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Brussels Conversations: Port Decarbonization, Economics Of Climate Refugees, Logistics Strategy & More

November 3, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, climate economics, climate refugees, economics, electric truck, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev charging, freight, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, investment, Logistics, Manufacturing, microgrids, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:50:49 +0000

When people found out I was going to be in Brussels, invitations for lunch and dinner came out of the woodwork, and people started booking train rides, including two from London. Lengthy conversations on different decarbonization challenges ensued, around the main event itself, the book launch of the second edition … [continued]

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What Will The End Of Fossil Fuels Be Like?

August 23, 2024 admin clean transport, economic research, economics, Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:05:46 +0000

I recently came across a somewhat old spreadsheet from the U.S. Department of Energy, “Public Retail Gasoline Stations by State and Year,” which covered data from 1996 to 2012 (xlsx file found HERE). It was clear that the numbers in it were not precisely accurate, but there was something very … [continued]

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Congress Approves Ban on Imports of Enriched Uranium From Russia

May 2, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, Business, deconversion, economics, energy security, enrichment, finance, Fuel, fuel-cycle, full coverage, haleu, International, Legislation, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Russia, supply chain, uranium, uranium import

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 19:22:39 +0000

The U.S. Senate on April 30 passed—by unanimous consent—a bill to ban imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU) produced in Russia. The bill now heads to the president’s desk for […]

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The Possibilities of Recycling Nuclear Fissile Waste

February 29, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, Business, Commentary, economics, environment, fast-breeder reactors, Fuel, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel cycles, nuclear fuel recycling, power, reprocessing, Safety, Spent nuclear fuel, sustainability, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:14:49 +0000

Nuclear energy has long been a topic of debate due to concerns about its environmental impact and the disposal of nuclear waste. However, a paradigm shift is underway that could […]

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PJM Urges Delayed Retirement of 840-MW Fossil Fuel Power Plant, Citing Reliability Impacts

January 13, 2024 admin brandon shores, Business, Coal, coal plant, economics, EPA, fossil fired power plants, full coverage, Gas, h.a. wagner, Markets, news, pjm, power, Power Demand, reliability, reliability must run, retirements, talen energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:17:22 +0000

The H.A. Wagner Power Plant, located outside Baltimore, MD, is fueled by coal, natural gas, and oil. It includes an approximately 13-megawatt gas turbine unit, which can serve as a peaking unit. Unit 3 will convert to run on oil by the end of 2023. Courtesy: Talen Energy

PJM has urged Talen Energy to delay its deactivation of two of four units at the 840-MW coal, oil, and gas–fired Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station in Maryland until transmission […]

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Constellation Planning Significant Nuclear-Powered Hydrogen Facility at LaSalle

October 24, 2023 admin Business, constellation, economics, engineering, fuel cells, full coverage, hydrogen, hydrogen economics, hydrogen hub, lasalle, news, nine mile point, Nuclear, nuclear hydrogen, nuclear power, pink hydrogen, power, Research and Development, Safety, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:08:40 +0000

Constellation’s LaSalle County Generating Station in Marseilles, Illinois, comprises two nuclear reactors that can produce up to 2,320 MW. The station's 2,058-acre man-made cooling lake is a popular fishery managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Courtesy: Constellation

Constellation Energy will use a portion of newly announced federal funding for the Midwest Hydrogen Hub (MachH2) to build “the world’s largest nuclear-powered clean hydrogen facility” at its 2.3-GW LaSalle Clean Energy […]

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India Begins Commercial Operation of First Domestically Designed 700-MWe PHWR Nuclear Reactor

September 7, 2023 admin affordability, Business, candu, carbon-free power, climate change, climate goals, economics, energy independence, energy security, full coverage, India, International, kakrapar, lwr, net-zero, news, npcil, Nuclear, nuclear policy, orf, phwr, Renewables, Research and Development, smrs, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:58:09 +0000

India has begun commercial operation of its first domestically designed 700-MWe pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat, state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India […]

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A Complex Landscape for the Future of Combined Heat and Power

March 2, 2023 admin 2g, boilers, Business, ccgt, chp, climate change, Coal, cogeneration, combined heat and power, economics, emissions, enbridge, Environmental, fuel cells, full coverage, Gas, gas turbines, Heat, hybrid, hydrogen, irã, Markets, micrograms, news, Nuclear, reciprocating engines, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens energy, Technology, trends, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Few power-generating resources present the combination of workhouse abilities that combined heat and power (CHP) does. But, powered predominantly by fossil fuels, will CHP find its unique footing within the

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DOE Grants First-Round Civil Nuclear Credit Award—$1.1B—to Diablo Canyon

November 23, 2022 admin Business, civil credit nuclear program, climate change, cnc, diablo canyon, DOE, economics, Environmental, full coverage, funding, holtec, Legislative, news, Nuclear, palisades, PG&E, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:12:24 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first round of funding from its $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program is poised to go to Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California’s only operational nuclear plant. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Diablo Canyon’s owner, could receive up to $1.1 billion in credits to extend the 2.2-GW plant’s operation for […]

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