Westinghouse Electric Co. said Wednesday that it was awarded a contract to dismantle a nuclear reactor in Spain.

Plans for a massive expansion of clean energy in California are being jeopardized by federal foot-dragging, according to state officials who say that more than 20 nearly shovel-ready solar and wind projects are being held up by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Power operators train using a control room simulator at the Bruce B nuclear power plant in Tiverton, Ont., in this file photo from 2008.

Construction of wind farms has fallen 71% nationwide this year and has ground to a halt in Iowa.

Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis said Ottawa will not pay any extra costs associated with the delayed Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station.

Dr. Richard Teaff, President of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, gave a presentation to the members of the State Board for Virginiaa s Community Colleges on the new Wind Turbine Service Technology training program that will begin in the Fall Semester at DSLCC.