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Shaw Areva requests construction extension for MOX fuel facility
The Shaw Areva MOX Services consortium asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for an extension to complete construction of the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility in South Carolina.
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Report: US solar reaches 16 GW of installed capacity
In the second quarter of 2014, the U.S. solar market has seen more than half a million homes and businesses utilizing solar power.
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Hillary Clinton: US should lead on clean energy
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday the U.S. should become what she called the world's 21st-century clean energy superpower, during remarks resembling both a campaign speech...
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PPL Montana receives approval to sell 11 hydroelectric facilities
PPL Montana, a subsidiary of PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL), has received approval from the Montana Public Service Commission to sell 11 hydroelectric power plants to NorthWestern Energy Corp. (NYSE:NWE). The...
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Hitachi teams with US universities to research ways to burn transuranics in...
Hitachi has teamed with the University of California Berkley, University of Michigan and MIT to find a better way to dispose of long-lived transuranic elements.
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Vermont's largest public solar project enters construction phase
AllEarth Renewables entered the construction phase on nearly 5-MW of solar projects to provide power to 12 state government facilities in Vermont.
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Work begins on $1 billion solar plant in Nevada
Company and federal officials have marked the start of construction on a $1 billion solar power generating station in the desert 50 miles south of Las Vegas.
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09/03 Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices
The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
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California regulator: alter nuclear plant deal
The state regulator overseeing the closure of Southern California's San Onofre nuclear power plant said that a proposed settlement outlining who pays for the work needs to be a better deal for consumers.
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Iran arrests suspected nuclear plant saboteur
An Iranian newspaper says authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country's sole nuclear power plant.
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Susquehanna nuclear Unit 2 turbine blades may be cracking
PPL Susquehanna shut down Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania after monitoring showed the possible development of turbine blade cracks.
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Atkins completes acquisition of U.S.-based nuclear business
UK-based Atkins completed its acquisition of Nuclear Safety Associates (NSA), an engineering and technical services firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Areva to continue processing used fuel from Belgium research reactor
The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) extended Areva’s contract to manage the used fuel from the BR2 research reactor.
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Several East Coast reactors offline for service
While 96 of the 100 commercial nuclear units in the United States are generating electricity, a few reactors in the East went offline in recent days and most cited maintenance as the reason.
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Feds issue 'take' permit for 30-MW Block Island wind farm
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Deepwater Wind Block Island LLC (DWBI) to take marine...
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DOE official: WIPP may not reopen for years
Officials with the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) say it may be years before the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico will reopen.
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EIA: Geothermal electricity generation to quadruple by 2040, mostly in...
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that geothermal electricity generation could more than quadruple by 2040, increasing to over 67,000 GW-hr and helping California and other states...
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Kansas gov. open to phasing out renewable energy portfolio standard
Gov. Sam Brownback says he's open to proposals for phasing out a renewable energy requirement for Kansas utilities because policies aimed at nurturing the wind industry shouldn't remain in place forever.
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Nooter/Eriksen awarded first North American HRSG behind the Mitsubishi M501J...
Nooter/Eriksen was recently awarded the contract from Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) to design and supply one Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) behind the Mitsubishi M501J gas turbine for the GRDA...
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