Xcel Energy filed a plan with the Colorado Public Utility Commission to retire or retrofit several coal-fired units to comply with the state’s Clean Air Clean Jobs Act.

Edison International said installing required emission control systems at six Illinois coal-fired power plants could cost a maximum of $1.2 billion.

The Philippines’ STEAG State Power Incorporated plans to increase the capacity of its 232 MW coal fired power plant by 150 MW in an effort to help reverse the region’s power supply deficiency.

Enbridge will now participate in the development of Canada’s Project Pioneer, one of the country’s first fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects involving retrofitting a coal-fired power plant.

Emerson Process Management has received two contracts to modernize the control systems at Ekibastuz GRES-1, Kazakhstan’s largest power plant that produces 13 per cent of the country’s power.

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.