Three dead in Dominion power plant accident
SALEM HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS - A steam pipe rupture at Dominion Resources Inc's Salem Harbor power plant in Massachusetts killed three workers, the company said.
The accident occurred, while the three employees were working near a boiler when the tube ruptured, blowing steam onto them 20 feet below.
Dominion said it shut down all four units at the Salem Harbor plant to conduct a safety review.
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Tokyo-based Electric Power Development, better known as J-Power, will join Osaka regional utility Kansai Electric Power in investing in a unit of Germany's Innogy.
The deal, estimated to be worth around $900 million, will give J-Power a 25% stake and Kansai Electric a roughly 16% share. It will mark the first investment in an offshore wind project by Japanese power companies.
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