Power Plant Retrofits & Upgrades

Power plant operations and maintenance news covering retrofits, upgrades and improvements at power plants.

Plant Retrofits & Upgrades News

Nuclear power plant maintenance contract awarded to Shaw

05/16/2012 The Shaw Group Inc. said it has signed a new contract with Wolf Creek Nu...

Study evaluates MISO challenges for MATS compliance

05/15/2012 In a study commissioned by the Midwest Independent Transmission System O...

DOE commits $47mn to university-led nuclear research

05/09/2012 Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on May 8 said more than $47 million in sc...

Minnesota Power announces emissions control plan for Boswell 4

05/09/2012 Minnesota Power has announced plans to upgrade Boswell Energy Center Uni...

Alstom wins LADWP hydro rehabilitation contract

05/02/2012 Alstom has been awarded a hydro rehabilitation contract worth approximat...

Cook nuclear power unit returns to service

04/30/2012 Indiana Michigan Power’s Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 returned to service A...

Coal-fired power plant retrofit to be performed by B&W Canada

04/30/2012 The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wil...

Nuclear power unit returns to service

04/27/2012 Southern Co. said workers brought Unit 1 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear...

UPDATED: Carbon capture and storage project in Canada shuttered

04/27/2012 TransAlta Corp. said it has abandoned plans to build the $1.4 billion Pr...

PacifiCorp: Coal-fired power fleet upgrades may cost $1bn

04/25/2012 PacifiCorp, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, ...