GTI Advancing Next-Generation Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:26:26 +0000

Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow research organization GTI and its partners to proceed to the next phase of a project exploring how stored hydrogen can be used for load-following to improve the capacity factor of a natural gas combined cycle power plant. The project is exploring a system that could […]

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DOE Funds New Program to Recycle Used Nuclear Fuel, GE Conducting Innovative Related Research

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:31:11 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week that it would provide up to $48 million for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program that could substantially reduce the disposal impact of used nuclear fuel (UNF). The program, dubbed CURIE (Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy), is intended to support “a comprehensive national strategy […]

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CPS Energy Exploring Novel Geomechanical Pumped Storage Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:10:16 +0000

Texas-based CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned electric and natural gas company in the U.S., has entered into a 15-year commercial agreement to explore installing up to 15 MW of geomechanical pumped storage (GPS). The agreement will kick off with a pioneering 1-MW project that will pump water into drilled wells and store it under […]

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US DOE Aims $2.91 Billion At EV Batteries & Energy Storage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:00:56 +0000

EV batteries US Department of DefenseThe US Department of Defense will be one beneficiary of a new $2.91 billion push to shore up the US lithium chain for EV batteries and other energy storage systems.

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U.S. Details $5 Billion Plan for EV Charging Network

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:53:20 +0000

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The promise of a nationwide network of charging stations to serve drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) received a major boost on Feb. 10, with two federal agencies announcing nearly $5 billion has been earmarked to support such infrastructure. The U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation said the money will be made available under the new […]

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Groups Grapple with Labor Logistics as Energy Evolves

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:18:00 +0000

The continuing transition in the power generation sector means workers need new skills. The challenge for utilities and other power producers is finding the top talent at a time the labor pool is shallow

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Albania Seeks Investment to Support Existing Hydropower

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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Albania, a country of about 2.9 million people, is a net importer of electricity, and power supply security is a major challenge for the country, which is situated north of Greece and borders the Adriatic and

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DoE eyes Batangas lot as energy city

Credit to Author: Jordeene B. Lagare| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:12:12 +0000

THE Department of Energy (DoE) is looking at converting a 120-hectare land in San Pascual, Batangas, the subject of an “onerous” land deal between Chevron Philippines Inc. and the subsidiary of the National Development Co. (NDC), into an energy city, its top official said. In an interview, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said “what we want […]

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Exclusive: Why Oklo’s Demonstration of HALEU Could Be Groundbreaking for New Nuclear

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000

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In an exclusive interview, executives from Silicon Valley–based Oklo, a company Idaho National Laboratory (INL) chose this week to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind use of recycled high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in its full-size Aurora micro-reactor, told POWER that the project could have broad implications for the future of nuclear power. Marking a significant boost for […]

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