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GE, Siemens Separately Announce Developments for Mammoth Offshore Wind Turbines
by Sonal Patel on January 16, 2019 at 3:23 pm
GE on Jan. 16 announced testing details of its giant 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype. On the same day, Siemens Gamesa launched its first 10-MW […]
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‘Technically Sophisticated’ Combined Cycle Plant Comes Online
by Darrell Proctor on January 15, 2019 at 2:59 pm
The Lackawanna Energy Center in Pennsylvania entered commercial operation Jan. 15, with the $1.5 billion project heralded by its developer, Invenergy, as among […]
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Pace of Coal-Fired Plant Closures Doubling in Trump Era
on January 15, 2019 at 2:46 pm
Overall, more than 23,400 MW of coal-fired generation was shut in for the two years ending 2018, compared with 14,900 MW from 2009 to 2012. […]
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Crews Demolishing Retired IP&L Coal-fired Site
on January 14, 2019 at 5:08 pm
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. had operated four coal-powered units at its Eagle Valley Generating Station until 2016. A new gas-turbine combined-cycle […]
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PG&E Says it Will File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
by Darrell Proctor on January 14, 2019 at 2:06 pm
California utility PG&E Corp. on Jan. 14 gave its workers the state-required 15-day advance notice of its intent to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The […]
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Reports: PG&E Prepared to File Bankruptcy in Wake of Wildfires
by Darrell Proctor on January 14, 2019 at 3:37 am
Reports on Jan. 13 said giant California utility PG&E Corp. could notify its workers as soon as Jan. 14 that it’s preparing to file for bankruptcy. […]
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Hitachi May Scuttle UK Nuclear Project
by Darrell Proctor on January 14, 2019 at 12:53 am
Hitachi may cancel its plans for a $20.5 billion nuclear power project in Wales, according to several media reports from the UK and Japan. The Japanese company […]
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Colorado Co-op Amps Up Solar Generation
by Darrell Proctor on January 13, 2019 at 6:35 pm
Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a group cited in an analysts’ report last year for its high wholesale power costs and […]
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Large Solar Projects Come Online in Hawaii, Florida
by Darrell Proctor on January 10, 2019 at 5:55 pm
Two large solar power projects—located more than 4,600 miles apart—recently came online in the U.S., providing service in Florida and Hawaii. Duke […]
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Fate of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Site In Play
by Aaron Larson on January 10, 2019 at 2:37 pm
The Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel (DCDEP) on Jan. 8 released its recommendations for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and surrounding […]
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Facing Urgency, DOE Moves to Demonstrate HALEU Fuel Production Capability for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
by Sonal Patel on January 10, 2019 at 2:30 pm
To propel interest and bolster development of advanced nuclear reactor designs, the Department of Energy (DOE) will demonstrate—by October 2020—the […]
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Columbia Nuclear Plant Sets Another Generation Record, Credits Good Performance
by Sonal Patel on January 10, 2019 at 12:17 am
Operators of the Columbia Generating Station have set a new generation record at the nuclear plant 12 miles north of Richland, Wash., sending more than 9.7 […]
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PSEG Power sells two Retired Coal-Fired Sites to Redevelopment Firm
on January 9, 2019 at 4:58 pm
Both were coal-burning power stations built in the 1960s and retired in June 2017. The site of the Hudson station originally goes back to a power plant built […]
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TVA Announces Preferred Plan for Demolishing Johnsonville Coal-Fired Plant
on January 8, 2019 at 3:18 pm
TVA retired all ten units of the Humphreys County coal-fired plant gradually beginning in 2012, with the final four units retired at the end of 2017.&nbs […]
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Alabama Power Blames Higher Rates on Coal Ash Costs
on January 4, 2019 at 7:08 pm
Utility spokesman Michael Sznajderman says Alabama Power is changing the way it operates because of more than $200 million in government-mandated costs, mostly […]
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OG&E Seeking Recoup on Emissions work at two Coal-Fired Plants
on January 3, 2019 at 6:02 pm
OG&E is spending close to $534 million installing emissions-reducing scrubbers on the two coal-fired units at the Sooner Power Plant in north-central […]
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The Power Engineering Editorial Calendar is Here
on January 2, 2019 at 4:00 pm
The stories written by industry insiders—whether they are engineers, IT, OT, project team leaders or executives—are among the most-read pieces put […]
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The Global Grid Outlook for 2019 and Beyond: Q&A with GE Grid Solution's CTO
on December 31, 2018 at 11:00 am
All hands are needed on deck when it comes to the future power generation needs of the world. And all hands should be digitized and ready to pitch in to help […]
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OG&E Buying two Power Plants to Replace Expiring PPAs
on December 28, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Shady Point was set to likely close after OG&E terminated a long-term power purchase agreement with the facility. However, OG&E is setting in […]
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Good, Bad and Promising: Power Engineering's Top 10 Stories of 2018
on December 28, 2018 at 3:43 pm
Six of Power Engineering’s top 10 most read stories are about giant companies contemplating the new realities and getting smaller, getting sold or […]
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