Power Engineering Magazine Names Projects of the Year Awards Finalists
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TULSA, Okla., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The editors of Power Engineering magazine
and PennWell Corp. have announced 12 finalists for the annual Projects of the
Year Awards program.
The finalists were selected from four major categories: Best Coal-fired
Project, Best Gas-fired Project, Best Nuclear Project and Best
Renewable/Sustainable Project.
The 2009 Best Coal-fired Project finalists are East Kentucky Power
Cooperative's Spurlock Unit 4, Omaha Public Power District's OPPD Unit 2 and
City Water, Light and Power's Dallman Unit 4 in Springfield, Ill.
Finalists for the Best Gas-fired Project are the Gissi combined cycle plant in
Italy, owned by Abruzzoenergia; the Gateway Generating Station in California,
owned by Pacific Gas & Electric; and the Emporia Energy Center in Kansas,
owned by Westar Energy.
In the nuclear energy category, the three finalists are Entergy's River Bend
wireless project in Mississippi, Pacific Gas & Electric's Diablo Canyon Unit 1
Steam Generator Replacement project in California and Entergy's SmartSignal at
Waterford 3 project in Mississippi.
The Hastings hydrokinetic project in Minnesota, owned by Hydro Green Energy
LLC and the city of Hastings, Minn., Ausra's Kimberlina solar thermal power
plant in California and eSolar's Sierra SunTower solar plant, also in
California, are the three finalists in the renewable/sustainable category.
"The world's appetite for energy continues to grow," said Richard G. Baker,
senior vice president of PennWell's Power Generation Group. "Companies like
those represented by this year's project finalists are instrumental in meeting
the growing demand. Power Engineering magazine is once again pleased to be
able to recognize some of the exceptional power generation projects that were
completed in the past year."
The Projects of the Year Awards winners will be announced at a gala awards
banquet on Monday, Dec. 7, at the Las Vegas Hilton, as part of the POWER-GEN
International Conference and Exhibition and the co-located NUCLEAR POWER
International Conference and Exhibition.
Power Engineering magazine is the voice of the power generation industry.
More than 65,000 power generation professionals read Power Engineering
magazine for expert coverage of the industry's important news and emerging
trends. The magazine, POWER-GEN International and NUCLEAR POWER International
are owned by PennWell Corporation.
About PennWell:
PennWell Corporation is a diversified business-to-business media and
information company that provides quality content and integrated marketing
solutions for the following industries: oil and gas, electric power, water,
electronics, semiconductor, contamination control, optoelectronics, fiber
optics, enterprise storage, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in
1910, PennWell publishes 75 print and online magazines and newsletters,
conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an
extensive offering of books, maps, web sites, and research and database
services. In addition to PennWell's headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the
company has major offices in Nashua, New Hampshire; Houston, Texas; London,
England; and other locations worldwide. For additional information about
PennWell, visit http://www.pennwell.com.
Contact:
Nancy Spring
918-831-9492
nancys@pennwell.com
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SOURCE PennWell Corporation
Nancy Spring, +1-918-831-9492, nancys@pennwell.com
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