Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) recently made two appointments to an executive management team in a joint venture as part of the companies' agreement to change its leadership every four years. Read More »

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd., (MHPS) recently began construction of an integrated coal gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) facility for Hirono IGCC Power GK which will be the next-generation 540-megawatt capacity power plant. Read More »

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS) will provide a 97-megawatt steam turbine power-generation system to be used to process pulp and paper production in a Sumatra, Indonesia, mill. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Vogtle nuclear power plant’s two operating units and the agency’s assessment of the two units under construction during an open house on April 26 in the auditorium at Augusta Technical College’s Waynesboro Campus, 216 Highway 24 South in Waynesboro, Ga. Read More »

The announced closure of four nuclear power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania will have severe environmental and economic impacts, according to a new report released by The Brattle Group. Specifically, these closures would likely result in an increase of over twenty million metric tons of CO2 emissions, tens of thousands of tons of incremental air pollutants, and significantly higher electricity costs to consumers. Read More »

SandRidge Energy, Inc. ("SandRidge" or the "Company") (NYSE: SD) today announced that Michael L. Bennett, who has served on the Board since October 2016, has been appointed Chairman, replacing John V. Genova who has elected to retire from the Board, effective immediately. Read More »

A new chapter in American solar panel manufacturing is set to unfold with SunPower and SolarWorld Americas announcing SunPower's agreement to acquire 100 percent of the Hillsboro, Oregon-based SolarWorld Americas. Read More »

America's top companies are investing in solar in record amounts, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association's brand new Solar Means Business 2017 report, which tracks on-site commercial solar installations and ranks top corporate solar users. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Robinson nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy, during an open house on April 24 at the Hartsville Library, 147 College Ave., Hartsville, S.C. Read More »

As Gulf Power and other utility companies across the country prepare to celebrate National Lineman Appreciation Day April 18, we take time out to express our appreciation for hard work lineworkers do every day to keep the power flowing. We give a special nod to their families who support them. Read More »

By late afternoon last Friday people had already begun lining up outside the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in anticipation of their entry to the IAEA, which participated in the Long Night of Research, Austria’s biggest science event for the public. Read More »

Zhili Feng, a research at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the International Institute of Welding (IWW) "for lifetime achievement through distinguished contributions to the field of welding science and technology, and for promoting and sustaining the professional stature of the field." Read More »

The beginning of construction at Bangladesh’s first nuclear power reactor on 30 November 2017 marked a significant milestone in the decade-long process to bring the benefits of nuclear energy to the world’s eighth most populous country. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following announcement on April 16.Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Hatch nuclear power plant, operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co., during an open house on April 24 in Room 171 of the Southeastern Technical College, 3001 East First St., Vidalia, Ga. Read More »

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a global leader in delivering clean, innovative and affordable fuel cell solutions for the supply, recovery and storage of energy, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the project company that owns the 2.8 megawatt fuel cell power plant project located at the Tulare Waste Water Treatment Facility in California to NRG Yield, Inc. (NYSE:NYLD) (NYSE:NYLD.A). Read More »

EthosEnergy has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by ExxonMobil for work at their Baytown Refinery in Texas. The contract is for the supply of a new W251B8 gas turbine rotor. Read More »

Duke Energy Corporation issued the following announcement on April 16.Duke Energy's $62 million solar rebate program – which will help North Carolina customers with the upfront cost of installing solar panels on their property – was approved this month by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). Read More »

Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Thomas A. Fanning today announced changes to the company's management, effective June 1. Read More »

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) today announced the completion of its 147 megawatt (MW) Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind power facility. Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind is located approximately 50 kilometers south of Québec City, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. Read More »

DEWA and ACWA Power, in collaboration with Shanghai Electric, will undertake the 700 MW CSP project in Dubai, the largest thermo-solar power plant in the world Read More »