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Puerto Rico again in blackout after repaired power line fails
- 2017-11-10 05:57:33
- David Flin
A major outage in Puerto Rico has plunged more than 80 per cent of the island back into darkness.
Siemens wins order for H-class gas turbines in USA
- 2017-11-08 05:45:48.963494
- David Flin
Tyr Energy has chosen Siemens as technology partner for the Hickory Run Energy Centre, a new 1000 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant to be built by Kiewit Power Constructors Co in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Bill Gates and China partner on world-first nuclear technology
- 2017-11-07 05:38:35.975569
- David Flin
Bill Gates’ nuclear firm TerraPower and the China National Nuclear Corporation have signed an agreement to develop a world-first nuclear reactor, one that uses the waste of other nuclear reactors as fuel.
Siemens Gamesa to supply 780 MW wind turbines to USA
- 2017-11-02 06:21:59.257360
- David Flin
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced that it will supply 310 wind turbines of different types for five projects in the USA.
NYPA and GE partner to create world’s first digital utility
- 2017-10-26 05:56:39.969635
- David Flin
GE has announced the signing of an agreement with the New York State Power Authority (NYPA) to advance NYPA’s goal to be the world’s first fully digital utility.
Former energy regulators denounce Trump bid to boost coal
- 2017-10-24 08:47:39.112867
- David Flin
Eight former US Federal energy regulators, including five former commission chairs, oppose the plan put forward by the Trump Administration to bolster coal-fired power plants, saying that the plan will raise energy prices and disrupt electricity markets.
Wind power capacity surpasses coal in Texas
- 2017-10-17 06:06:50.700722
- David Flin
The University of Texas at Austin has issued a report that shows that wind power generation capacity in Texas may have already surpassed coal-fired capacity in the state, and wind will almost certainly overtake coal by early next year.
Report identifies 2.6 GW of coal plants in US Midwest are uneconomic
- 2017-10-11 07:22:54.718002
- David Flin
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released a report identifying 2.6 GW of coal capacity across just six Midwest states in the USA that are considered uneconomic, raising the possibility that these plants will be closed in the near future.
Carnegie Institute for Science says North Atlantic suitable for open-ocean offshore wind
- 2017-10-10 05:46:46.308458
- David Flin
Research from the Carnegie Institution for Science, headquartered in Washington DC, USA, says that there is considerable opportunity for generating wind power in the open ocean, particularly the North Atlantic.
US EPA to announce repeal of Clean Power Plan
- 2017-10-09 06:28:05.220244
- David Flin
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is likely to repeal the country’s Clean Power Plan instigated by the Obama Administration, saying that the call to switch to more natural gas and renewable generation exceeded the EPA’s authority.
