Power Engineering's E=Newsletter 1/13

Top Stories
	Utilities terminate contract for $2.5B Cape Wind project The decision by two major utilities to terminate their contracts to buy power from the proposed $2.5 billion wind farm in Cape Cod waters could kill the project, according to supporters and detractors of the plan. Read More Share:
	State sues TVA over coal ash at Gallatin plant The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin, claiming unlined storage ponds used to dispose of coal ash are leaking contaminants into local groundwater. Read More Share:
	UK gov’t to take over Sellafield nuclear cleanup project The UK government decided to take back control of clean up operations at the Sellafield nuclear site. Read More Share:
	Google, Scatec to build 104MW solar power plant in Utah Google and independent solar power producer, Scatec Solar ASA, have entered into financing agreements totaling $157 million for construction of a 104-MW Red Hills solar power plant in Parowan, Utah. Read More Share:

Industry News
	SunEdison to develop wind energy projects SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) bought new wind turbines from TerraForm Power Inc. (Nasdaq: TERP) to develop up to 1.6-GW of wind energy projects that qualify for the federal production tax credit (PTC). Read More Share:
	TVO may cut jobs due to delayed nuclear reactor, low power prices Finnish nuclear utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said it may cut up to 110 jobs, or 13 percent of its staff, due to decreased power prices and increased construction costs from a delayed nuclear project. Read More Share:
	Feds privately rap Millstone over response to pump problem As Connecticut's nuclear plant struggled for months last year to fix a critical water pump, federal regulators expressed concern among themselves that the Millstone Power Station was slow to grasp the scope of the issue and make corrections, according to internal emails. Read More Share:
	Shaw Renewable celebrates groundbreaking of Red Horse 2 wind, solar project D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments LLC (DESRI) has broken ground at the site of the Red Horse 2 wind and solar project in Cochise County, Arizona. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Transmission projects to bring Maine wind power cross-state
• BLM considers possible solar impacts in San Luis Valley
• Argonne, nuclear companies researching advanced reactor design
• RES Americas to supply wind power to Michigan co-op
• Eaton to upgrade hydroelectric power plant’s electric system
• Caterpillar lands certification for diesel gensets
• Alarm failure forces partial shutdown at NY nuclear plant
• Silver Spring Networks to acquire data analytics provider
• Stake in 24-MW Canadian wind power project sold
• Tritium leak reported at nuclear plant in northern Alabama
• Samsung, Pattern Energy and Six Nations complete Ontario wind power project
• Vermont Yankee nuke owner says fuel removed from reactor