TVA Coal Ash Cleanup Passes Milestone; Columbia River Crossing Project Scrapped
The TVA passes a milestone in their cleanup of a massive 2008 coal ash spill, and funding falls through for $3.6-billion Columbia River crossing.
View ArticleFeds Tell Duke To Improve Nuke Plant Fire Controls
Federal regulators say Duke Energy failed to meet a deadline to install a fire protection system at the Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca.
View ArticleChicago's SoCore Energy To Be Purchased By California Utility
California's Edison International is planning to acquire Chicago-based startup SoCore Energy, which designs and installs rooftop solar panel systems for big retailers and commercial clients.
View ArticleIberdrola Out Of Chile With Hydroelectric Power Sale
Spanish utility Iberdrola has completed its exit from the Chilean energy market, having sold its majority stake in hydropower project operator Empresa Electrica Lican (EEL) as part of a divestment...
View ArticleABO Announces Agenda For Annual Algae Biomass Summit
An opening panel on the latest developments in algae-derived biofuels will include Paul Woods, CEO of Florida-based Algenol Biofuels and CJ Warner, CEO and president of Sapphire Energy ....
View ArticleResearchers Are Being Challenged To Develop New Uses For Captured Carbon
Produced via partial oxidation of a carbon source (coal, natural gas or biomass) using air and steam, syngas is a feedstock for refineries, chemical processes and power generation. It is most commonly...
View ArticleWestern Group Submits Proposal For Nuclear Power
A consortium of Western utilities and a nuclear reactor designer have submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to build a small nuclear reactor to meet future demand for carbon-free power.
View ArticleHess Taps Goldman Sachs For Retail Network Selloff
Hess Corp. has selected Goldman Sachs group Inc. to sell its gas station network as it moves toward becoming a strictly exploration-and-production company, according to a report by the Wall Street...
View ArticleEnergy Companies Say Releasing CO2 Data Would Jeopardize Trade Secrets
"Shhhh ... don't tell anybody how much we're wrecking the climate ... that's a trade secret." Energy and chemical companies are urging the Obama administration to dump a proposal on greenhouse gas...
View ArticleEnergy Chief Tries To Spark Clean Coal Under Obama Plan
The U.S. Energy Department said it is restructuring a loan guarantee program designed to reduce carbon emissions from coal, oil and natural gas after an effort focused solely on coal failed to back any...
View ArticleAre We Really Okay With A Uranium Mine Next Door To The Grand Canyon?
Like many Americans on summer road trips through the Southwest, Sierra Club Executive Director, Michael Brune, and his family recently visited the Grand Canyon. While they no doubt enjoyed the majesty...
View ArticleGroup To Explore Position On Bringing Nuclear Waste To SRS
Savannah River Site's Citizens Advisory Board appears divided over whether the group should oppose or support any future plan to bring spent nuclear fuel to the area for storage and possible reprocessing.
View ArticleErie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. Statement
In response to a notice issued today by Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Erie Boulevard Hydropower states that it operates more than 70 hydroelectric facilities in the U.S....
View ArticleNew York Power Grid Ready For Heat Wave, Despite Reactor Shutdown
The two Indian Point reactors, located on the Hudson River about 40 miles north of Manhattan in the town of Buchanan, can generate 2,037 MW of energy, which is about a quarter of the power used in New...
View ArticleFreedom From Gas? We're Getting There
One of the more intriguing alternatives under study by VW's Audi brand would use excess wind power, water and CO2 emissions to create synthetic natural gas -something could obviate the need for the...
View Article35-Year-old Coal Miner Dies In Southern Illinois
Peabody Energy is identifying a miner killed in an underground coal mine in southern Illinois as a 35-year-old Galatia man.
View ArticleState's Solar Credit Program Reaches Turning Point
After reaching two major milestones this spring, the rise of solar power in Massachusetts is at a crossroads as state regulators wrestle with how to keep the industry humming along while trimming the...
View ArticleWestport Innovations Acquires BAF Technologies And ServoTech Engineering
By acquiring these two subsidiaries of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Westport will have a stronger presence in the U.S. light-duty natural gas vehicle industry.
View Article700 Pounds Of Shrimp Seized From Vessel In Gulf Of Mexico
A joint effort by the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration resulted in the seizure of 700 pounds of illegally-caught shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana waters.
View ArticleIraq Picks Greece's MEKTA For Al-Anbar Power Plant Project
Iraq's electricity ministry has awarded Greek construction firm METKA a contract for the construction of a combined cycle plant at Al-Anbar. Under the contract, METKA's second in Iraq, the company is...
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