Lignite Coal Power CCS Project in North Dakota Gets First Tranche of $350M Federal Funding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:09:54 +0000

Project Tundra, a demonstration project that seeks to capture an average of 4 million tons of carbon dioxide from flue gas from two lignite-fired units at the 705-MW Milton R. […]

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The Milton R. Young Station, a two-unit lignite coal power plant near Center, N.D., is a critical energy source for Minnkota Power Cooperative, equipped with advanced emission controls and soon to be enhanced by Project Tundra's CO₂ capture and storage initiative. Courtesy: Minnkota Power Cooperative

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Meralco finalizing new TOR for 1,200 MW supply

Credit to Author: Jordeene B. Lagare| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:39:16 +0000

MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is close to finalizing its terms of reference (TOR) for the competitive bidding covering 1,200 megawatts (MW) of new supply, which could be published in about two months. If the revised TOR will be finalized and published next week, “the bidding will be [conducted] in two months after [the bid submission […]

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Luzon Blackouts likely in April

Credit to Author: Jordeene B. Lagare| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:16:00 +0000

Power blackouts could hit the Luzon grid this summer because of the thin power supply and high electricity demand, according to the Department of Energy (DoE). Even as outages loom, the Energy department and industry stakeholders gave assurances of concerted efforts to ensure a stable electricity supply throughout the year, especially during the dry season. […]

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MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded in Russian Reactor, More to Come

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:45:33 +0000

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Power plant engineers have loaded 18 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in Unit 4 at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Distinct from traditional nuclear fuel with enriched uranium, MOX fuel pellets are based on the mix of nuclear fuel cycle derivatives, such as plutonium oxide bred in commercial reactors and uranium oxide […]

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DoE suspends Semirara Mining’s Antique operations

Credit to Author: Jordeene B. Lagare| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:30:14 +0000

THE Department of Energy (DoE) has suspended the mining activities of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) on Semirara Island, Antique province after a mudslide there killed one person early last month. In a disclosure on Wednesday, the Consunji-led company said it received on Tuesday a letter from the DoE dated Nov. 14, 2019, directing the company to suspend these […]

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US Solar Panel Prices Continue Dropping, Solar+Storage Increasing — Tracking The Sun Report

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:07:13 +0000

Tracking the Sun (PDF) is an annual report from Berkeley Lab on installed solar panel prices and other trends among grid-connected, distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. Primary authors of this year’s report were Galen Barbose and Naïm Darghouth

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National Labs Collaborate to Promote Technology Commercialization

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:43:12 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 12 projects had been selected as part of its Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies (PACT) Laboratory Call. The projects will receive about $2.5 million in awards, combined with more than $1 million in cost share “to develop new ways to increase technology commercialization by reducing barriers […]

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Saudi Crown Prince Warns Of Threat To Global Oil Supply

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:20:19 +0000

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has told the BBC that if a war was to break out between Iran and Saudi Arabia, oil prices could rise up to “unimaginably high numbers.” He says this is possible if the world doesn’t try to deter Iran, and that more escalation will threaten the world’s interests. “Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.”

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Group flags new bidding on power deals

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:24:33 +0000

Group flags new bidding on power deals

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — While it welcomed the Supreme Court ruling requiring distribution utilities to bid out their power supply agreements (PSA), an activist group warned the high court the bidding proceedings used by Meralco could undercut the Department of Energy’s (DOE) mandate to supervise the process.

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