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Hawaii geothermal test wells planned

    Nevada-based Ormat Technologies Inc. is planning to develop a geothermal energy project on the southwest side of Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii.

Buckling Pin Technology emergency shut down valve

    The Buckling Pin Technology pilot is able to convert any gas actuated valve into a relief or emergency shutdown valve.

APS begins Flagstaff energy storage testing

    Arizona Public Service Company began testing a new 1.

ReEnergy revamping New York power plant

ReEnergy Holdings LLC in Albany, New York announced that it has purchased an energy plant in LeRay that has not been operational since 2010. The company plans to convert the plant to run on biomass and it is expected to joint he grid in early 2013.

CPUC approves Sutter resolution

    The California Public Utilities Commission approved a resolution that will order three investor-owned utilities in California to enter a contract with Calpine Corporation’s Sutter Energy Center within 30 days.

BP entering Ohio’s Utica/Point Pleasant shale

    BP has signed an agreement with the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley (ALOV) to lease approximately 84,000acres in Trumbull County, Ohio in the Utica/Point Pleasant shale basin.

Westinghouse focus on modular reactor development

Westinghouse Electric Co. will be applying to the Department of Energy for up to USD452 million for the rapid development and deployment of the company’s small modular reactor technology in Cranberry, Pennsylvania.

Obama plans Keystone XL expedited pipeline

    President Barack Obama has expressed plans to fast-track an oil pipeline, directing federal agencies to expedite the construction of a 780km pipeline to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast from Oklahoma.

NPPD proceeds with coal plant cleanup

    Through Nebraska Public Power District received pardon from one federal environment regulation after a U.

Demystifying nuclear power

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to help the population nervous of nuclear power following last year’s reactor disaster in Japan.