SWEPCO seeking regulatory approval to close lignite-fueled Dolet Hills Power Station
Louisiana-based utility Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) will file for regulatory approval before closing its coal-fired Dolet Hills Power station by the end of...
PPL begins celebration of 100 years of utility history
PPL Corp., which began in a small part of its native state and now extends over two continents, is kicking off the year-long...
DOE launches Grand Challenge to accelerate U.S. energy storage supply chain, deployment
The U.S. Department of Energy is accelerating
its commitment to developing large-scale energy storage technologies.
DOE Secretary Dan Brouillette
announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand...
Sempra Energy solidifies $10B in Texas investment with Houston regional HQ plan
San
Diego-based utility holding company Sempra Energy will build a “Center of Excellence”
facility in Houston.
Sempra’s emergence in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business has led...
Biofuel joint venture by Duke, Smithfield Foods goes into operation
Duke Energy and
a food processor have begun producing renewable natural gas from the waste at a
North Carolina hog plant.
Smithfield Foods, OptimaBio and Duke are...
AP: Navajo Nation maintains power line that carried coal-fired power
KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is spending close to $2
million to maintain access to a transmission line once used to send...
Dominion’s planned US offshore wind project could be world’s largest at 2.64 GW
Siemens Gamesa Renewable
Energy (SGRE) said that Dominion Energy named it the preferred supplier for
what could be the largest offshore wind farm in the world....
Doosan Heavy Industries deploying first large-class gas turbine for Korean demonstration project
South Korea has formally entered into the large gas turbine
global competition by starting locally.
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced late last month that it...
NRC to inspect clogged pipe situation at Cooper Nuclear Station
Federal
regulators will inspect a Nebraska nuclear power plant which had trouble
pumping water through a cooling system last month.
The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission announced it would conduct...
Train 2 at Gulf Coast export terminal now producing LNG
The second liquefaction train at a Louisiana Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas facility is now producing LNG for future export to global power generation...