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EPA releases finalized boiler MACT rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized changes to Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators, also known as the Boiler MACT.
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Letter raises concerns about Oconee, Indian Point nuclear plants
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), outgoing chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, received a letter Wednesday accusing the NRC and Dept. of Homeland Security of...
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NextEra Energy Resources sells hydro assets
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement to sell all of its equity interests in White Pine Hydro Investments, LLC, which indirectly owns 351 MW...
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Salt River Project to buy part of Sempra natural-gas plant
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has entered into a definitive agreement to sell one 625 MW block of its 1,250 MW Mesquite Power natural gas-fired power plant to the Salt River Project (SRP) Agricultural...
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DTE Energy completes Thumb Wind Park
DTE Energy has completed construction and started commercial operation of the Thumb Wind Park in Huron and Sanilac counties, Michigan.
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Watts Bar 2 on track and on budget
The Watts Bar unit 2 build is meeting budget targets and on schedule for completion in 2015.
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Hitachi, Lithuania nuclear talks continue
Talks between the new center-left government of Lithuania and Hitachi Ltd surrounding proposed new nuclear build are ongoing despite recent hurdles.
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NextEra Energy Canada completes Ontario wind project
NextEra Energy Canada, ULC, has announced that its affiliate Conestogo Wind, LP, has completed construction and brought into service its 22.9 MW Conestogo Wind Energy Centre.
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Hawaiian wind project completed
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy have completed the 21 MW Auwahi Wind facility. The project includes eight new wind turbines on the southeast ridge of Maui's Haleakala volcano.
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Port Allen solar facility completed
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) (A&B) and Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) have announced the completion of construction of A&B's 6 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility at Port...
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Lisa P. Jackson resigns as EPA administrator
Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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NRC: No threat from gas lines at Indian Point
The NRC has dismissed concerns that natural gas pipelines near the Indian Point nuclear facility pose a threat to the plant.
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Japan set for nuclear showdown
Days after Japan’s pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party was swept back to power in a landslide, millions of the country’s citizens have signed a petition demanding the phase out of nuclear power.
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NuScale taps Fluor exec for CEO
The Oregon-based company NuScale has hired former Fluor executive John L. Hopkins to replace the company’s co-founder Paul Lorenzini as CEO.
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Utah nixes nuclear waste storage facility
Plans to park radioactive waste at a storage facility in Utah have been officially called off.
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Toshiba in talks to sell portion of Westinghouse nuclear unit
Toshiba Corp is in talks to sell up to 16% of its stake in the Westinghouse Electric Co. nuclear power unit.
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Settlement agreement limits cost recovery at Edwardsport
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) on Dec. 27 modified and approved a settlement agreement reached in the Duke Energy Indiana case involving the revised cost estimate for the new...
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Operators Restart Unit 2 at PPL Susquehanna
Unit 2 at the PPL Susquehanna nuclear power plant near Berwick, Pa. resumed generating electricity on Dec. 28. The unit had been shut down since Dec. 16.
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Canadian Solar purchases two solar projects
Canadian Solar Inc. has acquired a majority interest in two utility-scale solar power projects in Ontario with a total capacity of approximately 24 MW DC.
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Kvaerner awarded contract for gas-fired power plant in Delaware
Kvaerner North American Construction Inc. and its joint venture partner, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., have received a contract effective Dec. 31 from Calpine Garrison LLC, a subsidiary of Calpine Corp.,...
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