Month: July 2012

Current power reactor status report for July 30, 2012 […]

Electric demand on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid peaked at 65,790 megawatts (MW) today, setting a new July record. […]

Under Secretary for Energy (Acting) and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs, David Sandalow traveled to Iowa to highlight President Obama’s strategy to develop every source of American energy. […]

The California Energy Commission staff will conduct a workshop for the proposed Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System and the proposed Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility. […]

Trina Solar Limited announced today the following updates to its previous guidance made for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. […]

Plant owners and operators report to EIA that they expect to retire almost 27 gigawatts (GW) of capacity from 175 coal-fired generators between 2012 and 2016. In 2011, there were 1,387 coal-fired generators in the United States, totaling almost 318 GW. […]

Operators at Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station took Unit 2 offline at approximately noon EDT today to allow workers to replace a valve on the plant’s steam piping system. […]

With final approval for the project in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, construction is set to begin next year on the final leg of the CapX2020 transmission line. […]

The Sierra Club launched a second series of high saturation television, radio and online ads, singling out members of Congress who have failed to take steps to renew the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy. […]

The Shaw Group Inc. announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement with CB&I under which CB&I will acquire Shaw in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $3 billion. […]