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.