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 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 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 HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using water and solar power, recently announced that its proprietary process can make zero carbon, renewable hydrogen gas. http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/HyperSolar-To-Make-Zero-Carbon-Renewable-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:01:00 GMT Pepco Holdings, Inc. announced its subsidiary Delmarva Power will receive 38 megawatts (MW) of wind energy and associated renewable energy credits from the recently completed Chestnut Flats wind facility in south central Pennsylvania http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Land-Based-Wind-Farm-Producing-For-PHI-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:10:00 GMT The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Sandia-Chemists-Find-New-Material-To-Remove-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:21:00 GMT Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an Owner's Engineering Services contract by the Saudi Electric Company for the Shoaiba II Power Plant http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Poyry-Awarded-Owners-Engineering-Services-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:07:00 GMT Reservoir Capital Corp. ("Reservoir" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:REO)(FRANKFURT:ROC)(BERLIN:ROC) is pleased to report that GeothermEx Inc. ("GeothermEx", a Schlumberger Company) has completed an independent review of the Company's Vranjska Banja Geothermal Project in southern Serbia, concluding it could potentially support a power generation project of up to 20 Megawatts ("MW") in size, utilizing a binary-cycle power plant http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Reservoir-Capital-Corp-20MW-Potential-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:30:00 GMT Metso will supply Mälarenergi's combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Västerås, Sweden, with the world's largest recovered fuel fired boiler http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Metso-To-Supply-Worlds-Largest-Recovered-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:31:00 GMT Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (Nasdaq:GLPW) ("Global Power") today announced that its Braden Manufacturing division has been awarded a contract to provide gas turbine auxiliary equipment to Siemens Energy Inc. ("Siemens Energy") for the expansion of its Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center project http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Global-Power-Equipment-Group-Inc-Awarded-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:30:00 GMT Clockwork's unique technology and high fidelity life cycle predictive modeling and simulation capabilities were selected by Waller Marine to perform a RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) study to help Waller Marine accurately assess, validate, and optimize the future operational performance and provisioning requirements for Waller Marine's latest floating power generation barge design http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Clockwork-Solutions-Inc-Validates-98-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:45:00 GMT Eco Power Solutions' multi-pollutant emission control technology, the COMPLY 2000(TM), delivers the quickest, most cost-effective solution for utilities to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule published on December 21, 2011, and is included in a list of innovative technologies eligible for Commercial Demonstration Permits included in the MATS ruling http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Eco-Power-Solutions-Technology-Provides-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:52:00 GMT SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced that the company has broken ground on a 13.78-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) in California http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/SunPower-Breaks-Ground-On-1378-Megawatt-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:52:00 GMT American Electric Power has signed cooperation agreements with two Chinese companies to advance transmission, distribution and cleaner power generation technologies, including carbon capture and storage http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/AEP-Signs-Agreements-With-Chinese-Companies-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:31:00 GMT Opus Energy, the Northampton and Oxford-based energy supplier, has entered cooperation with Danish energy company, Nordjysk Elhandel (NEAS), specialising in renewables for the balancing and trading of wind power production from wind turbine generators in the UK http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Opus-Energy-Signs-Wind-Power-Agreement-With-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:02:00 GMT Prophecy Coal Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX:PCY)(OTCQX:PRPCF)(FRANKFURT:1P2) has received a positive feasibility study for the Company's 600 MW Chandgana Mine-Mouth Power Project in Central Mongolia http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Prophecy-Receives-A-Positive-Feasibility-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:35:00 GMT