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	Reactions swift after DOE ends FutureGen 2.0 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced late Tuesday that it was ending work on the FutureGen 2.0 clean coal project in Illinois. Read More Share:
	Kemper power plant overruns climb another $45 million Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) said it will spend at least another $45 million to finish the power plant it's building in eastern Mississippi's Kemper County, pushing total costs to nearly $6.2 billion. Read More Share:
	U.S. Interior Department sells Massachusetts wind leases for fraction of prior sale price In January, the U.S. Interior Department auctioned off two 25-year leases to build wind farms off the coast of Massachusetts. The leases went to the only two bidders to attend the auction, and for a fraction of what the agency received from previous sales, says a Bloomberg report. Read More Share:
	Employment in power sector declines, except for renewable generators According to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as published on the website of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (eia), the electric power generation sector lost more than 5,800 jobs from January 2011 to June 2014, despite a gain of nearly 1,800 non-hydro jobs in the renewable energy sector. Read More Share:

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	Department of Energy announces more than $59 million investment in solar energy In a bid to support the efforts of President Obama’s administration to double renewable energy generation for a second time by 2020, the Department of Energy has announced more than $59 million in funding for solar energy innovation. Read More Share:
	What's next for Yucca Mountain repository? The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published the final two of a five-volume series of its safety evaluation report for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Read More Share:
	MHPS to take over thermal power business Effective April 1, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) will take over the business in thermal power systems targeting Japanese industrial applications. Read More Share:
	Nuclear plant shutdown brings NRC inspectors on site The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) began special inspections at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Four solar power projects completed in Georgia
• Senator: U.S. must avoid losing all nuclear power generation
• Principal Solar to build largest solar project east of the Rockies
• I&M plans five solar power projects
• Dominion VA Power plans 400 MW of solar power
• Transmission line could turn Oklahoma into wind power superhighway
• Obama Administration decision deals a fatal blow to FutureGen 2.0 project
• Rolls-Royce to help bring emergency gensets to Indian nuclear power plants
• Geothermal power plant's second phase begins commercial operations
• Moody's won't downgrade Georgia Power because of Vogtle delay
• China, Argentina agree on work for new nuclear power plants
• Department of Energy suspends FutureGen
• Missouri justices send coal ash case back to circuit court
• Winds knock Spanish nuclear power plant offline
• Judge says Xcel Energy mismanaged power plant project
• MHPS GAC-series gas turbine tops 8,000 hours of operation
• Canadian Solar acquires Recurrent Energy for $265mn
• NAES Corporation acquires Greenberry Industrial
• Spot power prices again top $100/MWh in New York, New England
• Full appeals court won't take up dispute over Alabama Power hydro relicensing
• DOE fines Fluor B&W Portsmouth $243,000 for nuclear safety violations