PennEnergy's Top Power Headlines 2/18

Top Power Headlines

Duke Energy to exit Midwest power generation business Duke Energy announced it has begun the process to exit its Midwest commercial generation business, which includes ownership interests in 13 power plants with a total capacity of approximately 6,600 megawatts. Full Article Share:

EIA projects retirement of 60 GW of coal-fired power by 2020 The Energy Information Administration projects a total of 60 GW of coal-fired capacity will retire by 2020, with 90% of retirements occurring in 2016 to coincide with the first year of enforcement for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Full Article Share:

Alberta First Nation to build 1,000 MW gas-fired power plant Focus Equities and Paul First Nation submit proposal for a 1,000 MW high efficiency, gas-fired power plant to be developed just west of Edmonton, Alberta. Full Article Share:

ABB wins $60MM power transmission order from Hydro-Quebec ABB has won an order worth around $60 million from Hydro-Québec to replace vital components of its ultra-high voltage transmission system. Full Article Share:

Distributed Control Systems vs. Programmable Logic Controllers Despite much of the argument that has persisted through the years, distributed control systems (DCSs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are not mutually exclusive technologies. Full Article Share:

Second UK biomass steam turbine awarded to Alstom Alstom to design and supply a 45 MW Geared Reaction steam turbine (GRT) for the Brigg renewable energy plant in the UK. Full Article Share:

Energy storage partnership wins funding A partnership between Somerset waste management firm Viridor and Highview Power Storage has been awarded more than £8 million to develop innovation in storing energy. Full Article Share:

Siemens offers cloud-based Web service for virtual power plants With DEMS Compact, the Siemens Smart Grid Division can provide municipal utilities with a cloud-based Web service for virtual power plants. Full Article Share: