Most Consumers Will Pay More for Renewable Energy

Seventy-six percent of Americans feel it’s extremely important that their electric utility offers power produced from renewable sources, according to Energy ...

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance

GE and Hitachi have signed a letter of intent to negotiate the formation of a global alliance that will combine their ...

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will begin a special inspection of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station's core safety injection valves next ...

IAE Predicts Global Energy Demand Up 53% by 2030

The International Energy Agency  has released The World Energy Outlook 2006,  the latest edition of the IEA's annual flagship publication. The ...

Democrat Committee Head Lays Out Energy Priorities

Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who will head the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, said that cleaner cars powered ...

Sustainable Energy Network Releases Blueprint On Energy

Last week, 145 businesses, environmental organizations, and other groups (representing 37 states) released the “Sustainable Energy Blueprint� - a policy paper that ...

7 of 10 Americans Favor Nuclear Energy

Nearly seven of 10 Americans favor nuclear energy and 68 percent support building a new reactor at the existing nuclear power plant ...

More Companies Concerned About Financial Implications of Climate Change

Climate change has become a major concern among leading US financial institutions and companies, according to a recent report by the ...

N.C. Agency Recommends Raising Rates to Subsidize Conservation

Believing that raising rates will cut energy use, North Carolina's consumer advocacy agency on utility rate cases has recommended that the state ...

Westinghouse Lands Chemistry Monitoring System Contract for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company  has been awarded a contract to provide Primary Side Chemistry Monitoring Systems for Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Units ...

Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK

Honeywell has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with power industry network and services provider FibrLINK Communications to help China's ...

TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

TXU plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 for construction and operating licenses for two to six ...

Serco Builds Consortium, Targets BNG

Support services group Serco Group PLC is forming a consortium to bid for nuclear waste clean-up firm British Nuclear Group, ...

Huaneng Plans $31 Billion to Double Generation

China's biggest electricity producer, state-owned Huaneng Group, will spend up to $31.25 billion by 2010 to more than double its generation ...