Beaver Valley Unit 2 Begins Refueling

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company announced its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2 in Shippingport, Pa., shut down earlier today for scheduled refueling and maintenance. While the unit is off line, 64 of the 157 fuel assemblies will be replaced and numerous safety inspections will be conducted. In addition, preventative maintenance to ensure continued... 

PJM Moves Toward Pay-for-Performance Pricing

Beacon Power Corporation a leading provider of fast-response energy storage systems and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid, announced that the PJM Interconnection recently began the formal process to implement pay-for-performance regulation pricing in its geographic area, the largest electricity market in the... 

AEP Schedules Live Webcast of Quarterly Earnings Call

American Electric Power has scheduled a quarterly earnings conference call with financial analysts for 9 a.m. EST Friday, Jan. 28. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet at http://www.aep.com/go/webcasts. The webcast will include audio of the call as well as visuals of charts and graphics referred to by AEP management during the call. The... 

Renae Conley Assumes Leadership Responsibilities for Human Resources

Entergy Corporation today announced that effective immediately Renae Conley is formally assuming the responsibilities of executive vice president, human resources and administration, completing a management transition first announced last summer by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard. Conley, who was named executive vice president-designate,... 

Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

Titan Energy Becomes MTU Onsite Energy Power Partner in Florida

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. a leader in the manufacturing, marketing and servicing of energy generation products and services, announced today that its subsidiary, Grove Power, Inc., has signed on to become a Power Partner distributor for MTU Onsite Energy, a member of the Tognum Group. “We are proud to be an official member of the MTU Onsite... 

GDF SUEZ Energy North America Affiliate Completes Acquisition of FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc.

GDF SUEZ Energy North America announced the acquisition of FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc. (FirstLight) from Energy Capital Partners is now complete. FirstLight owns and operates a unique portfolio of 15 power generation plants — primarily pumped storage and traditional hydro facilities. It also has a state-of-the-art natural gas peaking power... 

Green Power EMC’s Renewable Energy Agreement Generates Jobs and Electricity

Green Power EMC (GPEMC), a partnership of 38 electric membership corporations (EMCs) in Georgia, today announced plans to purchase 17 MW of biomass energy from Multitrade Rabun Gap (MRG), LLC. The Rabun Gap project will use woody waste as the primary fuel in a conventional boiler for the generation of steam to power a steam turbine electric generator. The... 

Consumers Energy Advances on Renewable Energy Plan, Secures 28,000 Acres for Wind Energy Development in Mason and Tuscola Counties

Consumers Energy has secured more than 28,000 acres of easements in Tuscola and Mason counties for potential wind generation development and is starting the process of testing sites. Construction started today on four meteorological towers in Mason County and three towers in Tuscola County. Construction of the towers, which are about 180 feet tall,... 

SSTP Eliminates Need for Fossil Fuels for Production of Electricity

Sustainable Power Corp. outlines the important facts underlying SSTP’s vision and solution to solving the problem of utilizing fossil fuels for production of electricity and the benefits of employing SSTP’s revolutionary technology of converting solid municipal waste to natural gas which is used to power electric-producing generators. Every...