Mississippi Power Co. has awarded Siemens Energy with a contract to supply to SGT6-PAC 5000F gas turbine packages to be installed at the 582 MW Kemper County IGCC power plant in Mississippi.

Results of a survey by Burns & McDonnell to characterize the U.S. utility flue gas desulfurization fleet and identify design trends.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sued DTE Energy seeking to halt an expansion to a coal-fired electric plant that the agency says will worsen air pollution in Michigan.

A three-judge panel reversed a judge’s ruling requiring the Tennessee Valley Authority to install upgraded emission controls at four coal-fired plants.

Fluor will supply its carbon capture technology to the 600 MW Trailblazer coal-fired power plant being developed by Tenaska in Texas.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

Analysis shows average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, a number of factors in the U.S. caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western U.S. compared to the first quarter of 2010.

RWE Innogy and German Pellets have inaugurated RWE's biomass-fuelled cogeneration station and the neighbouring pellet plant at the Wittgenstein industrial estate in Germany.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

FuelCell Energy has announced the sale of a 1.4 MW DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems for installation at the Olivera Egg Ranch, a poultry farm located in French Camp, California, US.