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The New York Power Authority is exploring the ability to transition a natural gas-fired turbine to run on green hydrogen with a demonstration project at Brentwood Power Station.

Backed by EPRI, major utilities launch initiative to accelerate economy-wide deep decarbonization

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) announced this week that they are embarking on a five-year initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. With the increase of decarbonization goals from private companies and governments, existing technology is not enough to achieve these targets. The Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) is an international

Emerson acquiring leading hydroelectric turbine controls company

Emerson has completed the purchase of American Governor Company, which provides technologies and services for hydroelectric turbine controls. Emerson says the acquisition strengthens its hydropower capabilities, enhancing its ability to help utilities deliver reliable power generation through renewable energy and be highly responsive to the dynamic needs of the electric grid. American Governor’s expertise spans the oldest mechanical to the

FERC rules on NYISO capacity market impacting energy storage, renewables and demand response

New rulings on New York power markets will protect competition, federal regulators say, while some renewable energy advocates argue that they subsidize fossil fuel resources and go against the state’s clean energy goals. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced Thursday it ruled in four orders dealing with buyer-side market power issues in the New York Independent System Operator Inc’s capacity

Burns & McDonnell announces it has won a contract to serve as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for a $134 million electrical control system upgrade and modernization project for New York Power Authority’s 2,525-MW Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant. The control system project is a crucial component of a recently announced $1.1 billion Next Generation Niagara program to extend

NYSERDA to replace fossil fuels with 20 MW energy storage system

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a unit of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20 MW storage project in the town of Ulster, replacing previously planned projects that would have used fossil fuels to generate power for the local community. The project is expected to be completed in early

A-Z: From Archie to Zydeco at #POWERGEN19

New Orleans is the most European of U.S. cities, a low-lying port founded by the French, run by the Spanish for a time and long one of America’s most popular …

PSEG considering partnering with à˜rsted on offshore wind venture

New Jersey-based utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is negotiating with Danish energy infrastructure firm à˜rsted about investing …

Diversity & variety of opportunities key to POWERGEN Experience in NOLA

If variety is the spice of life, there’s no better place than New Orleans to showcase that idiom in action. We hear that. POWERGEN International is happening …

Dominion Energy receives key approvals for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has given its “no objection” determination to Dominion Energy’s planned Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. Domi…

NY’s largest energy storage system completed in Albany region

Key Capture Energy has completed its 20-MW battery storage installation and kicked off an ambitious New York state program surrounding incentives to develop ene…

NYPA announces $30M energy storage demonstration project upstate

The 20-MW demonstration project will be adjacent to an NYPA substation in Franklin County. Construction could begin this fall although NYPA is still negotiating…

The nine-year contract will support a multi-phase refurbishment of the Niagara plant’s head gates and stop log rails. These are large underwater mechanical st…

Duke Shows off New York Solar Farm on old Golf Course site

Duke Energy Renewables showed off its Shoreham Solar Commons Project, a 24.9-MW site near Brookhaven, New York. Shoreham Solar Commons was placed into service i…

NYPA Collaborates with EPRI on Drone Inspection Automation Project

The project will field test new technologies with the goal of making transmission system inspections safer, faster and more efficient while providing greater de…