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Top Power Headlines

Four alarm fire shuts down Martin Drake coal-fired power plant A four alarm fire has shut down the Martin Drake coal-fired power plant in Colorado, with initial reports ruling the incident an accident Full Article Share:

Rolls-Royce to sell energy gas turbine business to Siemens Rolls-Royce to sell its energy gas turbine and compressor business to Siemens for £785 million (US $1.3 billion) Full Article Share:

UK government unveils eight major renewable energy projects By 2020, the projects will provide up to £12 billion (US$20 billion) of private sector investment, supporting 8,500 jobs, and could add a further 4.5 GW of low-carbon electricity to Britain’s energy mix Full Article Share:

Vattenfall ends coal power carbon capture and storage R&D Vattenfall discontinues its research and development activities regarding coal power with CCS and will close down a number of R&D projects in offshore wind and gas power Full Article Share:

Gamesa to supply 48 MW of turbines to wind power project in China Spain-based wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa will supply turbines for a 48 megawatt wind project in China Full Article Share:

PHAE to add renewable diesel production facility to ethanol plant Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy (PHAE) partners to complete first renewable diesel production facility to be integrated into an existing ethanol plant Full Article Share:

Poll finds consumers worry EPA rules will lead to power outages The survey highlights the impact the winter price surge had on household finances and quality of life, according to the NMA Full Article Share:

Marine mammal protections set for Deepwater ONE offshore wind farm Agreement set to implement additional protections for marine mammals during pre-construction activities for the Deepwater ONE offshore wind power farm Full Article Share: