Power Engineering's E Newsletter 12/22

Welcome! POWER-GEN International 2015 Keynote Session Did you miss the keynote session at POWER-GEN International 2015? No problem. Click here to watch the entire session. Read More Share: Video Highlights Solar, Wind Tax Credits Extended 5 Years NEI CEO Marvin Fertel Announces Retirement Entergy Completes $490M Sale of Rhode Island Gas Plant PE's Russell Ray Talks with Black & Veatch's Steve Edwards at POWER-GEN View Now Share: Top Stories Entergy Completes $490 Million Sale of Rhode Island NatGas Facility Entergy Corp. announced that its wholesale generation division, Entergy Wholesale Commodities, has closed on the sale of its 583-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Rhode Island to Carlyle Power Partners. Read More Share: Solar, Wind Tax Credits Extended 5 Years The U.S. House and Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that included tax credits for wind and solar power projects, and the President is expected to sign it into law. Read More Share: NRC Budget Increasing $80 Million Under Gov't Spending Bill The recently approved government spending bill not only extended solar and wind energy tax credits, it also increased the budget for nuclear energy research and development. Read More Share: Dominion, Virginia Governor Partner to Increase Solar Energy Dominion Virginia Power and the governor of Virginia agreed to deploy 110-MW of solar power generation in the state. Read More Share: Industry News US Wind Industry Passes 70 GW The U.S. wind industry installed 70 GW of generating capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Read More Share: Canadian Solar Sells 9-MW Project for $47.2 Million Canadian Solar Inc. said Monday its wholly-owned subsidiary Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has sold the 9-MW Aria Solar Plant to One West Holdings Ltd., an affiliate of Concord Green Energy Inc., for $47.2 million. Read More Share: Areva NP to Decontaminate Germany Nuclear Power Plant's Primary Loop Areva NP was picked by Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy to decontaminate the primary loop of the Krümmel nuclear power plant in Germany. Read More Share: Southern Co. Unit Buys Stake in California Solar PV Project Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) acquired a controlling interest in a 200-MW solar power project in California from Recurrent Energy.?cmpid=enl-poe-weekly-december-22-2015 Read More Share: More Headlines • Peach Bottom 2 Nuclear Plant Returns to Service Industry Trends Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to Dec. 16, 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 Dec. 12, 2015. Read More Share: Join In Power Generation Week in Videos Watch exclusive interviews and other videos from Power Generation Week and POWER-GEN International 2015. 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: Download the App Download the Power Engineering mobile app through the App Store or Google Play to keep up with the latest news in power generation Read More Share: From GenerationHub Study Forecasts Huge Fall in US Coal Burn Under EPA's Clean Power Plan Depending on factors like how individual states respond with their own state implementation plans, coal burn at U.S. power plants could fall from a little less than 800 million tons in 2022, the first year for implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, to as low as less than 400 million tons in 2030, the final target year under the CPP. Read More Share: 2 Nuclear Reactors Returning to Service The latest reactor status data from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) suggests that two nuclear units – one in the Southwest and the other in the East – are returning to service after outages. Read More Share: Slideshows The Best Power Projects of 2015 Seven power projects from around the world were awarded for being some of the best and most innovative. The awards were given out during a dinner that kicked off Power Generation Week. Read More Share: Progress at Plant Vogtle - June 2015 Georgia Power shows the progress at Plant Vogtle during June 2015. Read More Share: POWER ENGINEERING SPONSORED EVENTS POWER-GEN India & Central Asia New Delhi, India May 18-20, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Europe Milan, Italy June 21-23, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Africa Johannesburg, South Africa July 19-21, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Natural Gas Columbus, Ohio, USA Aug. 23-25, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Asia Seoul, South Korea Sept. 20-22, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Russia Mowcow, Russian Federation Oct. 25-27, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN International Orlando, Florida, USA Dec. 13-15, 2016 Click here for details Renewable Energy World North America Orlando, Florida, USA Dec. 13-15, 2016 Click here for details COAL-GEN Orlando, Florida, USA Dec. 13-15, 2016 Click here for details NUCLEAR POWER International Orlando, Florida, USA Dec. 13-15, 2016 Click here for details POWER-GEN Middle East Abu Dhabi, UAE March 26-28, 2017 Click here for details