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• B&W Will Acquire GE Energy’s Electrostatic Precipitator and Emissions Monitoring Businesses

  These products and services are used by a wide variety of power generation and industrial customers to monitor and control particulates and other emissions from power plants, factories and other facilities - By Linton Levy - Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has signed a contract with GE Energy, a division of General Electric Company, to acquire its electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and emissions monitoring business units. B&W PGG is an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company. ... Posted Mar 16 2010, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Babcock & Wilcox, emissions, GE Energy, ENERGY, nuclear, power, monitoring, babcock, acquisition, B&W PGG, electrostatic precipitator, babcock & wilcox power generation group, emissions monitoring

• Statement By FPL CEO Lew Hay On Copenhagen Climate Talks

  I commend President Obama for showing real leadership in the effort to mitigate global carbon emissions - By April Murelio - Lew Hay, chairman and CEO of FPL Group, the nation’s No. 1 producer of renewable energy from wind and solar power, issued the following statement today on the recently concluded international climate talks held in Copenhagen, Denmark: ... Posted Dec 22 2009, 08:20 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: emissions, FPL Energy, nuclear, power, Florida Power & Light, FPL, statement, copenhagen, denmark

• Legislative Veto Of EPA Rule Will Take Greenhouse Gas Option Off Table

  Murkowski Seeks to Halt EPA Endangerment of U.S. Economy - By April Murelio - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has announced her intention to file a disapproval resolution to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Murkowski's resolution comes in the wake of the agency's recent endangerment finding, which will result in damaging new regulations that endanger America's economy. ... Posted Dec 18 2009, 08:21 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: EPA, emissions, politics, alaska, environmental protection agency, regulation, greenhouse, economy, gas, resolution, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, murkowski, senator, greenhouse gas emissions

• NCS 2009: Capgemini - New Nuclear Plants Energy Outlook

  Part of a Special Section covering the Nuclear Construction Summit USA 2009, October 26-27 – Washington DC The Nuclear Construction Summit, USA 2009 was attended by professionals who finance, plan and develop next nuclear projects. Professionals delivered information that will form blueprints for... Posted Dec 01 2009, 08:42 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse, China, AREVA, emissions, forecast, Europe, Russia, India, construction, reactor, economics, nuclear, CO2, U.S., plant, Nuclear Construction Summit USA 2009, ncs 2009, overview

• Mike Fox: Nuclear Power Better Than Ever And Important Part Of Mix

  Also Published In The Tacoma News Tribune - By Michael R. Fox Ph.D. - Scarcely any mention is made in the Sixth Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan of the one energy source capable of making a decisive difference in air quality and greenhouse-gas emissions. Nuclear power already supplies safe... Posted Nov 16 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, DOE, emissions, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, department of energy, mix, Michael Fox, mike fox, columbia nuclear, greenhouse

• Alstom Joins USCAP As Part Of Effort To Address Climate Change

  French nuclear giant joins broad based coalition of industry and environmental groups - By Abby Gessner - Alstom has announced that it has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a broad based coalition of industry and environmental groups committed to developing legislation to address climate... Posted Jul 08 2009, 08:05 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: emissions, Alstom, USCAP

• New Climate Report And The Failure Of Government Science

  A number of high level experts have posted their early criticisms of new report - By Michael R. Fox Ph.D., - The release of a new government climate report appeared on ‘Climate Depot” on June 17, 2009. ( http://tinyurl.com/nvnm7x ). Climate Depot ( http://www.climatedepot.com/ ) is one of... Posted Jun 24 2009, 08:10 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: emissions, climate, Michael R. Fox, Ph.D.

• EPA: Exelon Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Over 35 Percent

  Company surpasses Climate goals, plans to increase nuclear, and makes substantial progress on Exelon 2020 - By Stephen Heiser - In its ongoing effort to address climate change, Exelon announced today that as of the end of 2008 it had reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 35 percent... Posted Apr 07 2009, 08:44 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: EPA, emissions, Exelon, John Rowe

• Exelon Energy Launches Pilot Program For Emission-Free Energy

  Emission-Free Energy Certificates help commercial and industrial customers measure environmental benefit of purchasing low-carbon electricity - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Energy, the competitive retail energy marketing subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, unveiled a product designed to help customers demonstrate... Posted Mar 11 2009, 08:20 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: emissions, Exelon, marketing, pilot program

• NRG Energy Discusses Nuclear Power In Open Letter

  NRG Energy, Inc. Issues Open Letter to NRG Stockholders Regarding Latest Low and No-Carbon Technology Investment - By Linton Levy - NRG Energy, Inc. has issued the following open letter to NRG stockholders regarding the Company’s latest investment in no and low-carbon technology: Dear NRG Stockholders... Posted Feb 25 2009, 09:04 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: generation, emissions, NRG, open letter

• APS Future Clean Energy Report Evaluates New Nuclear

  Nuclear, Renewables, Energy Efficiency to Power Arizona’s Long-Term Electric Needs - By April Murelio - Over the next two decades, APS customers could receive significantly more of their electricity from clean energy sources under a comprehensive Resource Plan filed today with the Arizona Corporation... Posted Feb 02 2009, 08:14 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, emissions, report, forecast, investment, APS

• American Council On Global Nuclear Competitiveness Study finds Nuclear Industry Could Generate 350,000 Jobs And Produce $542 Billion

  Report reveals substantial state‐level job gains from new nuclear construction - By Mark McFadden – A substantial program of new investment in nuclear energy infrastructure will generate peak employment of 350,000 and cumulative GDP of $542 billion over twenty years, according to a report prepared... Posted Jan 29 2009, 11:42 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, Engineering, emissions, study, report, forecast, investment

• Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Eliminate Nuclear Waste And Generate Usable Energy

  Proposed nuclear waste destruction system would make waste into fuel - By Linton Levy - Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants. The invention could... Posted Jan 28 2009, 04:14 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, decontamination, generation, nuclear fuel, emissions, reprocessing, new designs, nuclear waste, Upgrades

• FPL: Nuclear Power Meets Clean Power Criteria

  Unable to define green energy, Florida PSC hands issue to Florida lawmakers - By Jack Bryar - According to a report in the Palm Beach Post, Florida's PSC has crafted their vision of Florida's green energy future without really defining green energy. Months of intense lobbying and public hearings... Posted Jan 27 2009, 09:32 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: compliance, emissions, PSC, regulations, legislation, FPL Energy, investment, politics

• U.S. Electricity Generation And Sales Set New Records In 2007

  Nuclear power capacity hits all-time high - By April Murelio - Electricity generation and electricity sales reached record levels in 2007, according to "Electric Power Annual 2007", just released by the Energy Information Administration. Following a year of relatively weak growth in 2006, net... Posted Jan 23 2009, 10:27 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: DOE, generation, emissions, study, report, forecast, politics