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Virginia Power to upgrade 13 plants

Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Peter Bacque Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. - Virginia is virtually getting a power plant that doesn't use any fuel, thanks to Dominion Virginia Power. More...

Energy waste creates hydrogen fuel

MADISON, Wis., Mar 16, 2010 -- UPI - U.S. scientists say they have created a simple and cost-effective technology that uses small amounts of waste energy to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel. More...

Leading Analyst Firm Lists Ventyx Solution at Xcel Energy Among "Handful" of Worldwide Virtual Power Plant Projects

Ventyx - Ventyx, the world's largest private software, data and advisory services provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced that the successful implementation of its Smart Grid Operations solution at Xcel Energy has been recognized by leading industry analyst firm IDC Energy Insights as one of the few Virtual Power Plant (VPP) projects currently being deployed around the world. more...

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Metso delivers power plant automation to Kuopion Energia in Finland

Metso Automation - Metso has signed an agreement with Kuopion Energia Oy to deliver power plant automation, turbine controller and electrostatic precipitator control to the new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Haapaniemi, in the city of Kuopio, Finland. more...

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...

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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...

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...

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. -- Faulkner Power Plant Achieves New Output Record

Mar 11 - Business Wire - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, OTCBB: NGLPF) is pleased to announce that work to replace the damaged power cable systems at the Faulkner 1 plant has enabled all three turbine generator units to be placed into operation and for the Company to re-establish commercial power production. More...

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