Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:31:46 +0000
Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:55:01 +0000
Most POWER readers are probably familiar with levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and levelized value of energy (LVOE) as metrics used to help evaluate potential power plant investment options. LCOE […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:19:01 +0000
Historically, the mass production of green hydrogen has not been viewed as a viable alternative energy solution for our climate crisis. But recent technological advancements in proton exchange membrane (PEM) […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:11:32 +0000
Primergy Solar, a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, on Dec. 18 said the company’s 100-MWac solar project in Ashley County, Arkansas is fully operational. […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:15:49 +0000
Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a historic deal […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:14 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has advanced three potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) into Phase 3 of its designation process, focusing on areas with critical transmission constraints […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:01:01 +0000
50Hertz, the transmission system operator (TSO) for eastern Germany, has awarded its Ostwind 4 project to GE Vernova, in consortium with Drydocks World, a DP World company that provides marine […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:56:44 +0000
A transformer explosion at Eskom’s coal-fired 3.6-GW Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Dec. 12 injured nine employees, including one critically. The incident, caused by a ruptured high-pressure […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:04:19 +0000
A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says U.S. coal-fired power plants have as much as $6.5 billion of unused coal inventory, based on […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:42:13 +0000
Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities […]
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