PennEnergy's Top Power Headlines 5/19

Top Power Headlines Report: Scale up of SMR would quash financing for renewable energy A new report by nuclear financing expert Dr. Mark Cooper says $90 billion U.S. investment needed to scale up small modular reactors would likely choke off funding for renewable energy; technology would arrive too late to avert climate change woes …more>> Duke Energy to build 750 MW gas power plant at coal-fired Lee site Duke Energy Carolinas to build and operate a new 750-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle plant at the existing coal-fired Lee Steam Station site …more>> DolWin3 900 MW HVDC grid connection moves forward (Video) Dorpen West onshore station is a key part of the 900 MW HVDC transmission grid connection that will link major wind farms in the German North Sea to the grid …more>> Siemens provides 150 wind turbines for largest Dutch offshore project For the Gemini offshore wind farm project Siemens will deliver 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 MW and a rotor diameter of 130 meters each …more>> Panda Power breaks ground on 829 MW Liberty gas-fired power plant Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett joins Panda Power Funds to break ground on 829-MW Marcellus Shale-gas power plant …more>> Gamesa to supply 100 MW of turbines to CGN wind project Gamesa to provide 50 wind turbines to CGN Wind Energy for a project in southeast China's Yunnan province …more>> Landis +Gyr to acquire smart grid technology firm PowerSense Landis+Gyr has signed an agreement to purchase PowerSense, a Danish smart grid sensor and monitoring company with global reach to give utilities optimum distribution grid management options …more>> Nelja Energia 6.9 MW Ojakula wind farm comes online in Estonia Nelja Energia's 6.9 MW Ojaküla wind farm in Estonia - the first in the country to be funded by sales revenues from meeting carbon dioxide emission quotas - comes online …more>> Hydrogen energy storage: power ramp-up at the MYRTE test platform The Greenergy Box™, an energy storage and management system developed by AREVA, has been installed at the MYRTE test platform at the University of Corsica’s Vignola site in Ajaccio Corsica …more>> Canadian Solar, IKEA to build 3.6 MW solar system The 3.6MW project will span across seven IKEA sites located in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, and will generate enough clean energy to offset approximately 4,000 tonnes of CO2 annually …more>>