Recurrent Energy, a North American solar project developer, announced that three of its solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Sacramento County, Calif. have achieved commercial operation.

After delivering his planned speech to at the 2012 Nuclear Energy Assembly audience, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko on May 23 spoke to the media for the first time since he announced his resignation from the agency just two days prior.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license for the 1,250 MW Columbia Generating Station, located in Benton County, Wash., for an additional 20 years.

Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash has completed analysis and design optimizations for the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) in France in support of the ITER Fusion test reactor project.

Andes Mainstream Renewable Power has entered the first stages of developing a 162 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

APR Energy signed a new 100 MW contract in Latin America to provide its fast-track, temporary power solutions.

AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, announced that Inox Wind Limited, part of India's Inox Group, placed a follow-on order for 50 of AMSC's electrical control systems (ECS) for Inox's 2 MW wind turbines.

A new report prepared by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals that older generating units produce a disproportionate amount of emissions.

Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. (MNES) has opened its Charlotte Engineering Center to support the building of new nuclear power plants and supply replacement components, engineering and maintenance services for operating nuclear power facilities.

A CH2M HILL-led consortium has been awarded a $929 million contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a combined-cycle power plant, using GE technology, for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Australia.

Spectra Energy Corp. May 21 received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, which will transport natural gas supplies to Con Edison’s distribution markets in northern New Jersey and New York City.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy and Solar Water Heating Systems bill, which accelerates the target date for achieving the state’s renewable portfolio standard 2 percent solar carve-out by two years.

One worker suffered minor injuries after an explosion in a coal bunker at DTE Energy’s St. Clair coal-fired power plant in Michigan.

GE’s LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine technology has been selected for the 85 MW ALPEK Cogeneration project at its subsidiary Petrotemex’s site in Mexico.

Oregon-based Element Power Americas is working toward a Phase II to the already operational site at the 50 MW Macho Springs Wind Energy Facility in Luna County, N.M.

Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO) and Hu Honua Bioenergy have signed a power purchase agreement to provide Hawaii Island with 21.5 MW of capacity fueled by biomass.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings on the proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants.

The Shaw Group Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip for approximately $300 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the Energy & Chemicals Group’s debt and working capital levels at closing.

NRG Systems, a provider of wind measurement products, has announced that it will reduce its workforce by 18 employees in response to ongoing uncertainty and volatility in the global wind energy industry.