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Duke plans to reach 6,000 MW of renewable energy by 2020
Duke Energy has released its most recent sustainability report, which lists a goal of increasing the company’s renewable portfolio and reaching 6,000 MW of wind, solar and biomass power capacity by...
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Egypt restarting nuclear program with Russian help
Russia has agreed to assist Egypt in developing an indigenous nuclear energy program, an Egyptian government minister announced Monday.
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Areva wins spent fuel pool level instrumentation contract from Duke
AREVA has received a contract award to provide Duke Energy 20 VEGA Through-Air Radar Spent Fuel Pool Level Instrumentation (SFPLI) systems for the company’s nuclear energy plants, as well as a system...
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Fluor forms modular fabrication JV with Supreme Group
Fluor Corp. is combining it modular design abilities with Canada-based Supreme Group’s fabrication and construction expertise to form Supreme Modular Fabrication Inc.
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Safety violation found at VC Summer nuclear plant
Inspectors from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission have found a safety violation at the units under construction at the VC Summer nuclear plant.
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S&C Electric to procure, build solar PV project
S&C Electric Co. was awarded a $7.9 million contract by Green States Energy to provide procurement and construction services for a 2.5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm near Roswell, N.M.
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Consumers Energy confirms plans to mothball 320 MW coal fired power plant
Consumers Energy's president confirmed his company's decision to shut down the 320 MW coal-fired B.C. Cobb Generating Plant.
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Japan Nuclear Safety Institute and EPRI to collaborate
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today that the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI) will begin participating in a number of EPRI’s nuclear research programs.
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Steven Chu leaves DOE as Ernest Moniz awaits confirmation
As of April 22, Steven Chu has served his last day at the Department of Energy (DOE) as its secretary.
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EIA: Coal to recapture some of the energy market lost to natural gas
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts existing coal-fired power plants will regain some of the power generation market share lost to natural gas over the past few years as natural gas...
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Natural gas prices hit two-year high
Cutbacks in U.S. natural gas drilling and production and higher North American demand combined to decrease storage levels and raise prices above $4/mmbtu in the first quarter of 2013.
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Solectria inverters to be used at 2.15 MW solar project in Ohio
Melink Corp. has chosen Solectria Renewables LLC to provide the power inverters and web-based monitoring for a 2.15 MW solar power project at Cedarville University in Ohio.
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BITHENERGY, University of Maryland completed 3.66 MW solar power project
BITHENERGY and the University of Maryland Medical System have announced of a 3.66 MW solar power project in Somerset County, Md.
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Infigen signs two power pruchase agreements with SoCalEdison
Infigen Energy announced Tuesday that Infigen Energy US Development LLC has entered into two 20-year power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison to supply electricity from two solar...
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Old Dominion Electric Cooperative seeks to build natural gas-fired facility
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) will seek approval to construct a natural gas-fueled electric generation facility in Cecil County, Maryland.
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Southern Co. unit buys 139 MW solar power plant
A unit of Southern Co. bought the company's largest solar energy installation — the 139 MW Campo Verde Solar Project.
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Puget Sound Energy hydropower project reopens after overhaul
One of the Pacific Northwest's oldest power plants, the historic Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, is once again producing electricity for local homes and businesses following a three-year overhaul.
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Rats blamed again for Fukushima spent nuclear fuel pool troubles
Spent fuel pool cooling at the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant had to be halted to allow for the removal of two dead rats Monday.
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California school district to use solar power
RGS Energy, a unit of Real Goods Solar Inc., and Smart Energy Capital will provide 5.1 MW of solar power to the Stockton Unified School District in California valued at $20 million.
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Mississippi Power requests $600mn for Kemper County IGCC plant
Mississippi Power asked state regulators for an additional $600 million to build the Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant, bringing the cost up to $3.42 billion.
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