Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000
The world’s nuclear sector is struggling to stay economically afloat amid a deluge of renewables and natural gas power, and reinvigorating it will require operational flexibility from new or existing
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:23:54 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and members of Congress are looking at legislation concerning research and regulation of energy storage. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources committee, on July 9 said there is bipartisan interest in combining a handful of bills on energy storage, dealing with research and development […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:37:33 +0000
Adding carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to two Xcel coal units in Colorado that are slated to be retired by 2025 would push up the cost of power if compared with replacement with wind/storage hybrids. But CCUS, which generates revenues, would still work out to be cheaper than other alternatives mandated under the company’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:23:27 +0000
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said coal and nuclear power must be part of the nation’s “all of the above” energy strategy, but the Department of Energy (DOE) does not have the “regulatory or statutory ability” to establish economic incentives for struggling U.S. coal and nuclear plants. Perry, who addressed the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI’s) annual […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:42:21 +0000
The U.S. is investing heavily to ensure its future coal-fired power fleet will be cleaner, more efficient, and more flexible, experts said at the 9th International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies in Houston on June 4. The conference—which is taking place this week in the U.S. for the first time—is spearheaded by the IEA Clean […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000
The Department of Energy (DOE) in March 2018 released a 52-page report outlining its multi-year strategy to improve cybersecurity. In the report’s introduction, Assistant Secretary Bruce J. Walker noted that
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 22:04:11 +0000
Since the 1940s, when General Electric (GE), launched its gas turbine operations, the company has pioneered and commercialized a lengthy list of gas turbine technologies, large and small. As the decarbonization movement gains pace and more renewables flood the landscape, the company’s gas turbines have taken on new crucial roles to provide dispatchability and flexibility. […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:22:15 +0000
The state-owned Philippine National Oil Company Exploration Corp. (PNOC EC) is now allowed to assign to other entities its participation in projects
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:54:21 +0000
The percentage of coal-fired generation in the U.S. electricity mix will continue to decline, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said May 9, with gas-fired generation accounting for at least 40% of the nation’s power this summer and output from renewables continuing to rise. EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) said coal-fired units will produce only […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 01:46:10 +0000
Exactly a week before the May 13 midterm elections, the DOE assured President Duterte that there would be no power outages during the polling.
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