News on Electricity Generation

NJ: Terrorism suspect didn't breach nuke plants

2010-03-11T19:00:50Z

<div><p>A New Jersey official says a suspected terrorist who worked at a complex of nuclear power plants did not breach security there.</p><p>Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, says his office has been told that Sharif Mobley was supervised and had no problems when he worked at three powe...

MEMC to make Europe's largest solar plant in Italy

2010-03-11T13:00:30Z

<div id="subtitle">MEMC subsidiary SunEdison wins approval to build largest solar power plant in Italy</div><div><p>MEMC Electronics Materials Inc. said Thursday that its solar power subsidiary SunEdison has received final approval from the Italian government to build Europe<...

Sout Africa may face power cuts without loan

2010-03-11T11:30:21Z

<div><p>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity prices further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday.</p>...

South Africa may face power cuts if no World Bank loan

2010-03-11T09:00:14Z

<div><p>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity tariffs further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday.</p&g...

China Climate

2010-03-10T12:46:02Z

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, Chinese workers take a break in front of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. China told the United States on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nat...

S.Korea, Turkey sign deal on nuclear power plant

2010-03-10T10:16:08Z

<div><p>The state power companies of South Korea and Turkey signed a preliminary deal here Wednesday aimed at building a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey.</p><p>Under the deal, the companies will carry out preliminary work and "if a common ground with mutually acceptable conditions emerges, the main agreement between the two governments will be signed", Shanghai, China. China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. China, the world's largest ...

Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast

2010-03-09T16:45:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Prospect emerges of nuclear-powered Middle East as Israel and Syria seek atomic energy</div><div><p>Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?</p><p>Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced Tuesday that they want to pursue atomic power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm ov...

Israel wants to develop nuclear energy

2010-03-09T00:45:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Israel to tell international conference that it wants to develop nuclear power</div><div><p>Israel wants to build a nuclear power plant, Israeli officials said Tuesday, a move that could bring new attention to the country's secretive nuclear activities.</p><p>Israel's national infrastructure minister, Uzi Landau, was to publicly announce the idea ...

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

2010-03-08T12:15:35Z

<div><p>JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a move that could draw fresh international attention toward its assumed atomic arsenal.</p><p>Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau<...

Xcel promises to cut pollution in Colorado

2010-03-05T15:45:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Xcel promises to cut Colorado pollution by 2017</div><div><p>Xcel Energy is promising to cut air pollution over the next seven years.</p><p>A deal announced Friday by Gov. Bill Ritter, the company and lawmakers will require Xcel to reduce pollutants by retiring or modifying Fron...

Another worker injured in Conn. explosion sues

2010-03-04T14:15:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Another worker injured in Connecticut power plant explosion sues companies</div><div><p>Another worker injured in a Connecticut power plant explosion last month that killed six workers has filed a lawsuit accusing the companies handling the project of negligence.</p><p>Authorities say the Feb. 7 explosion at the K...

Sen. Rockefeller seeks EPA carbon rule delay

2010-03-04T13:00:50Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fight over U.S. President Barack Obama's climate change initiatives intensified on Thursday when an influential Democratic senator sought a two-year pause on regulations to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants and other smokestacks.</p><p>Legislation calling for the delay was introduced by Sena...

Senators seek to block stimulus money for overseas

2010-03-03T12:00:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Democratic senators seek to block stimulus money from being spent on foreign jobs</div><div><p>A group of Democratic senators urged the Obama administration to suspend an economic stimulus program aimed at financing renewable energy, complaining that money is going to projects that are creating jobs in foreign countries.</p><p>"We can't jump-start our economy and pull ourselves out of t...

Sweden to build 2,000 new wind turbines: minister

2010-03-02T10:19:32Z

<div><p>Sweden will build 2,000 new wind turbines over the next decade as part of a bid to dramatically increase its production of renewable energy, Enterprise and Energy Minister Maud Olofsson said Tuesday.</p><p>"Sweden has extremely good prospects for rapidly increasing the production of renewable energy, especially from the burning of biofuels, cogeneration plants and...

Coal-fired plant may be out of steam before itÕs up

2010-03-02T02:15:29Z

<div><p> A controversial coal-fired power plant was supposed to be under construction near Mesquite by now.</p><p>Sithe Global Power planned to have the Toquop Energy Project generating relatively cheap electricity by 2013 so it could sell the power wholesale to Nevada and other Southwest states.</p><p>But the site remains empty, and many Mes...

Senators seen ditching cap and trade in new bill

2010-02-27T14:00:23Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senators are seeking to radically overhaul stalled climate legislation by proposing to dump broad cap-and-trade provisions and take a sector by sector approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a White House official and leading U.S. newspaper reported.</p><p>Despite strong doubts a climate bill is possible...

Entergy Corp. runs into hurdles with spinoff plan

2010-02-26T12:15:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Entergy Corp. plan to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants runs into roadblocks</div><div><p>Power provider Entergy Corp.'s proposal to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants into a separate company has run into snags long past the time it had hoped to close the deal.</p><p>New York regulators may tighten conditions for creation of Conn. plant blew up after gas released in tight quarters, near many ignition sources</div><div><p>An industrial practice that involved the widespread release of natural gas at a Connecticut power plant shortly before it exploded is "inherently unsafe," and should be curbed to prevent similar incidents, a federal safety investigator said Thursday.</p><p>Six people were killed in the ...

Mitsubishi signs British wind turbine deal: government

2010-02-25T10:16:09Z

<div><p>Japan's Mitsubishi has agreed to invest up to 100 million pounds (113 million euros, 153 million dollars) in a new wind turbine project in Britain, the government announced here on Thursday.</p><p>Mitsubishi Powe...