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Friday, January 23, 2015

Power Engineering's Top Stories 1/23

Top Stories
KCP&L to stop burning coal at six generating units
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) said it will stop burning coal at three of its coal-fired power plants.
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Republicans: Obama missed mark on energy issues during State of the Union
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union, and the first with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress. When referring to the energy sector, Obama mainly focused on his climate change plan.
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State of energy generation is strong, trade group officials say
The day after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, leaders of various energy industry sectors gathered in Washington, D.C. to say that the state of energy production is strong.
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Dynegy delays power plant acquisition to submit additional info to FERC
Dynegy Inc. announced that FERC has requested additional information to process and approve the company’s acquisition of Duke Energy’s Midwest Generation assets and retail business, and EquiPower Resources and Brayton Point Holdings assets.
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GE gas-fired turbines to power TVA coal replacement project
GE (NYSE: GE) will supply two natural gas-fired turbine generators to help in the replacement of a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee.
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EPC Firms: Are they Meeting the Needs of Power Generators?
In partnership with Power Engineering magazine, Flaspöhler Research Group of Kansas City performed an eye-opening survey of 64 key power generation executives to measure the utilization, performance and perceptions of EPC firms serving the power generation industry. Thirty two EPC firms were evaluated.
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Maine wood pellet company to build Turboden biomass power plant
Turboden, a company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) was chosen to supply a biomass-based Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plant in Maine.
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Rolls-Royce introduces new MTU Onsite Energy Genset
Rolls-Royce is introducing an MTU Onsite Energy generator set (genset) based on the new 12, 16 and 18-cylinder versions of the Series 2000 engine.
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More Headlines
Spanish spent nuclear fuel facility contracts awarded for $3.6mn
GOP leaning against job impact studies on energy law repeal
HydroVision Russia 2015 keynote address to include World Energy Council, Russian Federation involvement
Two workers in fatal accidents at Fukushima nuclear plant
Pattern increases share in Indiana wind farm project
Dungeness B nuclear power plant can operate another decade
B&W to supply supercritical coal-fired boiler, SCR to Vietnam power plant
Cavendish Nuclear continues work on EDF Energy gas-cooled reactors
Alabama carbon capture pilot-scale project begins testing
Community-funded wind farm completes NY environmental review
Dominion plans large-scaled solar project in Va.
USVI Tibbar Energy power plant to begin construction
First Wind wind turbine gearboxes to be rebuilt
Safety checks begin at MOX-fueled nuclear power project in Japan
Combined-cycle gas-fired turbine in the works for Oklahoma
Toshiba America Energy Systems names new president, CEO
2 groups back away from plan on New Mexico power plant
US Senate opens showdown with Obama over Iran sanctions
Regional power operator gives briefing on state of grid
Developer has plans to preserve Westinghouse atom smasher
VIDEO: Georgia Power updates 4Q work on Plant Vogtle reactors

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