News Articles http://www.poweronline.com/ Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:26:00 GMT Vestas has signed an order for a total capacity of 24 MW for the Greneville wind power plant, which will be located in the northeast of Orleans in the Région Centre, one of the regions with the best wind resources in France and a current total wind generating capacity of 540 MW http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Vestas-Signs-24-MW-Order-With-VSB-Energies-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:26:00 GMT World's first ultrahigh voltage multi-terminal system to supply hydropower across 1,700 kilometers, with highest ever converter capacity - new global benchmarks in HVDC technology http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/ABB-Books-900M-Ultrahigh-Voltage-DC-Power-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:37:00 GMT ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a major order from Hydro One Networks Inc., the power transmission and distribution utility of the Canadian province of Ontario, to supply an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with air-insulated switchgear and associated transmission infrastructure. http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/ABB-Wins-Substations-Order-With-Hydro-One-In-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:02:00 GMT Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, recently filed a study with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that examines how pending EPA regulations, predicted regional energy growth and customer cost impacts will play key roles in how the company will provide reliable and affordable electric power in the future http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Minnesota-Power-Resource-Study-Informs-Long-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT Siemens will supply key components for the IPP Qurayyah combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With an installed capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW) it will be one of the world's largest CCPPs, and will supply enough electrical energy to meet approximately one tenth of the country's current power demand for its 28 million inhabitants http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Siemens-Receives-Another-Major-Order-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:17:00 GMT ENERCON, a multi-disciplined engineering, environmental and technical consulting energy company since 1983, has received patents (USPN 8048319 and USPN 8054932) for a filter medium for strainers used in nuclear reactor Emergency Core Cooling Systems (ECCS). http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/ENERCON-Receives-Patent-For-Innovative-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:24:00 GMT Endress+Hauser introduces the Installed Base Audit program, an instrumentation support program that helps plant managers and maintenance departments identify all the process instrument and analyzer measurement devices in the plant, determine maintenance and calibration procedures for each device, keep the devices and processes running at peak efficiency, and reduce Total Cost of Ownership. http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/EndressHauser-Introduces-Installed-Base-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:02:00 GMT Rockland Capital ("Rockland") announced today that an affiliate company is acquiring the Eagle Point power generation facility ("Eagle Point") from Sunoco, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Rockland-Affiliate-To-Acquire-Eagle-Point-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:42:00 GMT The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced recently that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has been awarded a contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber (SDA) units and associated equipment for Xcel Energy's coal-fired Pawnee Generating Station in Brush, Colo http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/BW-Announces-Contract-To-Supply-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today announced that Sasol has selected BrightSource's power tower solar thermal technology following a worldwide review of solar technologies http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/BrightSource-Energys-Power-Tower-Technology-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $250M from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia's national power transmission and distribution operator, to construct new substations and reinforce existing ones, to help address the growing demand for electricity http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/ABB-Wins-250M-Power-Orders-In-Saudi-Arabia-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:29:00 GMT Three new instruments from Los Gatos Research (LGR), the leader in precision trace gas analyzers, offer the highest precision and accuracy for monitoring power plant emissions compliance with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Improved-HCl-And-HF-Analyzers-From-LGR-Enable-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:31:00 GMT American Electric Power has begun commercial operation of the Dresden natural gas-fired power plant, a nominal 580-megawatt combined-cycle generating unit http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/AEP-Increases-Natural-Gas-Fired-Generation-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is partnering with AREVA Solar on an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) addition to TEP's H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station in Tucson http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/TEP-Selects-AREVA-Solar-As-Technology-Partner-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:33:00 GMT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III office in Lisle, Illinois, has activated its incident response center and entered monitoring mode due to an Unusual Event declared at the Byron nuclear power plant Unit 2 http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NRC-Monitoring-An-Event-At-Byron-Nuclear-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:25:00 GMT Westinghouse Electric Company today announces the signing of an important and exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Czech company Metrostav a.s., in preparation for the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000® nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Westinghouse-Announces-Exclusive-MOU-With-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:50:00 GMT Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders with a total capacity of 100 MW in Africa http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Siemens-Secures-First-Wind-Turbine-Orders-In-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:02:00 GMT A 15-year agreement that calls for Minnesota Power to buy carbon-free hydroelectricity from Manitoba Hydro beginning in 2020 was unanimously approved recently by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Minnesota-Power-Hydroelectricity-Purchase-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:27:00 GMT Membrana-Charlotte, a Division of Celgard, LLC, recently announced the launch of the new online store, for membrane contactors. http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Membrana-Launches-Online-Membrane-Contactor-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:44:00 GMT Taking a step closer to ensuring that new electrical devices will be ready to plug into the nation's next-generation power grid, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) recently outlined the process by which test laboratories and certifying organizations are accredited for evaluation of Smart Grid products http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Updated-Guidelines-To-Help-Ensure-Electrical-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:07:00 GMT