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Solar Power Is Economical Today, but Comes With Challenges

March 27, 2019 admin aemo, audrey zibelman, Australia, Business, climate change, duke energy, Energy Storage, Environmental, International, lynn good, Markets, news, North Carolina, power grid, renewable energy, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Solar power, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:50:17 +0000

Depending on the deployment location and competing energy prices, photovoltaic solar panels are among the most cost-effective power solutions being added to the grid today, often without subsidies and other incentives. The revelation came during a panel discussion—which included several CEOs from the power sector—that took place at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Summit […]

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Trump Acts on Critical Infrastructure Resiliency Against EMP Threats

March 26, 2019 admin climate change, Cybersecurity, emps, Environmental, executive order, general, gmds, news, Nuclear, Physical security, resiliency, Safety, solar storms, trump administration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:44:45 +0000

President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to boost coordination for and national resilience against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—both from nuclear warfare and natural events like solar superstorms. The action suggests new federal mandates to protect critical infrastructure against EMP events and attacks may be on the horizon. Senior Trump administration officials from the from the […]

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Trump Acts on Critical Infrastructure Resiliency Against EMP Events

March 26, 2019 admin climate change, Cybersecurity, emps, Environmental, executive order, general, gmds, news, Nuclear, Physical security, resiliency, Safety, solar storms, trump administration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:44:45 +0000

President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to boost coordination and national resilience to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—both from nuclear warfare and natural events like solar superstorms. Senior Trump administration officials from the from the National Security Council (NSC), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy—who took the unusual step in […]

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POWER Notebook: First Order for Novel Gas Turbine; Three Mile Island Accident Turns 40; PG&E Pushes Back on Judge’s Proposal

March 25, 2019 admin Afghanistan, Business, court, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Gas, judge, Legal & Regulatory, news, notebook, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Pennsylvania, PG&E, siemens, stg-a45, three mile island, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:26:11 +0000

Siemens, Three Mile Island, and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) made notable headlines over recent days. Here is this week’s POWER notebook. Siemens Bags First Order for 41-MW Aeroderivative Gas Unit Siemens on March 25 said it received its first order for its newest aeroderivative gas turbine offering—the SGT-A45. The buyer, Bayat Power, a subsidiary […]

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Trump Ended War on Fossil Fuels, but Focus Needed on CCS [PODCAST]

March 22, 2019 admin barry worthington, carbon capture and storage, CCS, climate change, Coal, energy efficiency, Environmental, Fossil Fuels, Gas, geothermal, International, news, Nuclear, power podcasts, Renewables, Solar, Technology, the power podcast, united states energy association, USEA, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:21:15 +0000

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies that helps increase understanding of the world’s energy issues. Barry Worthington has been the executive director of the USEA for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen the association grow from a two-person, […]

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Bipartisan Senators Urge EPA to Drop Proposed Changes to Mercury Rule

March 18, 2019 admin alexander, Business, Coal, collins, Environmental, EPA, haps, Legislative, MATS, mercury rule, news, rtr, Senate, supplemental finding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:17:16 +0000

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a proposed rule that they said could “lead to the undoing” of the Obama administration’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). In a March 18 letter to newly appointed EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, the group led by Sens. Lamar Alexander […]

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States Take Lead with Plans for 100% Carbon-Free Energy

March 7, 2019 admin California, climate change, Environmental, Hawaii, Illinois, Legislation, Legislative, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind, wisconsin, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:44:24 +0000

Minnesota and Wisconsin recently joined the list of states aiming for a 100% clean-energy future, while some Illinois lawmakers are pushing for not only carbon-free power, but also 100% renewable energy. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was the latest to announce a set of policy proposals designed to lead his state’s electricity sector to 100% […]

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Power Companies Refute Findings of Widespread Coal Plant Groundwater Contamination

March 7, 2019 admin Business, closure, Coal, coal ash, data, Environmental, EPA, groundwater, impoundments, landfills, Legal & Regulatory, monitoring, news, report, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:31:43 +0000

An estimated 91% of U.S. coal power plants that submitted groundwater monitoring data as required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule have unsafe levels of one or more contaminants, a collaborative analysis of the monitoring data by several environmental groups suggests. The March 4 report is significant because power […]

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Germany’s Coal Exit Bound to Be Complicated

February 28, 2019 admin biomass, Business, climate change, Coal, coal phase-out, Energy Storage, Environmental, finance, Gas, GERMANY, Hydro, International, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, market economics, Markets, news, Nuclear, Offshore, Power Demand, Renewables, rwe, scope, Solar, Technology, uniper, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Eight years after Germany decided it would halt nuclear power production by 2022, the country that relied on lignite and hard coal for 38% of its generated power in 2018 will phase out coal by 2038 or earlier

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Combined Heat and Power: A Sleeping Giant May Be Waking

February 28, 2019 admin Business, chp, cogeneration, combined heat and power, DOE, efficiency, Environmental, Gas, International, microgrid, news, Plant Design, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

One of the oldest energy efficiency ideas—combined heat and power—is prospering in the U.S. and looks promising elsewhere as the world searches for low-cost energy by increasing efficiency while lowering

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