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Friday, April 4, 2014

Power Engineering's Top Stories 4/4

Top Stories
Kemper coal-fired power plant cost jumps $177M
Southern Co.’s (NYSE: SO) Kemper County, Miss., coal-fired power plant project will exceed its already over budget of $5 billion by $177 million.
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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas names new President and CEO
David Walsh has been named president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc. Walsh took the office effective April 1 and is responsible for all aspects of the business in the western hemisphere.
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Second nuclear power operator in Japan asks for bailout
Kyushu Electric said it was in talks with the Japan-owned Development Bank of Japan to buy 1 billion yen ($9.6 million) of preferred stock in the company. Hokkaido Electric Power Co. asked the same bank for a $486 million lifeline on Tuesday.
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Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas seek proposals for natural gas pipeline
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) are seeking proposals to build and operate a major wholesale natural gas pipeline into North Carolina.
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The Week's Most Read Articles
GE releases new 9HA and 7HA natural gas turbines
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has announced it will be releasing the 7HA and 9HA air-cooled gas turbines, according to a report from Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide.
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Operators of coal-fired power plants decide how to meet MATS 2015 deadline
Operators of coal-fired power plants throughout the U.S. are creating strategies to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) by the April 2015 deadline.
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GHG permit issued for natural gas-fired power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a greenhouse gas (GHG) permit for El Paso Electric’s planned natural gas-fired power plant in Texas.
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Settlement reached over San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station closing costs
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) reached a settlement on Thursday with Southern California Edison (SCE), The Utility Reform Network (TURN) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA) over the costs associated with the closing of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
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More Headlines
Duke sues Westinghouse over canceled nuclear power plant contract
Jacobs to support new nuclear reactor builds in the UK
APUC acquires remaining stake in wind energy portfolio for $115mn
Dominion CEO elected Chair of Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Dominion acquires six California solar projects
TEPCO gets new leader as Fukushima fuel assembly transfer reaches milestone
Japan’s Hokkaido Electric Power seeks $486mn bailout
NYISO appoints Daniel B. More to Board of Directors
Interactive Map: Watch how fast wind farms have spread across the US
Solar thermo plant to be built alongside geothermal plant in Nevada
NRC approves transfer of nuclear operating licenses from CENG to Exelon
EPA’s emissions proposal sent to White House
Kazakhastan nuclear company head suspected of embezzlement
NRG Energy completes acquisitions of EME, Dominion retail electricity business
Renewable energy leads new power generation in U.S. for February
Areva begins testing of Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant I&C system
ENEC joins EPRI’s nuclear research program
EDF Renewables unit orders Vestas wind turbines for Texas project
NJR Clean Energy Ventures completes solar power project
Long Island adds 100 MW of solar power through 76 projects
Vermont Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning approved
NRC denies request to delay restart of St. Lucie nuclear reactor
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