Power Engineering's Top Stories 7/29

Hangout with the PennWell Editors to Learn About Our Awards Program As the Aug. 31 deadline approaches for Project of the Year awards, the editors are answering any questions our readers may have. Join us on July 30 at noon Central during a live Google Hangout to have your questions answered. Read More Share: Video Highlights 13 States meet, discuss EPA emission proposals SunEdison acquires Colorado's largest solar power plant Hitachi-GE nuclear reactor gains initial approval for UK project Boundary Dam Unit 53 returns online, ahead of schedule View Now Share: Top Stories Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Hitachi receive joint order for natural gas turbine Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS) and Hitachi (China) Ltd. (HCH), a unit of Hitachi, jointly received an order for an H-25 natural gas turbine for a power company in China. Read More Share: Duke Energy Progress to acquire NCEMPA generation assets for $1.2B The board of directors for Duke Energy Progress (NYSE: DUK) and the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) approved an agreement for Duke Energy Progress to acquire the NCEMPA's ownership in certain generating assets Read More Share: 13 States meet, discuss EPA emission proposals The Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy held a meeting in Denver to discuss how states could work together on the carbon-emission cuts proposed by the Obama administration. Read More Share: Bankrupt Energy Future to auction stake in Oncor Bankrupt power giant Energy Future Holdings terminated its restructuring agreement and announced plans to auction its stake in the profitable power transmission business Oncor Electric Delivery Co., according to a filing Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Share: Industry News GE building fuel cell facility in New York General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) Fuel Cells unit is building a pilot facility at the Luther Forest Saratoga Technology and Energy Park located in Malta, New York, with large-scale demonstrations and prototype units under development. Read More Share: IHS: A drop in U.S. fuel diversity will cost reliability, jobs and money A predicted lack of fuel diversity in the U.S. power generation industry will lead to fewer jobs, a lower gross domestic product (GDP) and less grid stability. Read More Share: Vogtle nuclear Unit 1 automatically shuts down Unit 1 at Plant Vogtle in Georgia automatically shut down July 27th during testing. Read More Share: GM installs largest rooftop solar array in Ohio General Motors (GM) has successfully installed a 1.8-MW rooftop solar array at its transmission facility in Toledo, Ohio. Read More Share: More Headlines • Boundary Dam Unit 53 returns online, ahead of schedule • Candu reactors headed for nuclear power plant in Romania • Saft supplies energy storage system for Hawaiian utility • Sen. Franken: EPA may scale back renewable energy cuts • NextEra Energy appoints former GE executive to Board of Directors • Seminole finances three California wind projects in past week • Hitachi-GE nuclear reactor gains initial approval for UK 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 July 23, 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: EIA’s weekly coal production report The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending July 19. Read More Share: