By T.L. HAMILTON
Westinghouse Electric Company has awarded Chicago Bridge & Iron a second contract to build the containment vessels for a nuclear power plant expansion in the southeastern United States.
The engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction contract is valued at $150 million.
“It’s an exciting award for us,” said Jan Sieving, spokesperson for CB&I, which has administrative [...]

By MARTHA RAFFAELE
Associated Press Writer
HARRISBURG — Federal regulators proposed a $65,000 fine Tuesday against the owner of a Pennsylvania nuclear plant where security guards routinely napped on the job.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the fine against Chicago-based Exelon Nuclear after completing a special investigation of the Peach Bottom plant in south-central Pennsylvania.
Multiple guards were “deliberately [...]

By JOHN G. EDWARDS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The electric utility serving Las Vegas is preparing to consider its first investment in a geothermal power project in Northern Nevada, using a method just approved by state regulators.
Nevada Power Co., which does business as NV Energy, plans to enter a joint ownership agreement with Ormat Nevada, a geothermal [...]

By Megan Blank
For The ReporterWith several recently completed facility upgrades, Pennridge School Board is looking to continue improvements, including lowering energy consumption.
The district’s facilities committee most recently met with three energy consultants to hear possibilities for the school district to lower energy use.
Representatives from Honeywell Building Solutions, Johnson Controls and Aramark were present at the [...]

By Stephan Kueffner
Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has ordered Italian oil company Agip to suspend production in Ecuador as the country moves to meet the output reduction agreed to by Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
In his regular Saturday radio and television broadcast, Correa also today said that Ecuador is losing money [...]

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s Sharp Corp. said Thursday it would team up with Italian utility Enel to develop solar power plants in the Mediterranean region, seeking to cash in on growing interest in clean energy.
The two firms will launch a joint venture early next year to develop photovoltaic power plants in Italy, Sharp said.
Sharp and [...]

ExxonMobil announced that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklýgý (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become operator during the initial exploration phase and earn a 50 percent interest [...]

IRVING, Texas, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, TA 1/4rkiye Petrolleri Anonim OrtaklAAYA (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become [...]

By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:29:00 11/16/2008
BRITISH FIRM Green Power PLC Corp. has committed to infuse $200 million into five biomass projects that can generate an additional 87.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
David de Montaigne, GGPC founder and chief executive, said each of the five plants would produce 17.5 MW and cost about $40 [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) — Carotech Bhd will supply over 50 percent of its palm biodiesel capacity to Europe and US starting January 2009 through its partnership with Trafigura Beheer BV Amsterdam.
Managing director, David Ho, said under the agreement, the palm methyl-ester producer will supply Trafigura 60,000 to 84,000 metric tonnes of its biodiesel [...]