SNC-Lavalin and Holtec International have signed an agreement to jointly develop Holtec’s SMR-160, a small modular reactor capable of being deployed globally in both wet and arid environments.
Even though the US Federal government has withdrawn from the Paris agreement on climate change, the states of New England are considering more aggressive curbs on carbon emissions from power plants.
NRG Energy, headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, has said that it plans to sell most, if not all, of its wind and solar power projects around the USA as part of a plan to divest $4 billion in assets in a bid to cut costs and slash debt.
Construction of the Phillips Bend Nuclear Power Plant in Tennessee, USA was abandoned in 1981, 36 years ago. Now, the site is producing carbon-free electricity, through a 1 MW solar power plant built on the site.
GE Renewable Energy and Cube Hydro Partners have announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide three aerating turbines for the High Rock hydropower plant in North Carolina, USA.
Dominion Energy has announced that it is planning to invest around $1.8 billion in the construction of a pumped hydroelectric storage station in southwest Virginia, USA.
Regulators in Mississippi, USA, are drafting a plan for the utility Southern Company to use only natural gas at its clean coal power plant in Kemper County, and that it not be allowed to recoup the cost of the expensive coal portion of the power plant by charging ratepayers.
GE has announced that it will combine its power and energy distribution businesses to create its largest unit by revenue.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has announced that it will reconsider a $2.2 billion natural gas investment plan, and will instead look first to renewable resources to meet demand.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has signed a cybersecurity agreement with Invenergy, North America’s largest independent, privately-held clean energy provider, to secure its entire fleet of wind turbines, as well as a framework to add future wind farms to the network.