Kansas Corporation Commission elects Pat Apple as chairperson
At a recent organizational meeting, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) elected Commissioner Pat Apple to serve as the commission’s chairperson. Current Chair Jay Scott Emler nominated Apple. Commissioner Shari Feist Albrecht seconded the nomination. Governor Sam Brownback appointed Appl... Read More »National Wind Technology Center tests wave energy converter
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) began validation work recently on Columbia Power Technologies' StingRAY wave energy converter. The converter is the first water power technology ever tested in an NREL dynam... Read More »SCE&G, Santee Cooper place first AP1000 steam generator in U.S.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper recently placed the first steam generator to be used at a Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plant. The generator will use heat from one of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station’s two 1,117-megawatt (MW) reactors to convert water into ste... Read More »ASU, PayPal to purchase energy from new APS solar plant
Arizona State University (ASU) and PayPal have agreed to purchase the 40 megawatts (MW) of energy produced by a recently unveiled Arizona Public Service Company (APS) solar plant located near Red Rock, Arizona. “The construction of Red Rock is a great example of how we partner with our commerci... Read More »Issa, Conaway introduce nuclear waste storage bill
Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) recently introduced the Interim Consolidated Storage Act, a bill that would create a temporary storage solution for the United State’s nuclear waste. The legislation would allow the Department of Energy to use interest from the Nuclear Waste Fun... Read More »DOE releases 2017 U.S. Energy, Employment Report
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released its second annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), which identified significant growth in several energy-related sectors of the U.S. economy in 2016. “This report verifies the dynamic role that our energy technologies and infrastructure ... Read More »David Holt