Enters agreement for sale of 81 MW in El Arrayán Wind project to Arroyo Energy Investors Read More »

SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Chuck Boynton will transition out of SunPower to spend time with his family, in advance of pursuing career opportunities later this year. Read More »

Ninety-five degrees. That’s the temperature that registered on thermometers across Rosemead on April 9. According to the National Weather Service, cities across Southern California Edison’s service territory experienced similar record-breaking heat. 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 »

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 »

Behind-the-Meter, Self-Consumption Solar Installation is U.S. Air Force's Largest Read More »

Effective today, more than 20 international subsidiaries of EDF Energies Nouvelles will operate under the brand EDF Renewables. Read More »

Sempra Energy announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Bankruptcy Court) has confirmed the plan of reorganization for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and provided its final approval for Sempra Energy's agreement to acquire EFH, and its indirect, approximate 80-percent ownership interest in Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor). Read More »

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the joint parties announced they will not seek a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rehearing on the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) joint proposal decision, and in accepting the CPUC’s ruling to retire DCPP, PG&E will now withdraw its license renewal application at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Read More »

Bloom Energy announced the selection of its 8,350kW (8.35MW) Bloom Energy Server, an innovative and clean electricity generation system, by South Korea's Korea South-East Power Corporation Read More »

The California Public Utilities Commission this week approved a proposed merger of Southern Company and AGL Resources, bringing the process one step closer to completion. Read More »

Bechtel and BWX Technologies have teamed up to develop BWXT's Generation III++ small modular reactor, Bechtel said on Monday. Read More »

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said this week that the company has been awarded several contracts to supply Radiation Monitoring Systems (RMS) to U.S. nuclear power plants, which must comply with new federal regulations. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced that a bulletin set has been released this week by leaders in the nuclear industry as part of the "Delivering the Nuclear Promise: Advancing Safety, Reliability and Economic Performance" initiative. Read More »

Optimized resource-management company Veolia has agreed to acquire California-based nuclear-waste cleanup and plant-decommissioning firm Kurion, Veolia said this week. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), under the Department of Energy (DOE), awarded a $25 million grant to a research consortium consisting of eight universities for research and development in nuclear science and security. Read More »

A team of researchers from General Atomics and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have developed a technique that could lead to controlled nuclear-fusion technology -- and potentially a limitless supply of clean energy --- the university said this week. Read More »

Toshiba Corp. unveiled a new fuel-removal system (FRS) this week that will be used at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. Read More »

Sempra Energy said its  Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) subsidiary plans to address issues raised when Mexico's antitrust commission, Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (COFECE), recently refused to approve IEnova's plan to buy PEMEX's 50 percent equity interest in the Gasoductos de Chihuahua joint venture.   Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) unveiled the 2016 leadership of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS) late last week. Read More »