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State Agencies Object to Xcel Energy, Southern Power Deal

August 15, 2019 admin Business, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, mankato energy center, Markets, news, power plant, Southern Company, southern power, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:43:44 +0000

Xcel Energy’s effort to purchase a 760-MW natural gas combined cycle facility in Mankato, Minnesota, from Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, is meeting resistance from two state agencies. The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recommended the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission […]

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Isko’s anti-‘botcha’ campaign in full gear

July 25, 2019 admin arranque, botcha, double dead, Isko Moreno, Latest News Stories, Manila, Markets, meat, Metro, Sta Cruz, tainted

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:45:31 +0000

The Manila Veterinary Inspection Board (VIB) on Thursday (JUly 25) seized 272 kilograms of tainted, or more commonly known as “double dead”, goat and chicken meat in operations around Manila.

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A Brief History of GE Gas Turbines

July 8, 2019 admin abb, aeroderivatives, alstom, b-class, baglan bay, bbc, belle isle station, blackout, Business, condensers, Distributed Generation, dln, e-class, EDF, Environmental, f-class, frame machines, France, g-class, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ge gas power, gt13e, gt24, gt26, gt26 he, h-class, h-class system, History, hrsgs, Infographics, International, j-class, lm, Malaysia, market competition, Markets, neuchâtel, NOx, purpa, Renewables, Research and Development, slideshows, steam turbines, Technology, timeline, tit, turbine inlet temperature, uk

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000

July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]

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How to Position Your Power Company for the Future

July 1, 2019 admin Business, business model, connected plant, iiot, iiot power, Markets, news, position company for future, power company, pwc, survey, Technology, utility platform player, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 04:00:46 +0000

Faced with the challenge of making the right moves to accommodate a swiftly changing energy ecosystem, one question draws into sharp focus for generators and the entire power and utilities industry: What will their role become in the years ahead, considering evolving portfolio mixes and changing industry dynamics? Leaders know there’s a very real possibility […]

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The Clean Energy Conundrum

July 1, 2019 admin awea, clean energy, climate change, Environmental, iea, international energy agency, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Renewables, report, scottmadden, seia, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The worldwide movement toward a clean energy future is barreling ahead. Most clean energy advocates seem to focus on wind and solar power as their resources of choice, and it shows, as the installed capacity

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Chile Presents a Coal Exit Plan

June 30, 2019 admin acciona, Argentina, Business, chile, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, engie, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, International, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, solar thermal, T&D, Technology, transmission, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June announced it would mothball eight coal plants, totaling 23 GW, of its existing 28-plant coal fleet over the

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New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Farm Will Be a Mammoth 1.1-GW Ørsted Project

June 25, 2019 admin block island, bpu, Business, climate change, Environmental, general, hornsea 1, Markets, New Jersey, news, njbpu, ocean wind, offshore wind, Ørsted, pseg, Renewables, solicitation, supply chains, Technology, walney extension, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:44:45 +0000

Danish renewables firm Ørsted’s 1.1-GW Ocean Wind project is the winner of New Jersey’s first award for offshore wind, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) said on June 21. Ørsted, with support from Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG’s) non-utility affiliate, vied for the award with two other offshore wind developers that submitted bids […]

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Apagón: A Blackout Sweeps South America

June 25, 2019 admin apagon, Argentina, blackout, Business, Coal, Gas, grid disturbance, Hydro, hydropower, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, paraguay, Power Demand, reliability, Renewables, T&D, Technology, Transmission Lines, Uruguay

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:33:26 +0000

Authorities have initiated a far-reaching investigation into an unprecedented blackout that on June 16 hit a wide swath of South America—most of Argentina and Uruguay, and parts of Paraguay—affecting tens of millions of people. The massive blackout—apagón—is thought to have originated in a disturbance that affected two high-voltage lines, Colonia Elia Y Mercedes and Colonia […]

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EPA Finalizes ACE Rule, Replaces Clean Power Plan

June 19, 2019 admin ace rule, america's power, bser, Business, Carbon Capture, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, D.C. Circuit, EPA, heat rate, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, nrdc, nreca, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:23:20 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule to formally replace the Obama administration’s controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP). Like the CPP, the ACE rule will regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), and it will be founded firmly on the agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding. However, the ACE rule focuses on the nation’s […]

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Future May Not Be as Rosy as It Seems for Natural Gas [PODCAST]

June 13, 2019 admin bcg, boston consulting group, Business, Gas, Markets, natural gas, news, podcast, power podcasts, report

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:44:14 +0000

The natural gas industry is doing quite well and the future looks bright to many observers. “We’re at a really great moment for the natural gas industry in the U.S. Production is growing dramatically. Shale continues to provide tremendous improvements technologically, bringing the cost down and growing the production, extending access to U.S. gas. At […]

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