciprocating Engines Continue to Be Flexible Workhorses Reducing SCR Fly Ash Accumulation with Improved Reactor Inlet Airflow LNG Exports: Who Gets to Decide?From POWER's sister publications:California Boosts Grid Flexibility with Another Fast-Start Plant Electrical Area Classification in Coal-Fired Power Plants Carbon Dioxide and the Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

 

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