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Texas Mandates Cryptomining Registration, Power Demand Reporting, to Bolster Grid Reliability

November 23, 2024 admin Business, cryptocurrency mining, energy demand, energy security, ercot, full coverage, Gas, large flexible load, Markets, news, Power Demand, power grid management, puct, reliability, renewable energy integration, texas, texas energy policy, trends, virtual currency mining

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:09:36 +0000

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has adopted a rule for reliability purposes requiring cryptocurrency mining facilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region to register with […]

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Communication Is Key to Successful Power Projects

November 22, 2024 admin boiler, Business, Construction, full coverage, Gas, heat recovery steam generator, hrsg, Management, news, O&M, Plant Design, power, power podcasts, project management, rentech boiler systems, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:39:52 +0000

Power plant construction and retrofit projects come in all shapes and sizes, but they all generally have at least one thing in common: complexity. There are usually a lot of […]

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Norway’s Equinor Cuts 20% of Renewable Energy Staff

November 21, 2024 admin bp, Business, equinor, International, job cuts, news, Norway, offshore wind, power, Renewables, shell, Trump, u.s., workforce

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:12:34 +0000

European energy major Equinor said it is cutting 20% of the workforce, or about 250 jobs, in its renewable energy division due to continued economic challenges. The Norway-based company said […]

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NRC Approves Construction of First Electricity-Producing Gen IV Reactor in the U.S.

November 21, 2024 admin advanced nuclear technology, Business, clean energy, full coverage, generation iv reactor, hermes 2, kairos power, Legal & Regulatory, molten salt reactor, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, regulatory milestones, Technology, triso fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:47:20 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has taken a historic step by voting to issue construction permits for Kairos Power’s 70-MWth Hermes 2, a “low power” advanced test facility comprising two […]

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GE Vernova Unveils 100% Hydrogen-Fueled Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Solution, Secures First Customer

November 21, 2024 admin 100% hydrogen-fueled turbines, aeroderivative gas turbines, Business, energy decarbonization, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, ge vernova, grid stability solutions, hydrogen, hydrogen combustion technology, hydrogen power, Markets, news, power, renewable energy integration, Renewables, south australia energy, sustainability, Technology, whyalla hydrogen project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:38:56 +0000

GE Vernova has unveiled a 100% hydrogen-ready aeroderivative gas turbine solution based on its LM6000VELOX package. The first-of-a-kind technology will be showcased at the 200-MW Whyalla hydrogen power plant in […]

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Solid Leadership and Experience Are Keys to Successful Nuclear Plant Construction Projects

November 21, 2024 admin Business, full coverage, Management, news, Nuclear, nuclear construction, nuclear power, Plant Design, plant vogtle, power, V.C. Summer, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:32:38 +0000

One of the biggest challenges the nuclear power industry faces is building plants on time and on budget. Having an experienced project team with the right leaders driving the bus, so to speak, can mean the

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Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Cuts Nation’s Reliance on Natural Gas-Fired Electricity Generation

November 20, 2024 admin Belarus, Business, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, Plant Design, power, rosatom, top plant, vver-1200

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:14:05 +0000

In a strategic move to reduce its heavy dependence on Russian natural gas, Belarus has successfully completed its first nuclear power plant (NPP). The Belarusian NPP, featuring two VVER-1200 reactors, now

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Artificial Intelligence Has Entered the Nuclear Industry and Its Early Benefits Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

November 20, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, full coverage, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, oak ridge national laboratory, ornl, power, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:09:16 +0000

A collaboration between startup Atomic Canyon and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory allowed construction of a sentence-embedding model using 53 million pages of Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents

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Financing the Nuclear Renaissance

November 20, 2024 admin Business, Construction, finance, full coverage, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:57:59 +0000

At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last December, 25 countries underlined the role of nuclear energy in their climate strategies by issuing a

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Mobility, Flexibility, Scalability: SMRs Forging Nuclear’s Future

November 20, 2024 admin advance act, asp isotopes, Business, Canada, chalk river, China, climate change, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, DOE, engineering, Environmental, ge hitachi nuclear energy, institute for energy economics and financial analysis, Instrumentation & Controls, integrity energy, jigar shah, loan programs office, microreactors, nano nuclear, news, Nuclear, oklo, ontario power generation, Plant Design, power, Power Demand, Research and Development, rosatom, Russia, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, triso, u.s., utilities now, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:08 +0000

The need for emissions-free power generation, along with the ability to provide more power when and where it’s needed, is driving research and development of smaller nuclear reactors. Energy industry

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