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Top Stories
	Pipeline approved for FutureGen carbon capture and storage project Illinois regulators approved a 30-mile underground pipeline that would carry carbon dioxide (CO2) from the FutureGen 2.0 clean coal project to a storage site. Read More Share:
	SONGS equipment to be auctioned off Non-radioactive equipment inside the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California is being auctioned off. Read More Share:
	Plans for wind power project on reservation canceled A wind power project that would have generated up to 250-MW of power, with as many as 85 turbines on a California reservation, has been canceled. Read More Share:
	GE to invest $1.4B in on-site power, new distributed generation business General Electric (NYSE: GE) has a new distributed generation business venture that combines three product lines—Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines. Read More Share:

The Week's Most Read Articles
	DOE finalizes $65B loan guarantee for new Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors A $6.5 billion loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has been finalized. Read More Share:
	Natural gas-fired power project to shut down by 2050 A planned natural gas-fired power plant must shut down by 2050 as part of a settlement over siting the plant in Massachusetts. Read More Share:
	A report on combined-cycle projects in North America So far, the industry's best weapon is combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technology. Combined cycle power plants are highly efficient, allowing power producers to ring much more power from the same amount of natural gas. Read More Share:
	EIA: 54 GW of coal to retire by 2016 due to MATS A total of 60 GW of coal-fired generation is expected to retire by 2020, a number beyond that previously reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Read More Share:
	Army awards additional contracts to renewable energy companies The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), awarded 20 base contracts to companies part of the $7 billion large-scale renewable energy production Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Design study for Kawasaki Heavy Industries tidal turbine completed
• AEP appoints Beasley to board of directors
• Semens wind turbines to be used at Bison wind project
• Sol Systems closes financing on 940kW New Mexico solar project
• JCP&L announces new director, Operations Support
• Spent nuclear fuel removal temporarily halted at Fukushima plant
• Nuclear power plant's generator tubes showing signs of wear
• Oklahoma coal-fired power plant gets new name
• Combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in the works in NC
• TEPCO wants water samples from Fukushima nuclear plant retested
• 25 percent of the US coal fleet could retire by 2020
• NuScale completes testing of SMR design analysis software
• GE opens wind turbine repair innovation lab
• Northeast Utilities names new executives
• Cape Wind gets $600M boost
• Calpine completes purchase of Texas combined cycle power plant
• US coal export volumes increased since 2005
• Renewable energy builder Acciona reports $2.7B loss
• FP&L, NRC refute St. Lucie nuclear tube wear claims
• PG&E asks to buy output from planned solar PV project

Industry Trends
	Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to Feb. 20, 2014. Read More Share:
	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. Read More Share:

White Papers
	Study and Design Considerations of HRSG Evaporators in Fast Start Combined Cycle Plants The ability of horizontal HRSGs cyclic operation has been discussed and widely reported in literatures and studies. However, the operation and design life of HRSGs become more important when the system is operated with fast startup times. Read More Share:
	Lean Duplex Stainless Steel Within the Oil & Gas Industry Two white papers within this document address the stress corrosion cracking that occurs as a result of the conjoint action of mechanical loading in a corrosive environment, like offshore rigs Read More Share: