AI and Energy: A New Horizon for Powering Our Future

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:57:29 +0000

The energy industry finds itself in the midst of a transformative era. In 2023 alone, a record 31 GW of solar energy capacity were installed—a 55% increase from 2022—while battery energy storage systems

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Replacing Duct Burners in Combined Cycle Power Plants

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:57:28 +0000

Many combined cycle power plants (CCPP) and cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) plants utilize supplemental firing systems, or duct burners, inside the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) boilers

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Shoring Up the Future of Wind Power

Credit to Author: Alex Pucacco| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:57:26 +0000

Wind power is one of the UK’s most abundant sources of renewable energy. Ensuring wind turbines operate reliably and extending their useful lifetimes are important to achieving a sustainable energy future

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Leaders Weigh in on Cuba’s Renewable Energy Transformation

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:33:29 +0000

In the presence of Cuba’s Vice Prime Minister Ramiro Valdés and the Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy, the results of a study focused on the […]

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Wärtsilä Among Groups in New Consortium to Explore Hydrogen-Argon for Net-Zero Power

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:47:12 +0000

Technology group Wärtsilä is part of a new research project exploring innovative technology for cleaner, more energy-efficient engines utilizing a closed-loop combustion cycle. The research, announced on Nov. 26, will […]

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EPA Proposes Tighter NOx Limits for Combustion Turbines

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:23:53 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tougher nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limits for new, modified, and reconstructed stationary combustion turbines. The proposed rule identifies a combination of combustion controls […]

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Westinghouse, CORE POWER Partner for Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:04:41 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Co. and CORE POWER said the companies have formalized a deal for the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) using the Westinghouse eVinci microreactor. […]

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Cutting-Edge Process Turns Wind Turbine Blades Into Reusable Materials

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:03:47 +0000

A damaged 44-meter turbine blade from Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been recycled by Plaswire, a Northern Ireland-based company. Plaswire has developed a sustainable solution which overcomes the […]

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Why Businesses and the Government Are Turning to Nuclear Reactors for Our Increasing Energy Demands

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:45:29 +0000

The energy landscape in the U.S. is undergoing a seismic shift, owing in part to the exponential growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and data centers, according to McKinsey […]

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Hotly Contested Dispute Over Co-Located Loads is Primed for FERC Action

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:50:38 +0000

Federal regulation of customer loads located next to existing power generating facilities, referred to as “co-located loads,” have become a significant area of interest for the electric industry. Large industrial […]

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