State officials are ordering Duke Energy to address piping systems in dams at six coal ash impoundments across North Carolina. The N.C. Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources on Thursday issued four notices for leaks and other structural concerns. Problems were discovered at the utility’s power plants in Chatham, Person and Rockingham counties. Duke […]
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Developer Turns Manure Into Renewable Energy
A developer is bringing a new project to Elkhart County aimed at reducing the environmental impact of dairy farms and helping the nation’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Brian Furrer is building a $7 million facility on a former gravel mining site in rural southwest Goshen that will turn cow manure into electricity. The […]
PXI Express digitizer supports the industry’s widest input range at ±100V
ADLINK Technology (San Jose, CA) announced the release of its new PXIe-9848H 8-CH 14-bit 100 MS/s high-speed PXI Express digitizer. The PXIe-9848H features a x15/x50 signal conditioning module providing both a high input voltage range of ±100V and high dynamic performance to deliver the optimum solution for measurement range expansion in a PXI system. The […]
Notre Dame, GE Partner in Turbine Research
The University of Notre Dame and General Electric Co. on Thursday announced plans to partner in a $36 million research and test facility for massive gas turbine engines used by commercial and military aircraft, power plants and the oil and gas industry. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Facility […]
EPA to Consider if Power Plant Adds to Park Haze
The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to consider whether pollution controls at Xcel Energy’s Sherco power plant are adequate for cutting haze over two national parks and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The federal agency and six environmental groups filed a proposed consent decree Tuesday that obligates the EPA to take action on a 2009 […]
Pilot study for SEPTA indicates annual energy savings exceeding $250K
Pilot study tracks big returns for recycling braking energy and offering grid support CARY, N.C. – ABB has released the results of a six-month pilot program of an innovative public transit energy storage system (ESS) designed to transform the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) from an inefficient energy consumer into both a smart consumer and […]
State’s Largest Solar Plant Opens
The state’s largest solar power plant has opened on 600 acres in southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell visited Deming on Wednesday to marking the opening of Macho Springs Solar Facility. Built of state trust land in Luna County, the project is jointly owned by […]
Wisconsin Energy Buying Integrys for $5.7 Billion
Wisconsin Energy Corp. is buying Integrys Energy Group Inc. for about $5.7 billion in cash and stock to form a more diverse Midwest electric and natural gas delivery company. The combined company will be called WEC Energy Group Inc. and serve more than 4.3 million total gas and electric customers across Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and […]
A New Way to Detect Leaks in Pipes
Explosions caused by leaking gas pipes under city streets have frequently made headlines in recent years, including one that leveled an apartment building in New York this spring. But while the problem of old and failing pipes has garnered much attention, methods for addressing such failing infrastructure have lagged far behind. Typically, leaks are found […]
Semi-shielded power inductor series targets DC/DC converter power management applications
Bourns, Inc. (Riverside, CA) announced a new series of semi-shielded power inductors. The semi-shielded SRN model series combines the features of non-shielded and shielded inductors, making them suitable for use in DC/DC converters, which provide power management to mobile electronic devices, computers, data storage devices and consumer electronics. Bourns’ SRN series is also well-suited for […]