Kuwait is considering the use of solar energy as an alternative to oil to produce energy, Saad Al-Showeib, the Managing Director of KPC said yesterday. more...
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The Senate Committee on Appropriations and Budget on Tuesday approved a lease agreement between the government and Alpine Energy Group for land on which Alpine plans to build a waste-to-energy plant near the Bovoni landfill. more...
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Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today released the following statement regarding Friday's decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve with conditions the proposed nuclear joint venture between Constellation Energy and EDF. more...
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PPL Corporation announced Monday (11/2) that its PPL Maine subsidiary has completed the sale of the majority of PPL Maine's hydroelectric generation business to Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, for approximately $81 million. more...
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Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced that its subsidiary, Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL), has signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) to acquire Unit 2 of the Acadia Energy Center, a 580-megawatt generating unit located near Eunice, Louisiana, from Acadia Power Partners, LLC (APP), an independent power producer. more...
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AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and the shareholders of
Megatran Electric Ltd today announced that they have signed an agreement for
AREVA T&D to acquire Megatran, the Canadian-based power transformer
manufacturer. more...
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As BP continues to focus its wind business on its major development portfolio in the US, it today announced the sale of its wind power interests in India. more...
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Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it has been awarded a prime contract from the U.S. more...
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The IAEA has released the latest update of its annual projections for the future of nuclear power, and both its low and high projections for 2030 are higher than they were last year. more...
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Elster Group, a technology and innovation driven world leader in smart metering and SmartGrid systems and solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of EnergyICT NV from its management. more...
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Babcock Power Inc. ("BPI") announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock Power Services Inc. ("Babcock Power Services"), has acquired all assets of Welding Technologies Inc. located in Gainesville, Georgia. Welding Technologies will be a division of Babcock Power Services, one of the four business segments within the BPI group of companies. more...
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Black & Veatch today announced a new, proprietary service offering that will help energy and water utilities quickly align their organizations with the rapidly changing business climate. more...
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Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that its chief executive officer and chairman of the board, LeRoy Nosbaum, will join a host of prestigious industry luminaries as keynote speaker at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum, March 8-10, 2009 in Washington, D.C. more...
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Len C. Rodman, Chairman, President and CEO of Black & Veatch, said today that stimulus funding in energy, transportation and water infrastructure will provide the greatest returns in achieving U.S. economic recovery, job growth, greater efficiency and productivity.
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Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today that it is sponsoring an "Implications of the Financial Crisis for the Energy Industry" executive briefing on Wednesday, January 14 in Houston, Texas. more...
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