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GE Releases New Option to Cut Emissions on Its Mobile Gas Turbines

December 6, 2022 admin & co., Business, California, climate change, emergency power, emissions, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge gas power, news, NOx, power, Power Demand, Technology, tm2500

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:00:27 +0000

GE Gas Power announced on Dec. 6 that it has deployed an “innovative technical solution” on four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines at the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR’s) sites in Yuba City and Roseville, California (Figure 1). The solution reportedly reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by more than 90%, surpassing […]

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Labor Department Shuns Trump-Era ‘Anti-ESG’ Measures

November 23, 2022 admin acor, climate change, department of labor, Environmental, esg, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:20:39 +0000

The Biden administration has reversed a controversial Trump-era rule that barred plan fiduciaries from considering climate change and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when choosing retirement investments and exercising shareholder rights, such as proxy voting. A final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) on Nov. 22 removes restrictions issued in two […]

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Labor Department Shuns Trump-Era ‘Anti-ESG’ Measures

November 23, 2022 admin acor, climate change, department of labor, Environmental, esg, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:20:39 +0000

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DOE Grants First-Round Civil Nuclear Credit Award—$1.1B—to Diablo Canyon

November 23, 2022 admin Business, civil credit nuclear program, climate change, cnc, diablo canyon, DOE, economics, Environmental, full coverage, funding, holtec, Legislative, news, Nuclear, palisades, PG&E, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:12:24 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first round of funding from its $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program is poised to go to Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California’s only operational nuclear plant. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Diablo Canyon’s owner, could receive up to $1.1 billion in credits to extend the 2.2-GW plant’s operation for […]

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Siemens Energy Seals Deal for Hydrogen-Ready Coal-to-Gas Switch

November 17, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, coal-to-gas switching, enbw, engineering, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, GERMANY, hydrogen, hydrogen power, news, Plant Design, Research and Development, siemens energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:45:42 +0000

European energy giant EnBW will pilot switching a 114-year-old coal-fired waste incineration and district heating power plant in Stuttgart-Münster, Germany, to gas-fired technology while ensuring the regionally significant plant will be ready to combust hydrogen “as quickly and completely” as possible. Siemens Energy on Nov. 17 sealed an agreement with the utility for an overall […]

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Fish Friendly Hydro: Natel Energy Is Proving It’s Possible

November 16, 2022 admin Business, climate change, eel, Environmental, fish, fish mortality, full coverage, Hydro, hydropower, International, natel energy, news, Plant Design, power, power podcasts, Renewables, Safety, the power podcast, turbine

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:46:18 +0000

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Hydropower projects frequently face resistance from environmental groups for a variety of reasons. One of the more common objections to hydro is the high turbine-induced mortality of fish. The passage of fish through hydroelectric turbines can quickly prove fatal—a danger that increases with the size of the fish. Furthermore, if several hydropower plants are located […]

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TVA Will Explore Building Utility-Scale Solar on Closed Coal Ash Sites

November 10, 2022 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, coal plant repurposing, Environmental, news, shawnee, Solar, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:54:50 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will pursue a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in West Paducah, Kentucky, to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale solar projects. The self-funded U.S. corporate agency’s board on Nov. 10 approved a $216 million pilot project to explore repurposing the 1,071-MW coal-fired power plant’s […]

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Six Major Electric Utilities Join Forces to Pursue a Southeastern Hydrogen Hub

November 3, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, DOE, dominion energy, duke energy, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, hydrogen hub, iija, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Southern Co., TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:48:30 +0000

Marking intent interest from the power sector in hydrogen’s decarbonization potential, six major utilities—Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU), Southern Co., and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—have announced they will jointly pursue federal financial support for a Southeast Hydrogen Hub. The utilities, along with Battelle, an independent […]

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A Half-Century of Reliability: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

November 2, 2022 admin ATF, bge, Business, calvert cliffs, constellation, Environmental, Exelon, Fuel, full coverage, History, Legislative, licensing, Management, news, NRC, Nuclear, Safety, Technology, top plant, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:18:00 +0000

Baltimore Gas & Electric set out to build the 1.8-GW Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in 1967 because fossil energy was becoming expensive and controversial. Over its nearly 50 years of operation

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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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