Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:29:35 +0000
Vistra is pursuing deals with data center developers in Texas and the PJM region to address the industry’s energy needs at multiple sites, executives revealed during the company’s third-quarter earnings […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:25:38 +0000
Tuesday’s election, which will return Donald Trump to the White House and grant the U.S. Senate a Republican majority, could have sizeable implications for the power industry. In reactions sent […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:34:59 +0000
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has launched an ambitious new initiative alongside power companies, grid operators, and several tech giants to establish five to 10 “flexibility hubs” that will […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:19:30 +0000
Tech giant Microsoft announced an initial investment of $1 billion to support three new data centers in Licking County, Ohio. The company on Oct. 28 confirmed construction of campuses in […]
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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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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:27:12 +0000
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G4-level severe geomagnetic storm watch, urging the North American power grid to prepare for a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:03:57 +0000
The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded capacity contracts of up to $1.5 billion to four major transmission lines under its Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP) to aid the transfer of 7.1 […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:33:26 +0000
Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). Recent developments, including low-cost space access, mass-produced satellites, robotics, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:36:44 +0000
Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:52:11 +0000
Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars. Fusion involves combining two light atomic nuclei to […]
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