BWXT Secures Contract to Advance Domestic Uranium Enrichment Pilot Plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:12:31 +0000

BWXT Technologies has won a contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to evaluate options for deploying a centrifuge pilot plant that could establish a new domestic uranium enrichment […]

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Cascade of gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium. This 1984 photograph is of the gas centrifuge plant in Piketon, Ohio. Courtesy: U.S. Photonics, Inc/NRC/Flickr

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TVA Boosts Nuclear Funding with $150M for SMR Development at Clinch River

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:55:24 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA’s) board of directors has approved an additional $150 million for the public power utility’s $200 million New Nuclear Program to boost continued design work and […]

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Investment Firm Buys Major U.S. Community Solar Provider

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:49:40 +0000

A New York-based infrastructure investment fund said it has completed its purchase of a community solar and battery energy storage business in a deal to expand the U.S. community solar […]

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Sage’s First 3-MW Geothermal Power and Energy Storage Project Will Feed ERCOT

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:24:15 +0000

Sage Geosystems will build a first-of-its-kind 3-MW geothermal baseload power and energy storage system on land owned by San Miguel Electric Cooperative (SMECI) in Christine, Texas. The company plans to […]

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A conceptual visualization of a Sage Geosystems' 30-MW EarthStore energy storage facility. Courtesy: Sage Geosystems

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The POWER Interview: Using Home Batteries to Support the Grid

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:53:47 +0000

The Dell name is synonymous with technology and innovation, so perhaps it’s not surprising that a member of that famous computing family is working to solve the challenge of making […]

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LS Power Acquiring Renewable Energy Assets in $2.5 Billion Deal

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:45:31 +0000

A New York-based power and energy infrastructure group will acquire more than 3 GW of operating renewable energy assets, along with another 8 GW of projects under development, from a […]

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LS Power Acquiring Renewable Energy Assets in $2.5. Billion Deal

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:45:31 +0000

A New York-based power and energy infrastructure group will acquire more than 3 GW of operating renewable energy assets, along with another 8 GW of projects under development, from a […]

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$2.2B for 13 GW of New Transmission Capacity: DOE Unveils Latest Boost for U.S. Grid Modernization

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:14:36 +0000

The Biden administration will invest $2.2 billion in eight projects under its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program to bolster the nation’s power grid with nearly 13 GW of […]

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Fuel Cells: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They’re Important

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:47:25 +0000

Fuel cells are not some novel new technology. In fact, most history books credit the invention of the fuel cell to Welsh chemist and physicist William Grove, who, in the […]

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EIA: U.S. Coal Plant Stockpiles at Highest Level in Four Years

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:50:31 +0000

Stockpiles of fuel at U.S. coal-fired electric plants are at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on August 5 said coal […]

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