Carbon Capture On The Ropes At San Juan Coal Power Plant — Or Not

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:00:14 +0000

carbon capture futureWhy invest in carbon capture to clean up after coal, when you can skip the middleperson and pluck CO2 straight from the atmosphere

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Four New Energy Storage Technologies To Power The EV Revolution

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:01:59 +0000

More bad news for oil (and gas) stakeholders: US Energy Department charts the path to low-cost electric vehicles with new energy storage technology

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NRC Issues First Subsequent License Renewals, Extends Nuclear Reactor Life to 80 Years

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:17:57 +0000

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Marking a major milestone for the U.S. nuclear power sector, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has for the first time issued license renewals that authorize nuclear reactor operation beyond 60 years and up to 80 years.  The regulatory body on Dec. 5 issued subsequent license renewals (SLRs) for Units 3 and 4 at Florida Power […]

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Brouillette Takes Over as Energy Secretary

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:27:56 +0000

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The U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 confirmed Dan Brouillette as the new Secretary of Energy, tapping the former lobbyist for Ford Motor Company to replace Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who stepped down as Department of Energy (DOE) chief after becoming part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Perry’s tenure was marked by […]

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Floating Offshore Wind Buoyant on New Developments, Projects

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000

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Floating offshore wind made a remarkable splash this fall. As two much-watched projects sailed toward construction, optimism about the industry’s accelerated growth was buoyed by projections from the

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300-MW Natural Gas Allam Cycle Power Plant Targeted for 2022

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:22:27 +0000

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Testing continues at NET Power for a much-watched project that is demonstrating production of low-carbon natural gas power. The project is using a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycle, and its developer is confident that the technology will be commercially deployed in 2022. Mike McGroddy, principal at 8 Rivers Capital, the venture capitalist firm that is […]

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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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