The Big Picture: Power Plant Additions Over the Decades [Infographic]

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:09:27 +0000

The deployment of new power plants in the U.S. over the past 14 decades has hinged on policies, markets, technologies, and new industry players. Every decade has presented its own state of multidimensional, multivariate complexity. The ongoing “energy transition,” which has been characterized by the addition of smaller, carbon-free resources, marks another pivotal period in […]

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NuScale, Last Energy Make Significant Insteps for SMRs in Poland

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:35:23 +0000

NuScale has signed a first task order and a statement of commencement with Polish mining and processing firm KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., kicking off early work for a VOYGR nuclear power plant of up to 924 MWe that the partners could deploy as early as 2029 to support KGHM’s copper and silver production in Poland. […]

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Germany Halts Closure of Two Nuclear Plants Until April 2023

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:12:22 +0000

Germany plans to keep two of its three last nuclear power plants on standby until mid-2023—beyond their year-end closure deadline—to bolster its energy security through the winter. However, the declaration has prompted confusion within Germany’s nuclear industry, which says nuclear plants aren’t suited to perform as operating reserve. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action […]

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California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:30:15 +0000

California’s grid operator issued a Stage 3 energy emergency alert (EEA) at 5:17 p.m. PST on Sept. 6, warning it would order rotating power outages to lower soaring power demand and stabilize its grid, if necessary. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) cautiously raised the emergency alert from Stage 2, which it had declared earlier […]

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Energy Security, Climate Change Initiatives Endure with Surprise U.S. Senate Deal

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:55:54 +0000

The inclusion of an estimated $369 billion in energy security and climate change investments in a July 27–unveiled U.S. Senate budget reconciliation proposal has prompted jubilation from a range of energy sectors. Less than two weeks after negotiations on clean energy and climate provisions within the reconciliation package hit an impasse and suggested their demise, […]

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UK Leans Heavily on Nuclear in Bold New Energy Strategy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:16:00 +0000

A long-awaited energy strategy published by the UK government on April 6 lays out bold commitments that tackle Great Britain’s multi-pronged challenges, including achieving net-zero carbon emissions while

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Blue Nova Launches The MegaBoy 1 MWh Storage Product

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:57:56 +0000

The MegaBoy 250 kW, 1 MWh containerised intelligent Energy Storage System. Picture by Nicholas MutizeBlue Nova Energy, a member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Listed Reunert Group, looks to be ramping up nicely and has just launched the MegaBoy

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