Kemmerer 1 Breaks Ground: A Look at TerraPower’s Natrium Fast Reactor Nuclear Power Plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:50:50 +0000

Bill Gates’ nuclear innovation firm TerraPower has broken ground on the non-nuclear portion of Kemmerer Unit 1, a 345-MW Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) power plant. The groundbreaking on June […]

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U.S. Power Distribution System Reliability Has Declined Over the Past Decade: How to Make It Better

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:16:10 +0000

SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) and SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) are widely used reliability indices that measure the performance of power distribution systems. SAIDI represents the total […]

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Michigan Utility Replacing Coal Plant With Large Energy Storage System

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:29:50 +0000

Michigan’s major electric utility said it plans to build one of the nation’s largest standalone battery energy storage projects at the site of a retired coal-fired power plant. Detroit-based DTE […]

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Deloitte Report Details Intersection of Decarbonization With DER Adoption

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:38:33 +0000

Deloitte, a group providing a variety of services for business and industry, in a new report published June 12 notes the importance of distributed energy resources (DERs) to the future […]

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Siemens Gamesa Reportedly Developing 21-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:26:26 +0000

The global race to build ever-larger offshore wind turbines may have another entrant, as Siemens Gamesa has reportedly told customers the company plans to produce a 21-MW model in the […]

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Advancing Ceramic Matrix Composites and Environmental Barrier Coatings for Hydrogen Turbines: Challenges and Opportunities

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:31:22 +0000

Decarbonization goals call for advancing high-impact energy technologies. The U.S. has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, a goal that presents both challenges and opportunities in the field of […]

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Communities Embrace Distributed Energy for Economic Uplift

Credit to Author: Emily Newton| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:28:57 +0000

Global communities increasingly turn to distributed energy resources (DERs) to boost their local economies and enhance energy resilience. Generating and managing power locally cuts energy costs and fosters sustainable development. […]

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GE Vernova, Seatrium Will Build HVDC System for TenneT’s Dutch Offshore Grid Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:59:30 +0000

Global energy company GE Vernova and Seatrium Limited, a Singaporean state-owned group, said their consortium has been awarded a third contract by Dutch transmission system operator TenneT for construction of […]

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Group Produces Green Hydrogen Using Wind Turbines on Ships

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:39:34 +0000

An Oregon-based sustainable energy innovation group said it has successfully produced green hydrogen through the use of vertical wind turbines on an oceangoing vessel. ONESTONE HOLDINGS on June 3 said […]

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Dutch Government Supports Four New Nuclear Reactors

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:14:43 +0000

The incoming new government of the Netherlands reportedly will support construction of at least four new utility-scale nuclear power reactors, as part of a program to more than triple the […]

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