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Nominations now open for 2010 Projects of the Year awards!

The deadline is August 27 to nominate your project as one of the best of 2010.

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Settlement reached over South Texas nuclear dispute

NRG Energy and CPS Energy come to agreement over ownership of South Texas Nuclear Project.

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Can natural gas replace

A recent study looks at whether excess combined cycle capacity can displace coal. The report could influence Congress.

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Southern first to receive $8bn nuclear loan guarantee

President Obama announces company to receive $8 billion in government-backed funds to build first nuclear plant in nearly 30 years.

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Solar power to be purchased by PG&E (Mar 9, 2010)

First Solar, Inc. signed a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) with power generated from a 300 MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility under development in California.

Coal-fired power plant to get carbon capture demonstration (Mar 9, 2010)

NRG Energy Inc. will receive up to $154 million from the Department of Energy and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit at the company's 3,564 MW WA Parish coal-fired power plant in Texas.

3-D design for materials handling systems (Mar 9, 2010)

Software allows creating "intelligent" 2-D drawings that correlate to a 3-D design package.

Carbon capture marketing collaboration formed (Mar 9, 2010)

Fluor Corp. and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. have formed an alliance with Fluor's Power Group to market and sell carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture systems for existing coal-fired power plants in the United States and Canada.

GE nuclear power company to help Italy build plants (Mar 9, 2010)

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) signed an agreement with Milan's EnergyLab Foundation to support Italy’s pursuit of nuclear power.

World stocks up as US job data lift recovery hopes (Mar 8, 2010)

Nuclear energy gets new French-driven boost (Mar 8, 2010)

Power in Luzon to remain lean (Mar 8, 2010)

Neah Power Systems Renewable Energy On and Off the Grid (Mar 8, 2010)

Green Energy Resources Receives One Year, 300,000 Ton Renewable Energy Woodchip Contract Valued at $20 Million for Europe; GRGR Reports 1 Million Tons of Feedstock Inventory Valued Over $25 Million (Mar 8, 2010)

A Retiring Utility CEO Looks to the Future

Roger Duncan, general manager of Austin Energy, spoke at our renewable energy conference Feb. 23. It was one of his last speeches as GM; he retired at the beginning of March. He offered a look ahead at what forms of generation will likely dominate. And he...

Chilean earthquake points to electric power generation's role in disaster recovery

The recent eqrthquakes in Haiti and Chile offer reminders of how vulernable infrastructure can be affected by natural or man-made disasters. I discussed the role that power systems play in disaster recovery with two experts at Renewable Energy World...

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