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Unit 1 of India’s long-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power plant, which reached commercial operations after 26 years of development this summer only to be shut down in September after a turbine accident, was brought back online on Dec. 8. The two-unit project in Tamil Nadu, a 2014 POWER Top Plant, began development in 1988 but spent […]

NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HEI)—two companies with substantial renewable energy resources—agreed on Dec. 3 to combine in a transaction valued at roughly $4.3 billion. Currently, NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light Co. (the third-largest electric utility in the U.S.), and NextEra Energy Resources (North America’s largest producer of […]

Although the official title of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Dec. 3 was “[Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s] Implementation of the Fukushima Near-T­erm Task Force Recommendations and other Actions to Enhance and Maintain Nuclear Safety,” much of the testimony focused on possible seismic problems in and around the Diablo Canyon nuclear power […]

Gratefully, 2014 has proven to be another banner year for National Steel City.

First and foremost, Southern Company, one of our nation’s largest electric utilities, awarded NSC their coveted Triangle Safety Award for work performed in 2013.
The criteria to win the Triangle award:

Working a minimum of 100,000 man-hours;
AN OSHA Recordable Incident Rate of .50 or below;
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed carbon rules for existing power plants amassed more than 1.6 million remarks before the public comment period ended on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of what states, regulators, industry groups, and environmental alliances told the agency about its Clean Power Plan.  States Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, […]

E.ON—a major investor-owned energy supplier that manages facilities across Europe, Russia, North America, Brazil, and Turkey—announced this week that it will embark on a new corporate strategy focused on renewables, distribution networks, and customer solutions, while combining its power generation, global energy trading, and exploration and production businesses into a new, independent company. “We are […]

The drop in world oil prices, given added impetus by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC’s) decision on Nov. 27 not to cut production, may pose a threat to shale gas production in the U.S. Crude oil prices have fallen substantially since reaching a peak of around $110/barrel this past July, hitting a low […]

FULFILL YOUR HOLIDAY WISHLIST WITH THE 5500sc SILICA ANALYZER

Have you thought about how you would spend your Hach Holiday Product Bonus? How about a new silica analyzer for your Power Plant?

 
 
Here are some suggestions on how to spend $10,000 and get $500 in Hach Holiday Product Bonus:

Purchase:     5500sc Silica Analyzer          

Austin, Texas, is one of the hottest real-estate markets in the U.S. One of the prime new properties in the Texas capital is Seaholm, a $130 million project on some eight acres of prime downtown land