Idiot or Maniac: Where Does Your Power Company Fit in the Discussion?

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:16:00 +0000

It’s kind of exciting to be able to write that events are back in full swing. In case you missed it, POWER hosted the co-located Experience POWER, Distributed Energy Conference, and HydrogeNext events, Oct

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How Bitcoin Mining Can Help Power Companies Optimize Generation Assets

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:22:01 +0000

Bitcoin-mining

Bitcoin mining is the process used to generate new coins and verify new transactions. The process involves vast, decentralized networks of computers around the world that verify and secure blockchains, the virtual ledgers that document cryptocurrency transactions. In return for contributing their computing power, miners are rewarded with new coins. The process ultimately requires a […]

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AEP CEO Nick Akins to Step Down, Julie Sloat Tapped as Next Company Head

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:33:38 +0000

American Electric Power’s (AEP’s) long-serving chairman, president, and CEO, Nick Akins, will step down as CEO on Jan. 1, 2023, and has already passed the company’s presidency to Julie A. Sloat, AEP executive vice president, and chief financial officer (CFO). Sloat, 53, will become the power generating company’s CEO in January, making her the first […]

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Station Life Extension Through Coal-to-Gas Conversion

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:13:39 +0000

A project executed from conception through commissioning with the ideals of shared risk and shared success offers a unique approach to project execution, which could be replicated to keep other power plants in

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We Can Have (Just About) Everything We Want For Energy & The Climate

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:05:31 +0000

Solar FarmThe only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to replace the business-as-usual (BAU) approach […]

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Hydrogen Poised to Play Prominent Role in the World’s Energy Transition

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:05:44 +0000

People around the world are searching for ways to decarbonize, and green hydrogen is a fuel that can help in that effort. Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis using renewable energy, such as wind and solar power. Although most hydrogen produced today is made from natural gas, often referred to as gray hydrogen, new capacity […]

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Fuel of the Future: How the World Can Build a True Hydrogen Economy

Credit to Author: Vimal Kapur| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:25:21 +0000

Versatile and plentiful, hydrogen could go a long way toward helping the world meet its climate targets. Already, it’s a component in all eight of the European Commission’s (EC’s) net-zero emissions scenarios for 2050. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Department of Energy has initiatives that will spur significant investment in the hydrogen economy—efforts boosted by […]

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Iceland Offers Case Study of Geothermal’s Powerful Potential

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:08:00 +0000

As more countries plan on achieving a green energy transition, Iceland offers guidance on how to effectively harness the power of geothermal. Imagining Iceland without geothermal energy would require turning

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Iceland Offers Case Study of Geothermal’s Powerful Potential

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:08:00 +0000

As more countries plan on achieving a green energy transition, Iceland offers guidance on how to effectively harness the power of geothermal. Imagining Iceland without geothermal energy would require turning

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