PennEnery Power Update 6/22

Energy Insights The EPA carbon plan: coal loses, but nuclear doesn't win While the new EPA carbon plan picks a loser - coal - it does not, however, pick winners among the low-carbon options available …more>> India cracking down on foreign-funded charities India is cracking down on foreign-funded charities after receiving an internal report criticizing charities for organizing public protests against nuclear power plants, uranium mines, coal-fired power plants, genetically modified crops and electronic waste. …more>> Race to buy Alstom heats up as suitors lift bids Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries raise their combined offer for French conglomerate Alstom on the heels of a sweetened bid from rival General Electric …more>> FLS starts on 38 MW of solar projects in North Carolina FLS Energy to start construction on solar power projects in eight locations across North Carolina …more>> Northland Power secures $170MM for stake in Gemini wind project Northland Power secures loan to fund 60 percent ownership stake in the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind project …more>> NERC: North America has resources to meet summer demands NERC assessment finds all of North America to have enough resources to meet this summer's projected peak electricity demand …more>> Skytron supplies power management system to solar plant in Mauritius Skytron Energy has equipped the first utility-scale solar plant on the island nation of Mauritius with a power management system to increase stabilization of the grid …more>>