The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Power Companies Today

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:13:00 +0000

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The power system is changing and electricity suppliers need to adapt or get left behind. Experts weigh in on what leaders should be focusing on and how these items will affect utilities in the future. The

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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000

Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]

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Top 7 Building Decarbonization Wins In 2022

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:30:17 +0000

This past year was another defining year for building decarbonization action across every real estate sector, from weatherizing rural single-family homes to electrifying city skyscrapers to retrofitting affordable multifamily housing. So, as we look ahead to 2023 and the transformation of the buildings sector that needs to take place at the pace and scale required to heed our planet’s […]

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The Top 12 Climate Developments of 2022

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:35:45 +0000

The past year saw amazing developments in climate, energy, and more that will make a difference for years to come. The past year might unfortunately be remembered as the year that Russia invaded Ukraine — or for some even stranger events such as the Oscar slap, Musk’s Twitter chaos, or Taylor Swift ticket mayhem. But […]

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The 2022 Standard Scenarios For US Electricity Sector Are Now Available

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:45:15 +0000

Set of Annual 2022 Standard Scenarios for U.S. Electricity Sector Evolution Is Now Available, Representing the Inflation Reduction Act and More Decarbonization Scenarios The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2022 Standard Scenarios, a suite of forward-looking scenarios of the U.S. electricity sector. The suite offers a scenario framework to explore the rapidly […]

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POWER Digest [December 2022]

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:09:00 +0000

Qatar Inaugurates the Country’s First Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant. With Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, president of Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. (Kahramaa); Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi

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China Will Add Two More AP1000 Nuclear Reactors

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:46:38 +0000

China’s State Council has approved two AP1000 nuclear reactor units for State Power Investment Corp.’s (SPIC’s) Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, reactor technology supplier Westinghouse said on Oct. 12. If built, the units will become ninth and tenth reactors based on Westinghouse’s Generation III+ advanced reactor technology in China. Four AP1000 units are […]

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The Energy Conundrum: Decarbonizing the Power Supply While Maintaining Reliable and Affordable Electricity

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:48:43 +0000

Countries throughout the world have set carbon emission reduction targets in an effort to limit the effects of climate change. Many are striving to achieve net zero in coming decades. Yet, governments also want to maintain, or even improve, living standards for their citizens, which means keeping power affordable and reliable. This poses some potentially […]

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