Monthly Newsletter

Upgrades to Plant Vogtle Unit 2 enhance the production of low-cost, carbon-free electricity

Unit 2 of the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion of a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

Sea wall to guard against tsunami completed at Hamaoka nuclear plant

SHIZUOKA – Chubu Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has finished building a huge sea wall at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture to protect the facility from a possible earthquake-triggered tsunami.

Kilmarnock woman is left out of pocket after installation of faulty solar panel heating system

Martha Speirs with her useless solar panels and original paperwork from the installation company,A Kilmarnock woman has had her fingers burnt in a solar panels ‘scandal’.

Largest Solar Energy Field in Arkansas is Operating

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation (OECC) will announce the full commissioning of the 100-acre East Camden.

EVENTS & CONFERENCES

POWER-GEN Russia
25.10.2016 - 27.10.2016
http://www.powergen-russia.com

1st annual MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition 2016
23.11.2016 - 24.11.2016
http://msgbc.theenergyexchange.co.uk/

Offshore West Africa
24.01.2017 - 27.01.2017
http://www.offshorewestafrica.com

PROJECTS

Ormat and Alevo to Jointly Build, Own and Operate First Energy Storage Project in Georgetown, Texas

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced today its subsidiary has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Alevo Group SA, a leading provider of energy storage systems, to jointly build, own and operate the Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project, located in Georgetown, Texas.

Progress continues at Vogtle nuclear expansion

The Vogtle 3 and 4 nuclear expansion project continues to progress with multiple milestones achieved over the past 30 days. Major recent construction achievements include the placement of 200 cubic yards of concrete to fill the walls of new shield building panels for Unit 3..

Construction Begins on Project to Demonstrate Entirely New Natural Gas Power Cycle

Construction of a 50-MWt plant that will demonstrate a novel oxyfuel natural gas power system using Allam Cycle technology with zero atmospheric emissions has kicked off in La Porte, Texas.

Statkraft Ends Investments in Offshore Wind Projects

Europe’s largest generator of renewable power will no longer invest in new offshore wind projects and may postpone some international hydro plants.

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