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Friday, August 23, 2013

Power Engineering Top Stories 8/23

Top Stories
Appeals court upholds ruling on coal-fired power plant
Regulators waited too long to sanction power plant owners.
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NRC gives Indian Point 2 temporary approval
Controversial plant can continue running during license renewal.
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Court: CAA does not preempt common law tort claim against coal-fired power plant
Ruling calls Clean Air Act "a regulatory floor," not a ceiling.
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Pattern begins construction on Texas wind energy project
Project will use 118 GE wind turbines.
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In Case You Missed It
First Solar and Roseville, Calif. sign agreement for solar power
Reclamation forecasts lower water release to Lake Mead in 2014
Lightning strikes cause power outages in California
Siemens to supply wind energy turbines to Washington project
Missouri nuclear power plant back in service
Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. completes first phase of solar project
Wind energy growth to provide boost to global O&M market
Panda Power planning 859 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Maryland
Babcock & Wilcox to supply gas boilers to Virginia manufacturing facility
Dominion confirms FERC approval of coal-fired power plant sale
Illinois EPA believes closed coal-fired plant polluting groundwater
North Carolina AG files brief opposing Duke Energy rate increase
Sempra Energy releases fifth annual corporate report
Activated carbon market to top $4bn by 2019
Vestas appoints new president and chief executive officer
FirstEnergy units agree on coal-fired power plant share, rate reduction
Ameren receives approval for $1.1bn transmission project in Illinois
License revoked for Slovak nuclear project
Plan approved to increase wind & natural gas capacity, use less coal
HelioPower acquires solar finance developer
JinkoSolar to provide solar PV modules
NADB to help fund solar PV project in Calif.
Oklahoma attorney general will appeal regional haze decision
EcoPlexus completes 2 MW solar project in California
The Week's Most Read Articles
Regulators file suits against Duke's coal plants in N.C.
Duke is accused of wastewater violations at coal ash containment sites.
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PJM: Coal-fired power plant closures may affect reliability
Two coal-fired power plants may not be able to close in Pennsylvania.
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Shutting down SONGS may cost more than $4bn
Decommissioning may take up to 15 years, SCE says.
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Fluor gets green light to begin natural gas-fired power plant construction
Fluor begins work on 1,358 MW Brunswick County plant.
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Vermont Yankee nuclear plant survives in appeals court ruling
Court rules that state has no say so over nuclear power plant.
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What's trending this week
Weekly Coal Production Update
The Weekly Coal Production (WCP) Report provides estimates for U.S. coal production by state based on railroad car loading data.
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