Siemens Energy said it has received its first order for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine in North America.

Shareholders with Thomas & Betts Corp., a North American manufacturer of electrical and utility products, voted to approve a merger agreement with ABB for $72 per share.

The Government of Canada has reviewed recommendations made in the Environmental Assessment Report of the Joint Review Panel (JRP) for the Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project in Ontario and has determined the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

Enel Green Power (EGP), the renewable energy unit of Enel Group, inaugurated a 26 MW solar-geothermal hybrid project in Churchill County, Nev.

FMC Corp. on May 2 launched FMC Environmental Solutions, a new division that integrates the company's products and solutions that prevent or remediate contamination of air, soil and water.

First Wind on May 1 started major construction on its first wind project in Washington state, the 105 MW Palouse Wind in northern Whitman County.

FirstEnergy cannot close its Ashtabula, Eastlake, Bay Shore and Lakeshore coal-fired power plants in Ohio until 2015.

The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. (B&W PGG), has received full notice to proceed for the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a waste-to-energy power plant and environmental control equipment for the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Alstom has been awarded a hydro rehabilitation contract worth approximately $30 million by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired a 10 MW utility-scale solar project near Kingman, Ariz., from Solon Corp.

DTE Energy, the Detroit-based utility, said it has awarded contracts totaling $35 million in new business to Michigan companies as part of its Pure Michigan Business Connect Initiative commitment.

On April 26, Hydro-Québec informed the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) of a heavy water leak in the reactor building at the 675 MW Gentilly 2 nuclear power plant near Bécancour, Quebec.

Pratt and Whitney Power Systems said it has been awarded a contract to deliver a 13 MW biomass heat recovery power plant for West Fraser Timber Co. in British Columbia, Canada.

The Hawaii Department of Education partnered with Hawaii Pacific Solar (HPS), Conergy and RC Energy to complete a series of solar power installations at public schools on Oahu in Hawaii.

PIC Group Inc. entered into an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Texas-based Golden Spread Electric Co-op Inc (GSEC).

Invenergy Wind LLC has announced that it has closed debt financing for its 200 MW California Ridge Wind Energy project, which is under construction in central Illinois.

Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) have released a report analyzing the September 2011 blackout that left 2.7 million customers in Southern California, Arizona and Baja, Calif. in the dark.

A Brazilian court has ruled that a work stoppage on the country's 11,200 MW Belo Monte hydroelectric project is illegal.

An environmental group has filed an appeal to once again stop construction of a $2.88 billion integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant in Kemper County, Miss.