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Oglethorpe Power approved to build plant
Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Oglethorpe Power Corp. announced Wednesday it has received final approval from its 39 member cooperatives to build a 605-megawatt natural gas power plant, potentially in Smarr. More...
DWP drops plan to build 85-mile power transmission line across the desert
Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Facing enormous costs and fierce opposition from environmental groups, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Wednesday announced that it has dropped plans to build an 85-mile-long "green" power transmission line across desert wilderness preserves and scenic ridgelines. More...
DEC acts to cut fish kills at utilities: Equipment would save aquatic life in rivers; but cost is a major concern
Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Power plants could face costly new requirements intended to prevent water intakes from killing massive amounts of fish and fish eggs, under a proposal announced Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. More...
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German antitrust authority proposes coal plants sell-off
Mar 11 - Power Engineering International - Utilities including RWE and E. ON could be forced to sell coal fired power plants in exchange for extended operations at their nuclear power plants, under proposals by the German Federal Antitrust Office. Nuclear power plants are Germany's most profitable largescale power generators and investors in E.ON, RWE, Energie BadenWuerttemberg (EnBW) and Sweden's Vattenfall were eyeing billions of euros of extra profits. The German government wants to change a law requiring the nuclear plants to be shutdown by the mid- 2 02 Os. More...
Firms pick windy Nevada for turbine plant
Mar 11 - United Press International - Two U.S. firms and one from China said Thursday they planned to build a 320,000-square-foot wind turbine manufacturing plant in Nevada. U.S. Renewable Energy Group, a private equity firm, along with A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd of Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, said they were working with American Nevada Co., a real estate development firm, to chose a site for the plant that would provide 1,000 manufacturing jobs, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Bruce Deifik, president The Greenspan Corp., parent of American Nevada, said the companies were scouting the Las Vegas Valley for up to 1,000 acres of property to build a wind turbine plant. More...
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