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NET Power’s First Allam Cycle 300-MW Gas-Fired Project Will Be Built in Texas

November 10, 2022 admin acf cycle, allam cycle, Business, engineering, feed, full coverage, Gas, net power, news, occidental, Plant Design, Research and Development, Technology, texas

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:30:05 +0000

NET Power, developer of the novel Allam-Fetvedt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle, will build its first 300-MW natural gas–fired power plant at an Occidental-hosted site near Odessa, Texas. The “serial number one” project will demonstrate—at utility scale—NET Power’s potentially revolutionary technology, which promises to provide low-cost gas-fired power generation, no atmospheric emissions, no water […]

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Potential Deal Brewing for Second Polish Nuclear Plant Based on South Korean Technology

November 2, 2022 admin AP1000, apr1400, Business, engineering, full coverage, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Plant Design, Poland, South korea, Technology, Westinghouse, ze pak

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:38:56 +0000

Days after Poland chose Westinghouse to supply its AP1000 technology to the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, northern Poland, the government and two Polish energy firms signed a letter of intent with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to “push ahead” with development of a second nuclear plant based on APR1400 technology in Pątnów, […]

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China Approves Commissioning of Thorium-Powered Reactor

November 1, 2022 admin Business, China, engineering, full coverage, International, molten salt reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, pilot plant, r&d, Research and Development, Technology, thorium, uranium

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:13:00 +0000

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Aug. 2 gave Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) the green light to commission the experimental 2-MWth thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR-LF1) at

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Ansaldo, Westinghouse Partner on Nuclear Plant Based on Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor Design

October 5, 2022 admin advanced reactor, ansaldo, Business, engineering, fast reactors, full coverage, International, lead-cooled fast reactor, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, sodium-cooled fast reactor, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:04:25 +0000

Westinghouse and Ansaldo Energia’s Switzerland-based nuclear arm, Ansaldo Nucleare, will cooperate in developing a nuclear power plant based on lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology. The two companies, which have separately spearheaded the development of fast-reactor designs, said they will advance a common design “to maximize synergies, combine experience in design, testing and licensing, and align […]

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A New Breed of Energy Security: HO Clarke Power Plant

October 3, 2022 admin aeroderivative, Business, energy security, engineering, ercot, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ho clarke, hydrogen, lm6000, news, peaking power, proenergy, Renewables, Technology, texas, top plant, wattbridge

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:16:00 +0000

WattBridge, a relatively new independent power producer that evolved out of a non-OEM aeroderivative gas turbine solutions provider, completed its first power facility based on a standardized LM6000 plant

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DOE’s Latest Energy Earthshot Will Tackle Technical, Economic Challenges for Enhanced Geothermal Systems

September 10, 2022 admin Business, DOE, earthshot, egs, engineering, enhanced geothermal, Fuel, full coverage, geothermal, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:19:52 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s latest Energy Earthshot will seek to cut the cost of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) to $45/MWh by 2035, an ambitious goal that would shave current EGS costs by 90%. The DOE’s latest Energy Earthshot—part of a 2021-research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) initiative it launched to accelerate breakthroughs for emerging technologies—will […]

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You’ve Heard of Offshore Wind; Now, Offshore Nuclear Is a Thing

September 1, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, core power, DOE, engineering, floating nuclear, full coverage, inl, International, mit energy initiative, news, Nuclear, offshore nuclear, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, terrapower

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:15:43 +0000

CORE POWER announced that it and its partners, the MIT Energy Initiative and the Idaho National Laboratory, were granted funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the U.S. “It is an important step forward for […]

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DOE Backs Carbon Capture Development at Two Major Gas-Fired Power Plants

September 1, 2022 admin Business, calpine, cane run 7, Carbon Capture, CCS, deer park, DOE, engineering, full coverage, Gas, ge gas power, lg&e, natural gas, news, ngcc, plant barry, polk, Research and Development, Technology, teco

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:37:15 +0000

Two major U.S. gas power plants will be part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) efforts to develop carbon capture technologies capable of capturing at least 95% of carbon dioxide. The agency’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) on Aug. 26 announced $31 million in funding for 10 projects. While many of the […]

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TVA Successfully Completes a Dam Safety Modification Project for the Ages

September 1, 2022 admin boone dam, engineering, full coverage, Hydro, hydropower, news, Plant Design, power, Renewables, Safety, tennessee valley authority, top plant, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:20:00 +0000

When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and quality

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A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, engineering, full coverage, haringvliet, hybrid power, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, The Netherlands, top plant, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 +0000

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

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