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Regulators in North Carolina have approved Duke Energy’s plan to replace some of the utility’s coal-fired units with natural gas-fired generation. The North Carolina Utilities Commission in December issued orders […]
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Over October 26 to 27 at the 8th Wonder Brewery in Houston, Texas, leaders across the energy sector who are seeking to bring forth the era of transformation and transition in the power industry convened to share insights and collaborate at the Fuze Energy Conference. Among those in attendance was Manoj Reddy, the Head of Power Markets & Analytics for ibV Energy Partners. Specifically..
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A massive fire broke out at DTE Energy’s St. Clair Power Plant in the early evening on August 11.
Firefighters reportedly received the call for assistance at around 6:30 p.m. and fought the blaze well into the following morning.
Video taken during the incident shows flames in several spots on the north end of the plant’s roof, extending well to the south. There is smoke coming out of vents throughout the entire length of the facility, which has six operational units with a total capacity of 1,547 MW.
The plant invoked emergency procedures and shut down all units onsite by 7:01 p.m. DTE Energy said employees were evacuated safely and that there were no known injuries at the plant.
Firefighters from St. Clair and Marine City were first on the scene, but as many as 30 departments, including Port Huron, which is nearly 20 miles to the north, were said to have been involved in extinguishing the fire.
In a statement released at 8:26 a.m.…