11 March 2010 - UK-based measurement technology specialist Testo AG has introduced a 4-gas emissions analyser, enabling efficiency and pollution measurements to be taken on burners or engine generator sets.

11 March 2010 - A new steam flow measurement device from US-based McCrometer is said to be ideal for campus district energy facilities and eliminates many of the common equipment layout problems associated with steam processes in HVAC and cogeneration systems.

Petro-Canada Lubricants have announced that its SENTRON LD 5000 premium natural gas engine oil has been approved by GE Jenbacher for use in all of its Type 6 engines fuelled by natural gas, after accumulating more than 10,000 hours of service in each of two field trials.

Thailand’s largest chemical producer, PTT Chemical Public Company Limited, has signed a service agreement with GE to help ensure the long-term reliability of nine GE gas turbines at PTT Chemical’s site in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Thailand.

SunPower Corp. is designing and building a 1 MW solar power system in California. Project finance includes multiple funding sources, including clean renewable energy bonds and qualified energy conservation bonds available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

A U.S. House of Representatives Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony March 16 that the U.S. faces a potentially serious shortage of rare earth metals, without which next-generation wind turbines, hybrid vehicles, cell phones and national defense technologies don’t work.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to change its rules regarding how pressurized water reactor (PWR) operators can determine how likely a reactor vessel is to fail during a pressurized thermal shock (PTS) event.

Pattern Energy Group LP acquired the 283 MW Gulf Wind project Gulf Wind from Babcock & Brown. Gulf Wind includes 118 wind turbines and is on the Gulf Coast in Kenedy County, Texas.

Ameren Corp. (AEE) will file an application to combine three of the company's Illinois units into a single public utility that would be called Ameren Illinois.