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and more than 1,300 MW of CSP plants under construction.
The International Energy Agency estimates that CSP projects
in development or under construction in more than a dozen
countries (including China, India, Morocco, Spain, and the
U.S.) total 15 GW.
JSC Institute Hydroproject to Refurbish Russian Hydro
Plant. RusHydro subsidiary JSC Institute Hydroproject in
March began an all-inclusive project to modernize the Kamskaya
hydropower plant, which is part of the Volga-Kama cascade
in Russia. About 17 of 23 new vertical hydraulic units
have been already upgraded. JSC Institute Hydroproject will
develop the all-inclusive modernization project taking into
consideration the previous projects for reconstruction of hydroturbines,
hydro and auxiliary equipment, hydro units, and
dams. Design works will be finished in 2014.
APS Launches Pilot Battery Project. Arizona Public
Service Co. on Feb 23 began testing a new 1.5-MWh shipping
container-size energy storage system. The goal of the
company's two-year pilot project in Flagstaff, Ariz., will be
to determine the benefits of storing electricity and putting
it onto the grid during times of peak demand. In 2012, the
system developed by lithium-ion battery maker Electrovaya
Inc. will reside in an electrical distribution substation. At
a later date, the system will be trucked a few miles up the
road to support a 500-kW solar power plant, the Doney Park
Renewable Energy Site.
Fortis to Acquire CH Energy Group in $1.5B Deal.
Canada's largest investor-owned distribution utility, Fortis,
announced in mid-February that it entered into an agreement
to acquire CH Energy Group for about $1.15 billion. CH
Energy Group is an energy delivery company headquartered
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Its electric assets (which constitute
approximately 77% of its total assets) include approximately
9,600 miles of distribution lines and more than 600 miles of
transmission lines.
AEP Starts Up Ohio Gas Plant. American Electric Power
(AEP) on Feb. 1 began commercial operation of the Dresden
natural gas-fired power plant, a nominal 580-MW combined
cycle generating unit. located near Dresden, Ohio. Including
startup of the Dresden plant, AEP has added more than 4,800
MW of natural gas-fired capacity to its generating fleet in
the past decade. Natural gas accounts for 24% of AEP's total
generating capacity. AEP purchased the partially constructed
Dresden plant in 2007 for approximately $85 million from
Dresden Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Dominion. AEP accelerated
construction of Dresden in January 2011. Total costs for
the plant were approximately $366 million.
Key EPC Contracts Signed for Texas Clean Coal Project.
Summit Power Group's Texas Clean Energy Project on
Feb. 14 signed engineering, procurement, and construction
(EPC) contracts and a 15-year operations and maintenance
contract for its 400-MW power/poly-gen gasification project
with 90% carbon capture near Odessa, Texas. The deal
takes the project another step closer to financial closing and
groundbreaking. The two, firm-price, turnkey EPC contracts
that guarantee price, schedule, and performance for the integrated
coal gasification combined cycle project were finalized
in December by the project's three EPC contractors: Siemens
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