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Digitalization Is Now a Power Sector Imperative: Takeaways from Connected Plant Conference 2023

June 29, 2023 admin AI, Coal, connected plant, connected plant conference, Cybersecurity, data anarchy, digitalization, energy transition, engineering, full coverage, Gas, generative ai, Hydro, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot power, interoperability, news, Nuclear, People, power sector, process, quantum computing, Safety, Solar, Technology, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:37:20 +0000

Digitalization is now so firmly embedded in the power sector that if participants haven’t yet begun their digital journey, they’ve inherently fallen behind. That was a message repeated at the […]

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Enduring Value: Entergy’s More Than 100-Year-Old Story

May 1, 2023 admin analysis, Arkansas, Business, Coal, energy security, energy transition, Entergy Corp., full coverage, Gas, gulf coast, History, hydrogen, industrial demand, market drivers, Markets, news, Nuclear, Renewables, resilience, sustainability, Technology, utility, utility spotlight

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:13:08 +0000

One man’s ambition to electrify the Middle South and improve its economic outlook 110 years ago evolved from a handshake for steam from a boiler powered with waste sawdust into Entergy Corp., a

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U.S., European Legislation Puts Real Muscle into Clean Energy, Decarbonization, and Job Creation, but Must Evolve to Keep Up with Demand

April 26, 2023 admin b&w, babcock & wilcox, Business, Commentary, energy transition, International, irã, Legislative, news, Policy, power, Renewables, tax credits

Credit to Author: Kenny Young| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:45:33 +0000

COMMENTARY With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in December, the U.S. put some real financial muscle behind efforts to combat climate change and incentivize renewable energy with […]

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The POWER Interview: Physical Attacks on the Grid Soared in 2022. What Can Be Done?

February 15, 2023 admin best practices, Business, Cybersecurity, energy transition, full coverage, iiot power, Interview, Natural Disasters, news, onsolve, Physical security

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:43:47 +0000

Physical security at power plants has received renewed concern of late, owing to a spate of gunfire vandalism events in the U.S. However, power plants have long-fielded several other physical security risks, including from terrorism, sabotage, natural disasters, insider threats, and physical breaches. Power plants have typically employed a set of physical security tools, such […]

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Low Carbon Energy Tech Is The Key To Achieving Paris Agreement Goals

December 5, 2022 admin clean power, clean transport, energy transition, low carbon energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:00:47 +0000

A new report indicates that it is feasible to realize below 2 degrees Celsius of global warming — that is, if governments and companies pursue a faster transition to clean energy innovation.

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

November 2, 2022 admin climate change, Coal, Commentary, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environmental, experience power, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, hydrogenext, International, news, power, Renewables, Solar, transition, tri-state generation and transmission, Wind

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

October 5, 2022 admin asset optimization, bitcoin, bitcoin mining, Business, energy transition, full coverage, Management, news, power, power management, power podcasts, Renewables, the power podcast

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

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

August 12, 2022 admin AEP, Business, CEO, climate change, Coal, energy transition, Environmental, full coverage, Management, net-zero, news, power generation, trends, utility

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

August 1, 2022 admin Canada, Coal, coal to gas, conversion, energy transition, engineering, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, International, natural gas, news

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

July 4, 2022 admin air quality, batteries, clean power, climate change, climate crisis, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, hydroelectric, mark z. jacobson, Nuclear, nuclear energy, research, Solar, Solar energy, Water, Wind, wind energy, wws

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

The 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 […]