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Retrofits & Upgrades Headline News
Dubai's DEWA signs gas turbine, substation upgrade contracts with Ansaldo Energia, Areva T&D (Jul 12, 2010)

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has signed three project development contracts worth Dh522m ($142.2m) as the utilities company upgrades facilities to meet an uptick in demand.

Plans to replace coal-fired generation with natural gas approved (Jun 10, 2010)

The North Carolina Utilities Commission gave Progress Energy the green light to build a 620 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant at the Sutton plant.

GE steam turbines to boost output, efficiency of Saudi Electricity Company's Qurayyah plant (May 18, 2010)

GE has received a contract worth nearly $300m to supply five steam turbines for a major expansion of the Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) Qurayyah Open Cycle Power Plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

PG&E denied extension for 1,120 MW gas-fired plant (Sep 25, 2009)
The California Energy Commission rejected a request by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) for a five-year extension on the construction of a 1,120 MW natural gas-fired power plant.
Magazine Articles on Retrofits & Upgrades

Coal-fired unit to be shut down - POWER-GEN WorldWide
... will cost approximately $360 million. It will now operate Unit 3 through 2013 instead of investing in upgrades. As part of the agreement ...

Dubai's DEWA signs gas turbine, substation upgrade contracts ...
... Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has signed three project development contracts worth Dh522m ($142.2m) as the utilities company upgrades facilities to meet ...

APPA report probes the cost of natural gas-fired expansion - POWER ...
... association by Aspen Environmental Group. The research uncovered no instances of coal plant retrofits to natural gas. Virtually all of the ...

EPA transport rule sets fast-track for compliance - POWER-GEN ...
... the rules near term. “We’re wrapping up a very significant environmental retrofits program we started in 2004. A lot of our ...

Power industry expects improving market with renewables leading ...
... that the next five years would see renewable energy projects dominating the market, with 28 per cent believing that refurbishments and plant upgrades would make ...

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EPA denies climate change challenges (Jul 29, 2010)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities and threatens human health and the environment.

Weekly Coal Update (Jul 29, 2010)

The Weekly Coal Update is a compilation of the amount of coal produced in the U.S. every week.

NERC assesses climate change impacts on bulk power through 2050 (Jul 29, 2010)

Climate change initiatives will require substantial changes to the bulk power system, the North American Electric Reliability Corp.announced in its Reliability Impacts of Climate Change Initiatives report.

GSE awarded $7mn to build nuclear simulators (Jul 29, 2010)

GSE Systems Inc. has received $7 million of new work in its nuclear simulation sector.

Alstom signs MoU with Iraq to develop generating capacity, grid infrastructure (Jul 29, 2010)

Patrick Kron, CEO of Alstom has, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iraq's ministry of oil and electricity, for the development and modernization of the war-torn nation's power infrastructure.

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