AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today received approval of its Electric Security Plan (ESP) from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Read More »
NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Hatch Nuclear Power Plant. Read More »
Following recent devastating natural disasters in Ecuador, Nepal, Peru and — just last year — the Caribbean and Mexico, the IAEA was quick to provide medical and other forms of assistance using nuclear technology to help countries maintain essential services in the aftermath. Read More »
Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced today that the world’s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has received the fuel load permit from China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and has commenced initial fuel loading. Read More »
Driven by its commitment to the community and the environment, today CPS Energy announced the purchase of 34 XLP Plug-In Hybrid Electric Ford F-150 pickup trucks - the largest purchase of Plug-In F-150s of any utility or private company to date and the 1st in Texas to use the vehicles. Read More »
Project Plant It!, the free environmental education program created by Dominion Energy to educate children and plant trees for Arbor Day, has achieved a major milestone this spring with the distribution of 500,000 tree seedlings since the program began in 2007. Read More »
Golar LNG Limited ("Golar") announces today that Golar Power Limited ("Golar Power"), a joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, has reached financial closing on the 1.5GW Porto de Sergipe I Power Project (the "Project" or "Sergipe TPP"). Located in Sergipe, NNE of Brazil, the Project will be the largest and most efficient thermoelectric power plant in Latin America and the Caribbean upon its completion. Read More »
Following Wells Fargo’s (NYSE: WFC) $200-billion low-carbon commitment announced last week, its Renewable Energy and Environmental Finance unit today announced the completion of $70 million in tax-equity funding for the Pacific Plains wind projects, including facilities in Indiana, Nebraska, and California. Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on May 3 to discuss the results of its regulatory safety performance review of the Honeywell uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, Ill., and future inspection plans for the facility. Read More »
Neutron scattering has revealed, in real time, the fundamental mechanisms behind the conversion of sunlight into energy in hybrid perovskite materials. Read More »
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of Ghana’s research reactor has demonstrated a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high enriched uranium (HEU). Read More »
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the St. Lucie nuclear power plant, operated by Florida Power & Light Co., during an open house on May 3 at the plant’s Energy Encounter, 6501 South Ocean Drive, Highway A1A in Jensen Beach, Fla. The two-unit St. Lucie plant is located in Jensen Beach, about 10 miles southeast of Ft. Pierce, Fla. Read More »
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano highlighted increased technical cooperation with Azerbaijan in areas such as agriculture, nuclear medicine for cancer control and prevention, the importance of having qualified medical physicists and the support provided for the establishment of a research reactor during his visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, this week. Read More »
CPS Energy has been designated a 2018 Environmental Champion for the 2nd year in a row by Market Strategies International. Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today unveiled its new Brickell Substation, the largest enclosed substation in FPL's 27,000-square-mile service area, which will enhance the reliability of the company's energy grid and distribute electricity to thousands of customers in downtown Miami's urban core. Read More »
Mississippi Power announced today that Pine Belt businessman Thomas Duff, the co-owner of Duff Capital Investors, has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective April 24. Read More »
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and India’s Atomic Energy Secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu signed an agreement to expand the two countries’ collaboration on world-leading science and technology projects. Read More »
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, operated by Florida Power & Light Co., during an open house on May 1 at the Cutler Bay Town Center, 10720 Caribbean Blvd., in Cutler Bay, Fla. Read More »
DOE to focus on early-stage research to improve the affordability, flexibility, and performance of solar technologies on the grid Read More »
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