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ABB Wins Substations Order With Hydro One In Canada
2/8/2012
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.
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TEP Selects AREVA Solar As Technology Partner For Innovative CSP Booster Project
2/7/2012
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
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Minnesota Power Hydroelectricity Purchase From Canada Approved
2/7/2012
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
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Improved HCl And HF Analyzers From LGR Enable Power Plant Compliance Monitoring To New EPA Standards
2/7/2012
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)
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ENERCON Receives Patent For Innovative Nuclear Reactor Filter System
2/7/2012
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).
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Endress+Hauser Introduces Installed Base Audit Program
2/7/2012
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.
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AEP Increases Natural Gas-Fired Generation Capacity As Newly Constructed Dresden Plant Goes On Line
2/7/2012
American Electric Power has begun commercial operation of the Dresden natural gas-fired power plant, a nominal 580-megawatt combined-cycle generating unit
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Rockland Affiliate To Acquire Eagle Point Power Generation From Sunoco
2/7/2012
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
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Minnesota Power Resource Study Informs Long-Term Energy Planning Process
2/6/2012
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
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Siemens Receives Another Major Order For Combined Cycle Power Plant In Saudi Arabia
2/6/2012
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
