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POWER Notebook: A Week of Trials and Triumphs for Nuclear

February 6, 2020 admin apr1400, atrium 11, barakah, browns ferry, Business, bwrx-300, Čez, Czech Republic, enec, eskom, framatome, geh, International, Markets, nawah, news, Nuclear, pbmr, pebble bed, Research and Development, Safety, Technology, TVA, UAE, wano

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:31:27 +0000

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The past week saw interesting developments worldwide for nuclear new builds, small modular reactors (SMRs), and advanced nuclear fuel. Highlighted here: A third U.S. utility will use Framatome’s ATRIUM 11 fuel design; Barakah 1 in the United Arab Emirates is on the cusp of startup; South Africa’s Eskom said it wants to dispose of PBMR […]

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Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer: “What is urgently needed is more power from somewhere”

December 20, 2019 admin batteries, blackouts, clean power, Coal, Energy Storage, eskom, Fossil Fuels, grid, loadshedding, nuclear energy, Solar energy, South Africa, south africa blackouts, south africa clean energy, south africa renewable energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:23:40 +0000

Eskom, a South African electric company, is having some serious issues. Arrests have been made over fraud involving millions of dollars. The BBC reports that Eskom has been dealing with mismanagement and corruption scandals that have led to its current serious financial issues. Last week, South Africa experienced the largest power outage in over a decade

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Hitachi Exiting MHPS; MHI Will be Venture’s Sole Owner

December 18, 2019 admin abb, boilers, Business, Coal, coal plants, courts, eskom, finance, hitachi, International, kusile, Markets, medupi, MHI, mhps, news, South Africa, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:43:32 +0000

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Japanese technology conglomerate Hitachi will withdraw from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), a joint venture it established in 2014 with another power equipment giant, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), over a dispute stemming from construction of two massive defect-ridden coal plants in South Africa. Under a Dec. 18-announced settlement reached by MHI and Hitachi, Hitachi will […]

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Tesla Powerwall 2 Arrives Just In Time As Power Cuts Worsen In South Africa

December 17, 2019 admin africa, batteries, clean power, Coal, consumer technology, demand response, Energy Storage, eskom, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid storage, home energy management, lithium-ion batteries, microgrids, Off The Grid, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Smart Grid, Solar energy, South Africa, tesla, tesla powerwall, tesla powerwall 2.0, tesla south africa, the powerwall, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:05:12 +0000

On the 9th of this month, for the first time ever, Eskom, South Africa’s national power utility company, implemented Stage 6 Load shedding in which Eskom had to shed a load of 6000 MW to stabilise the grid. South Africa’s current installed capacity is 49.4 GW, according to the Draft Integrated Recourse Plan (2018) from South Africa’s Department of Energy

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Restructuring Report: Eskom ‘Fundamentally Insolvent, Permanently Impaired’

October 24, 2019 admin africa, Business, Coal, cro advisers, debt, Economy, eskom, finance, Gas, International, kusile, Legal & Regulatory, medupi, news, Nuclear, operational, Renewables, South Africa, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:32:17 +0000

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Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned utility that produces nearly 90% of the African powerhouse’s electricity, is saddled with liabilities, unavoidable expenses, and stranded costs that exceed $113 billion, and for various reasons, it is “fundamentally insolvent, permanently impaired, and will never be a true going concern enterprise under its current legal, operational, and governance structure,” concludes […]

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Financially Flailing Eskom Scrambles to Complete Defect-Ridden Coal Plants

October 17, 2019 admin blackouts, Business, Diesel, Economy, eskom, grid, International, kusile, load shedding, Markets, medupi, news, Power Demand, South Africa, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:53:46 +0000

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South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom was forced to slash 2,000 MW on a rotational basis nationwide on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17. The newest round of power cuts—the first in nearly seven months—highlight the state-owned utility’s scramble to avert financial disaster stemming in part from the fast-tracked construction of two 4.8-GW coal-fired power plants: Medupi […]

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Will South Africa Build Electric Vehicles?

October 12, 2019 admin BMW, bmw i3, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, eskom, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, GERMANY, hybrid electric cars, isuzu, jaguar, jaguar i-pace, Kenya, Mercedes Benz, naamsa, Nissan, phev, renault, shell, South Africa, toyota, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:30:05 +0000

Like Germany is to Europe, South Africa is the manufacturing powerhouse of sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, it has 8 automobile assembly plants. The companies are BMW, Ford, Isuzu, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, and Volkswagen. In 2018, South Africa produced 610,854 vehicles

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POWER Digest [June 2019]

June 3, 2019 admin ansaldo, Business, Coal, engie, eskom, Gas, hydrogen, International, netherlands, news, Nuclear, Ørsted, Renewables, Research and Development, rosatom, salinia impreglio, shin kori, snowy hydro, Solar, Technology, vver-1200, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ansaldo Leads Research Initiative for Low-NOx High-Hydrogen Retrofit Solution. The Dutch government has awarded six partners—Ansaldo Thomassen, Delft University of Technology, OPRA Turbines, Vattenfall

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Improve Baghouse Performance with Custom Filtration Media

February 28, 2019 admin arnot power station, babcock & wilcox, bathhouse, Coal, cyclone boilers, duvha power station, eskom, evonik corporation, filtration media, Gas, news, Nuclear, O&M, powder river basin, Renewables, sheldon station, South Africa, Technology

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

Dust collection plays a vital role for safe and efficient power plant operation. There are a number of dust collection options available to plant designers, and baghouses have gained wide acceptance. The

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THE BIG PICTURE: World’s Biggest Power Companies

February 1, 2019 admin Business, China, Coal, comision federal de electricidad, duke energy, EDF, Egypt, egyptian electricity, enel, engie, eskom, France, Gas, gazprom, general, GERMANY, iberdrola, India, indonesia, Infographics, International, Italy, Japan, kepco, Mexico, news, nextera, nptc, Nuclear, pln, Renewables, rushydro, Russia, rwe, Saudi Arabia, saudi electricity, South Africa, South korea, Southern Co., Spain, taiwan power, tepco

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000

In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]

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