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Video Highlights DOE: US power plant emissions at 27-year low Carbon capture project eyes 2016 start Containment vessel head placed at China nuclear power project SunEdison begins construction of 300-MW wind energy project View Now Share: Top Stories Nebraska to join other states challenging new EPA rules Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson says the state will join others in a legal fight against new federal rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants. Read More Share: IAEA says it can't give Congress its nuke document with Iran The head of the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that he cannot give Congress a copy of the organization's nuclear inspection document with Iran despite harsh criticism from Republican senators. Read More Share: Commercial start eyed for late 2016 on Texas carbon capture project NRG Energy said in its Aug. 4 quarterly Form 10-Q report that it and partners are aiming for a late-2016 commercial start-up of a seminal carbon capture facility (CCF) at NRG's coal-fired W.A. Parish power plant in Texas. Read More Share: U.S. carbon pollution from power plants hits 27-year low The Energy Department says heat-trapping pollution from U.S. power plants hit a 27-year low in April. Read More Share:										Industry News
	Company to supply emissions control equipment for $4.7mn Fuel Tech Inc. (Nasdaq: FTEK) received multiple air emissions control contracts totaling $4.7 million for customers in the U.S., Europe and China. Read More Share:
	Hydropower tops power generating sources in Canada, report says Hydropower will continue to be the dominant power generation source in Canada over the next ten years, according to a report from research and consulting firm GlobalData. Read More Share:
	Tampa Electric to build largest solar project in Tampa Bay Tampa Electric Co. has announced plans to build the largest solar array in the Tampa Bay area. Read More Share:
	SunEdison closes funding, begins construction on Texas wind farm SunEdison Inc. closed financing and started construction on a 300-MW wind energy project in Texas. Read More Share:

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