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Westinghouse, Radiant Secure $5M for Microreactor Tests at INL’s Pioneering DOME Testbed

November 19, 2024 admin dome, engineering, inl, microreactor, Nuclear, power, radiant, Research and Development, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:55:53 +0000

Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at […]

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Major Microreactor Developer Enters Bankruptcy Amid Nuclear Industry Surge

October 29, 2024 admin advanced reactors, Business, clean energy, energy technology, engineering, finance, Fuel, full coverage, Markets, micro modular reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear fuel, power industry news, power sector trends, small modular reactors, Technology, usnc bankruptcy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:07:41 +0000

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC), a developer of much-watched microreactor technology and advanced nuclear fuel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move signals a critical restructuring phase through which […]

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Bill Gates’ Energy Group, Former Google CEO Investing in Pacific Fusion Startup

October 28, 2024 admin Bill Gates, Business, California, climate change, engineering, eric schmidt, google, Management, news, Nuclear, pacific fusion, power, Research and Development, Silicon Valley, startup, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:52:08 +0000

A fusion energy company that counts executives such as Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates among its backers has emerged from stealth, announcing $900 million in pledged funding. Pacific Fusion, whose […]

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New Command Center Supporting African Power Grid Will Use GE Vernova Software

October 24, 2024 admin africa, command center, engineering, ge vernova, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power, Power Demand, software, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:32:56 +0000

An initiative aimed at connecting more of Africa’s population to the continent’s power grids will use GE Vernova’s GridOS orchestration software. A newly completed Information and Coordination Centre (ICC) in […]

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Simple Cycle, Combined Cycle, or a Hybrid Approach?

October 23, 2024 admin Business, combined cycle, engineering, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, hybrid power plant, news, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, simple cycle, vast power cycle

Credit to Author: Drew Robb| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:16:36 +0000

Simple cycle gas turbines provide efficiency levels of around 35% to 40%. Combined cycle units boost efficiency to 60% and beyond. But another option is emerging that combines the attributes […]

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GE Vernova Turbines Part of Upgrade at Japan Gas-Fired Power Plant

October 8, 2024 admin 7ha.03, engineering, Environmental, Equipment, Gas, gas turbine, ge vernova, International, Japan, kansai electric power co., nanko, natural gas, news, power, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:35:32 +0000

The Nanko Power Plant in Osaka, Japan, will be upgraded with new gas turbines from GE Vernova. The 1,800-MW station, which was commissioned in late 1990, is replacing three boilers […]

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U.S. Bank Commits $98 Million Toward NuScale SMR Project in Romania

October 4, 2024 admin Bucharest, Coal, DOE, engineering, exim, International, news, Nuclear, Romania, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, u.s., voygr-6

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:45:27 +0000

A U.S. bank that supports technology exports to international groups is committing $98 million toward development of a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Romania. The board of directors of […]

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From Rust to AI: How America’s Industrial Heartland is Powering the Digital Revolution

October 3, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, Commentary, data centers, Energy Consumption, engineering, high-performance computing, hpc, power, Research and Development, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Rahul Mewawalla| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:26:54 +0000

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is transforming our world, but it comes with an insatiable surge in data centers that are powered by an ever-growing appetite for energy. As AI […]

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Billions in Federal Funding Earmarked for Power Plant CCS Projects: Here’s a Snapshot

October 3, 2024 admin Business, Carbon Capture, carbon capture and storage (ccs), carbon capture technology, carbon sequestration, clean energy demonstrations, Coal, doe carbon demonstration projects, engineering, front-end engineering design (feed), Fuel, full coverage, Gas, infrastructure investment and jobs act, natural gas combined cycle (ngcc), news, power generation sector, power plant emissions, Research and Development, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:13:00 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled plans on Sept. 27 to inject $1.3 billion into its portfolio of federally funded carbon capture demonstration and large-scale pilot programs by the end […]

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Lignite Coal Power CCS Project in North Dakota Gets First Tranche of $350M Federal Funding

October 3, 2024 admin Business, Carbon Capture, ccs technology, co2 storage, Coal, Department of Energy, engineering, Environmental, full coverage, geologic storage, lignite coal, milton r. young station, minnkota power cooperative, mitsubishi heavy industries, news, project tundra, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:09:54 +0000

Project Tundra, a demonstration project that seeks to capture an average of 4 million tons of carbon dioxide from flue gas from two lignite-fired units at the 705-MW Milton R. […]

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