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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Power Engineering ENewsletter 4/21

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EIA: Coal-fired generation alive and well in the coming decade
Coal-fired power generation from existing plants will increase through 2025, this according to the Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) this week.
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Dominion Virginia Power to close coal ash ponds in state
Dominion Virginia Power (NYSE: D) is closing all its coal ash ponds in the state to comply with new state and federal standards, the utility announced.
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Report: Nuke dump radiation leak could have been prevented
A radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of the federal government's only underground nuclear waste repository could have been prevented, a team of investigators said.
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ALLETE Clean Energy buys 2 wind farms for $47M
ALLETE Clean Energy is buying a wind generation facility near in southwestern Minnesota for $47.5 million.
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Industry News
Environmental groups sue TVA over Gallatin plant pollution
Two Tennessee environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a coal-burning power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it.
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GE to supply energy storage system to ConEd
GE (NYSE: GE) said it will supply Con Edison Development (NYSE: ED) with an 8 MWh battery energy storage system in California.
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Apple invests in China solar project, US forest conservation
Apple is expanding its environmental efforts by investing in a new Chinese solar power project and preserving 36,000 acres of "sustainable" timberland in Maine and North Carolina.
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Southern Power acquires 32MW solar project from First Solar
Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) subsidiary, Southern Power, has acquired controlling interest in the 32-MW Lost Hills-Blackwell Solar Facility in California from First Solar.
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More Headlines
Climate change plan faces high-profile legal test
Conco to upgrade tubing at 1,400MW coal-fired power plant in Australia
NEI: FPL’s nuclear plants generate $1.4bn for state’s economy
Former UNM law professor named chair of regulatory panel
New Mexico AG opposes proposed solar fee
Duke Energy gets approval for solar farm at Camp Lejeune
Ga. utility shutters power units to meet state regulations
Environmentalists press for bill to expand solar power
Herbert: Uranium shouldn't be in Utah before federal review
PacifiCorp considers joining California ISO
Second robot completes survey of Fukushima reactor containment vessel
Areva’s nuclear reactor vessel flaws may be “costly”
GEH supplies 500th nuclear control rod blade
Germany’s nuclear shut down may cost $75bn
Southern Co. to acquire, develop five solar projects in three states
Power district converting coal plant unit to use hydrogen
NRC OKs rule for packaging, transport of radioactive materials
Nuclear decommissioning research center at Fukushima now open
Hearing examiner rejects utility's plan to raise rates

Industry Trends
Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices
The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration keeps track of the daily changes to the spot prices. Power Engineering figured out the monthly averages and has the figures up to April 15, 2015.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic Indicators
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally.
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EIA’s weekly coal production report
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending April, 11.
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U.S. Coal Plants with the Lowest NOx Emission Rates
Peabody Energy names the top U.S. coal-fired power plants with the lowest NOx emission rates.
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Callaway Energy Center's Replacement Reactor Vessel Closure Head Project
Replacement reactor vessel closure head during fabrication at Equipos Nucleares SA in Santander, Spain.
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