Power Engineering E-Newsletter 5/11

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Put a Conco crew to work for you before small leaks become big problems!.www.conco.net Top Stories Genscape report says 8,700 MW to retire in PJM during May and June The already significant pace of coal plant retirements in PJM Interconnection is about to kick into high gear over the next couple of months, according to a new study by Genscape. Read More Share: Santee Cooper begins work demolishing coal generating plant Work is getting underway this week on demolishing Santee Cooper's old Grainger generating station near Conway. The coal-fired generating plant was retired from service at the end of 2012 and the work of demolishing the plant is expected to be completed in the summer of next year. Read More Share: Panel backs plan for nuclear waste disposal near Lake Huron A Canadian advisory panel has endorsed a long-debated plan to bury waste from nuclear power plants less than a mile from Lake Huron. 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Read More Share: Hawaii lawmakers mandate 100 percent renewable energy by 2045 Hawaii lawmakers voted 74-2 this week to pass the nation's first state-wide requirement for 100 percent renewable energy generation. House Bill (HB) 623 mandates that the entirety of the state’s energy portfolios must be generated using renewable energy resources no later than 2045. Read More Share: Areva to cut up to 6,000 jobs worldwide Areva said it would cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs globally through 2017. Areva said in a release that it planned to cut labor costs in France by 15 percent and worldwide by 18 percent to help reduce capital costs and shore up cash. Read More Share: UN climate chief says technology has changed carbon politics Technological advances that have reduced prices and improved efficiency of renewable energy have helped transform the politics around climate change since 2009 when an attempt to forge a global deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions failed, the U.N. climate chief said. Read More Share: More Headlines • NC House OKs freezing renewable energy demands on utilities • China breaks ground on pilot nuclear power plant • SunEdison buys wind, solar, hydropower projects in China & Latin America • Navigant Research: CHP to be worth $14 billion a year by 2024 • Tenth Annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference Co-Located with HydroVision International • DOE extends nuclear liquid waste control contract • Renewable energy compromise approved by Kansas House • California power supplies adequate as summer heat nears • O&M contract extended for waste-to-energy power plant • Allete Clean Energy to acquire wind facilities in three states • Oyster Creek nuclear power plant automatically shuts down • Steam leak shuts down nuclear power plant • Savings from Indiana energy-efficiency law could be small • Kudankulam nuclear Unit 1 shuts down Industry Trends Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration keeps track of the daily changes to the spot prices. Power Engineering figured out the monthly averages and has the figures up to May 6, 2015. 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 May, 2. Read More Share: Join In Send UNLIMITED delegates (employees) for one flat rate! Does your company generate electricity? Is your company a utility, muni, co-op, public power provider, on-site power producer or IPP? Does your company generate at least 1 MW of energy? If you answered YES to any of these questions then your company qualifies for the Power Generators Discount Program!* Read More Share: Add your hero to our Wall of Honor! The Wall of Honor pays tribute to military personnel around the world. It is on display at all of PennWell's North American conferences. Click to add a name or sponsor the wall. Read More Share: From GenerationHub Calpine nears air permit for major gas-fired project in Pennsylvania Calpine Mid-Merit LLC is nearing an air permit covering the construction of the Block 2 Electricity Generation Project at the existing electrical generation facility located in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pa. Read More Share: Slideshow U.S. Coal Plants with the Lowest NOx Emission Rates Peabody Energy names the top U.S. coal-fired power plants with the lowest NOx emission rates. Read More Share: Callaway Energy Center's Replacement Reactor Vessel Closure Head Project Replacement reactor vessel closure head during fabrication at Equipos Nucleares SA in Santander, Spain. Read More Share: