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	Bechtel to build combined-cycle power plant in Ohio Bechtel was a awarded a contract from Carroll County Energy LLC, an affiliate of Advanced Power, to build a 700-MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Carroll County, Ohio. Read More Share:
	Power outage strikes D.C. Washington, D.C. experienced widespread power outages that affected government and private buildings, as well as the city’s public transit rail system. Read More Share:
	Fuel Tech receives emission control contracts worth $2.2M Fuel Tech, Inc. — an engineering solutions company focused on combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications — has secured multiple air pollution control contracts from customers in China and the US, valued at approximately $2.2 million. Read More Share:
	Areva reports flaw in nuclear reactor vessel Areva reported it has found a flaw in the reactor vessel head and bottom of its European Pressurized Reactor that is under construction in at least two nuclear power projects. Read More Share:

The Week's Most Read Articles
	Video: 9HA.01 Gas Turbine Testing Nears Completion Over the last four months, a team of engineers in Greenville, South Carolina, have been testing one of GE's (NYSE: GE) latest innovations, the 9HA.01 air-cooled gas turbine. Read More Share:
	Top 5 U.S. Coal Plant Heat Rates Peabody Energy recently ranked the top 5 cleanest burning coal-fired power plants in the U.S. under three categories: SO2 emissions, NOx emissions and best heat rate. Read More Share:
	Making the Blade: How and Where Wind Turbines Get Their Swoosh An industrial wind turbine is a complex machine made up of hundreds of moving parts, but it takes just three of them to make the magic possible: the blades. Read More Share:
	Duke Energy plan will add 500MW solar capacity in Florida Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) plans to add up to 500-MW of utility-scale solar in Florida by 2024, as part of the company's 2015 Ten-Year Site Plan proposed to the Florida Public Service Commission. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Company to provide natural gas to planned power plant
• One-millionth solar PV module installed at Nevada power project
• Yingli supplies solar panels to NJ project
• Coal-to-gas conversion completed in Virginia
• Pattern Energy acquires three wind energy plants
• Regulators seek comment on rule to aid solar development
• RET Capital acquires Ontario solar power plant
• Mexico, First Reserve strike $1B energy investment deal
• Albuquerque moves to withdraw support for power plant plan
• NY announces $160M in clean energy funding
• Obama: Energy effort to help environment, military veterans
• Lawsuit challenging power plant's restart with gas dismissed
• NRC holding open house to discuss Catawba Nuclear
• Nuclear plant regulators to discuss Lynchburg review
• Duke seeks to borrow $1.4 billion for Crystal River plant
• Campbell announces new solar project at Pepperidge Farm in Connecticut
• Wolf Creek nuclear company improves work environment
• MSU to phase out coal use at power plant, end it in 2016
• Licensing approvals “very close” for Japan nuclear reactors’ restart
• Caterpillar nominates Sempra Energy CEO to join Board of Directors