A Breakdown of Cuba’s Grid Collapse and Recovery Efforts

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:05:01 +0000

Cuba is in the throes of a severe energy crisis, driven by fuel supply disruptions and compounded by obstacles in securing vital technologies and supplies needed to modernize and operate […]

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Figure 1: Power situation in Cuba as of Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Source: Amaury Perez

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Demonstration to Convert Kentucky Coal Mine to Pumped Hydro Secures Federal Funding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:59:33 +0000

A project that will demonstrate the conversion of a former coal mine in Bell County, Kentucky, into a utility-scale 287-MW pumped storage hydroelectric facility has garnered federal backing from the […]

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The Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project will use a closed-loop system, moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations. During low demand, water is pumped to the upper reservoir, and when electricity is needed, it is released to generate power by turning turbines. This renewable energy system can store up to eight hours of electricity, providing on-demand power and supporting grid reliability. Courtesy: Rye Development

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Ontario Green Lights Nuclear Refurbishment of Pickering CANDU Units

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:54:02 +0000

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will refurbish four units at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, Canada’s first major commercial generation plant— marking a major turnaround for the 3.1-GW plant slated to […]

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UK Lays Out Fourfold Nuclear Power Expansion in Comprehensive Roadmap

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:47:57 +0000

A roadmap released by the UK government on Jan. 11 aimed at quadrupling the country’s nuclear power capacity by 2050 sets out a series of goals and actions that could […]

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ACES Delta’s Hydrogen Electrolyzers Arrive in Big Boost for Hub’s Progress

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:20:19 +0000

Electrolyzers arrive at the ACES Delta project in Delta, Utah. (Photo: Business Wire)

The much-watched Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub (ACES Delta)—a project shaping up to be the largest renewable hydrogen energy hub in the U.S.—has received its first shipment of large-scale hydrogen […]

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Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:32:21 +0000

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work […]

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Dispute Brews About Wind Farm’s Role in Kenya’s Nationwide Blackout

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:44:02 +0000

Kenya’s government is pinning a nationwide blackout on Aug. 25 to the loss of 270 MW from the 310-MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Plant (LTWP), though the wind generator has […]

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Integration of Hydropower and Hydrogen Gains Momentum

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:11:00 +0000

In May, U.S. national laboratories Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) partnered with regulated utility Idaho Power to determine the viability of integrating

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Energy Infrastructure on Tenuous Winning Streak in the Courts

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:47:26 +0000

Federal courts have been pretty kind to energy infrastructure in recent weeks, particularly in cases involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For starters, this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit removed one of the hurdles to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The court decided that a new presidential permit—issued […]

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