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‘Don’t be a jerk’ and other words of wisdom for people in the power industry
Get a sneak peek at the POWERGEN women with excellent character For the first time, POWERGEN International along with partner UL, will be awarding five women with Excellence in Character Awards at the upcoming event in New Orleans during the Lunch for Better Balance on Wednesday, November 20. During the months of August and September, the greater power industry nominated
Op-ed: Grid inertia and why it matters in a renewable world
O&M
General Electric will demolish the 750 MW Inland Empire Energy Center (IEEC) in California that has 20 years remaining in its useful life. With solar and wind dominating the grid, the plant has been deemed uneconomical after operating well below capacity for several years. The site will be used for a new battery storage facility. Good news in terms of
ABB Q&A: From switchgear to HVDC and beyond
Air Pollution Control Equipment Services
Gas insulating switchgear, high voltage direct current transmission, microgrids and renewable energy. ABB is involved in all of it. The Swiss company with a historic tradition of energy industry innovations also has gone through plenty of change lately. ABB is selling its power grids division to Hitachi, but is hardly slowing down on its offering of new products. ABB recently
Gas- and diesel-fired Canal 3 station completed at Cape Cod
Gas
Work is completed for the unique dual-fueled Canal 3 Generation Station on Cape Cod. The Canal 3 (pictured) was a joint engineering and construction venture of Burns & McDonnell and Skanska USA Civil. They started construction in 2017, with commercial operation of the 350-MW facility beginning this summer. The simple-cycle Canal 3 serves as a peaking unit to provide generation
Enel X, UMass sign deal for solar-storage hybrid on campus
Energy Storage
The advanced energy services wing of Italian-based Enel Group will install a 1-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and companion battery storage system at the University of Massachusetts campus in Boston. The long-term agreement between Enel X and UMass includes installation of 11 JuiceBox electric vehicle smart charging stations along with the solar array and 0.5 MW/2-MWh lithium-ion energy storage system. The
FirstLight acquires Massachusetts university energy storage projects
Batteries
The two systems are located at Brandeis University and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Hydroelectric
Wind, hydro make way into ISO-New England Day-Ahead Market
Requiring DNE dispatchable resources to participate in the Day-Ahead Energy Market will lead to a more accurate commitment of resources and an improvement in th…
Gas
Con Edison cuts deal to expand natural gas capacity in NY
The deal allows for greater natural gas capacity without construction of a new pipeline. Con Edison also is continuing its $223 million Smart Solutions program …
Gas
Proposed gas transport rules may help ISO New England deal with fuel security worries
Short-term, some new rulemaking announced by President Trump may help the region deal with a lack of natural gas pipeline access. Long term, the independent sys…
Combined Cycle
Carlyle Group entity completes buy of New England GTCC plants
The $590 million deal selling the plants to Revere Power LLC closed successfully. The sale of Bridgeport Energy, Tiverton Power and Rumford Power was announced …
Energy Storage
PowerGen World Mourns Sudden Passing of McCallum
McCallum began serving on the POWERGEN International advisory committee in 2018 and chaired one session during the December conference in Orlando. …
Coal
NERC Warns about Impact of Coal, Nuclear Retirements on Resiliency
The Generation Retirement Scenario report released by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) concluded that the pace of retirements mainly revolve…
Combined Cycle
CPV sells Stake in GTCC-fired Towantic Plant to Osaka Gas USA
Osaka Gas USA previously bought stakes in CPV’s St. Charles Energy Center in Maryland, Woodbridge Energy Center in New Jersey and Fairview Energy Center in Pe…
Gas
Carlyle Group buying New England Gas-Fired Plants for $590M
Bridgeport Energy, Tiverton Power and Rumford Power together have the capacity to generate approximately 1,100 MW….
Gas
Pipeline Partially owned by Utilities gets Fed Approval to Restart Construction
The Mountain Valley Pipeline got two thumbs up to continue from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals after dela…
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‘Don’t be a jerk’ and other words of wisdom for people in the power industry
Op-ed: Grid inertia and why it matters in a renewable world
ABB Q&A: From switchgear to HVDC and beyond
Gas- and diesel-fired Canal 3 station completed at Cape Cod