Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:00 +0000

The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and resilient

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Marnie Surfaceblow: Know What You Know and Know What You Don’t

Credit to Author: Una Nowling, PE| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:09:00 +0000

Not everyone has to be an expert. Having a goal to do the right thing, listening to your team, and seeking experienced help often results in an expert solution. Wayne Fritz, the manager of a struggling ammonia

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The Critical Role Engineers and STEM Educators Play in Addressing Climate Change Challenges

Credit to Author: Shay Bahramirad, PhD| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:06:00 +0000

Even with the end of hurricane season, America was once again reminded of the tragic and devastating impact that extreme weather and hurricanes can have on our communities. This hurricane season brought

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Virginia Officials Say State Will Be Home to World’s First Fusion Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:26 +0000

Virginia’s governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it […]

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The POWER Interview: Energy Storage Also Eyed for Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:42:13 +0000

Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities […]

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EPRI Develops Power System Generic Models to Plan for an Increasingly Net-Zero Grid

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:53:59 +0000

Planning and operating a power system requires detailed grid studies to guide investment decisions and prepare for how the system may evolve over time. Long-term planning can identify the policy, […]

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Russia Advances REMIX Fuel Trials in Boost for Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:29:52 +0000

Russia has launched its third cycle of testing innovative uranium-plutonium REMIX fuel at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in Saratov Oblast, a key step that advances the closed nuclear fuel […]

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GE Vernova Will Modernize Two Units at Dominion Hydropower Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

GE Vernova said it has secured an order with Dominion Energy South Carolina to modernize two hydropower units at the Saluda Hydro facility on the Saluda River about 10 miles […]

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Trial Run at Finland’s Onkalo Repository Sets Stage for World’s First Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:06:31 +0000

Finland is making significant strides in a trial run that will demonstrate the entire process for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at Onkalo on Olkiluoto Island—the world’s first permanent

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POWER Digest (December 2024)

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:02:19 +0000

Egypt Reducing Renewable Energy Target. Karim Badawi, petroleum minister for Egypt, said the country has cut the amount of renewable energy it will likely have online by 2040. Badawi on Oct. 20, speaking at

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