Did DoE or NGCP lie about the power supply?

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:04:29 +0000

Secretary Alfonso Cusi of the Department of Energy (DoE) had assured the public since January of a stable supply of power this summer, specifically for the May 13 elections.

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Rotating brownouts bring early ‘calvary’ in Luzon

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:28:34 +0000

The Luzon power grid was placed under red alert for the third successive day on Friday after an unexpected outage at a power plant in Limay, Bataan province, on Thursday.

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Luzon grid placed on red alert for second straight day

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:34:13 +0000

The Luzon power grid was placed under red alert for the second consecutive day on Thursday as the projected demand for electricity thinned

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Vogtle 2 Installs World’s First Full Accident-Tolerant Fuel Assemblies

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:45:46 +0000

The world’s first complete advanced fuel test assemblies containing accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) have been installed at Southern Co.’s Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant’s Unit 2 in Georgia.  Nuclear giant Framatome delivered the GAIA lead fuel assemblies containing enhanced ATF (EATF), including both pellets and cladding, to the plant owned by Georgia Power in January. […]

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Duterte vows better energy supply in Palawan before yearend

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:18:14 +0000

Palawan will have better energy supply before the year ends, President Rodrigo Duterte gave this assurance on Thursday night.

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How the DOE Is Looking to Save Hydropower

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:36:21 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a slate of measures to help U.S. hydropower thrive as costs for wind and solar plummet. Measures will include a roadmap to identify hydro’s value in a future grid, and a first-of-its-kind prize designed to encourage innovative and faster pumped storage construction techniques. In her opening speech at Waterpower […]

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Bagging DOE Support, Westinghouse Eyes Demonstration for Nuclear Micro-reactor by 2022

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:04:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a project that would prepare Westinghouse’s 25-MWe eVinci micro-reactor for nuclear demonstration readiness by 2022.  The agency on March 27 said it will provide $12.9 million of the estimated $28.6 million Westinghouse needs for a project to prepare the micro-reactor for a demonstration, including for design, analysis, licensing […]

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Combined Heat and Power: A Sleeping Giant May Be Waking

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

One of the oldest energy efficiency ideas—combined heat and power—is prospering in the U.S. and looks promising elsewhere as the world searches for low-cost energy by increasing efficiency while lowering

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DOE Chief: Nuclear Power, Clean Coal Technology Key to Reducing Emissions

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:52:50 +0000

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on February 28 said nuclear power and the use of clean coal technology are the way to combat climate change and reduce emissions from the energy sector. Perry, speaking at a joint press conference in Washington, D.C., with Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said, “We believe […]

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