GE Vernova Completes Upgrades at Futtsu Gas-Fired Power Plant in Japan

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:15:40 +0000

GE Vernova’s Gas Power division announced the start of commercial operations for a major natural gas-fired power plant in Chiba, Japan, following completion of equipment upgrades at the facility. The […]

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Judge Rejects Lawsuit Challenging California Nuclear Plant’s Operations

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:26:55 +0000

A California judge rejected a lawsuit from an environmental group seeking to keep Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from extending the operating life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. […]

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Westinghouse Will Supply Nuclear Fuel for Russian-Designed Reactors in Slovakia

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:43:21 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Company signed a long-term agreement with Slovenské elektrárne to license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies to its nuclear power plants in Slovakia. Westinghouse said the agreement “supports Slovakia’s […]

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]

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Federal Funding Bolsters Saskatchewan’s First Proposed 300-MW Nuclear Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:01:45 +0000

Canada’s federal government has committed C$74 million ($55 million) to support SaskPower’s potential deployment of a 300-MW small modular reactor (SMR) in the mid-2030s. Federal agency Natural Resources Canada on […]

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Nuclear Power, Electrification, and Carbon-Free Fuel Are Key to INL Achieving Net-Zero by 2031

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:19:02 +0000

In 2021, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Director John Wagner set a lofty goal for the lab to achieve net-zero carbon emissions within 10 years. An uninformed observer might think that […]

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The POWER Interview: Addressing the Challenge of Electrification

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:32:40 +0000

The International Energy Agency says electrification “means replacing technologies or processes that use fossil fuels, like internal combustion engines and gas boilers, with electrically-powered equivalents, such as electric vehicles or […]

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For EV Adoption, How Important Are Proposed EPA Vehicle Emissions Regulations?

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:31:29 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April of this year announced proposed regulations to tighten restrictions on tailpipe emissions for light and medium-duty vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions from […]

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Maximizing the Potential of Automated Metering

Credit to Author: Rob Hartway| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:57:53 +0000

The writer Lewis Carroll famously said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” Well, the road the utility industry is currently on is […]

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