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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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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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3-D design for materials handling systems

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

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Can red be greener than blue?

Austin Energy's Roger Duncan explains what strategies make the politically conservative state greener than California.

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Removing trace contaminants from flue gas desulfurization wastewater

Wet flue gas desulfurization scrubbers work to clean coal's emissions. But what keeps the scrubbers clean?

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March 16 Henry Hub average natural gas spot prices (Mar 11, 2010)

These are the latest pricing points on the Henry Hub as of March 10, 2010.

Five hydroelectric power projects sold (Mar 11, 2010)

Great Lakes Utilities and Consolidated Water Power Co. (CWPCo), a unit of NewPage Corp, have signed a letter of intent to sell five CWPCo hydroelectric projects located along the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin.

Natural gas-fired plant faces extensive rebuilding after explosion (Mar 11, 2010)

Six buildings at the 620 MW Kleen energy natural gas-fired plant in Connecticut have been deemed unsafe by the city of Middletown's building official, according to an article with The Hartford Courant.

Siemens gas, steam turbine plant to be built in U.S. (Mar 11, 2010)

Siemens is planning to build a 60 Hz gas turbine production plant at its existing facility in Charlotte to provide manufacturing and servicing functions for the supply of its gas and steam turbines and generators to 60 Hz markets globally.

400 kW fuel cell certified to California standards (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - UTC Power has announced that its new 400 kW fuel cell system, the ‘PureCell’ Model 400, has been certified to meet the latest emission standards of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the strictest in the United States.

No say for power ministry in green panel irks Shinde (Mar 11, 2010)

n) ROBERT MORRIS (52) Min FG ;FT Reb A PF Pts. Robinson 31 [Derived Headline] (Mar 11, 2010)

Eden Twp. Switches Electric Suppliers (Mar 11, 2010)

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. - Faulkner Power Plant Achieves New Output Record (Mar 11, 2010)

Will RS turn into a sanctuary for men? (Mar 11, 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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