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U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing May Be Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

October 27, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, argonne, Business, curio, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, International, mox, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, pyroprocessing, recycling, reprocessing, separation, supply chains, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:47:24 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has ramped up efforts to explore recycling spent nuclear fuel (SNF), or used nuclear fuel (UNF), from the nation’s fleet of light water reactors (LWRs), doling out $38 million in federal awards to a dozen projects on Oct. 21. Teams will receive funding under the DOE’s March 2022–launched “Converting UNF […]

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Shift to Specialty Fuels—A Driving Force to Build Supply Chain Resilience

October 20, 2022 admin biofuels, Carbon Capture, CO2, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, iho, industrial heating oil, International, news

Credit to Author: Laukik Patil| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:50:13 +0000

Geopolitical tension, ongoing energy crisis, supply chain disruption, and destructive climate change effects have been altering energy needs and sourcing requirements. Global companies have been transitioning from traditional fossil fuels to specialty fossil fuels, such as industrial heating oil (IHO) and CO2-as-Energy. In addition to cost savings (25% to 30%), they offer relatively high heat […]

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Thailand Starts Up First of Two Giant 2.7-GW Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants

October 6, 2022 admin Asia, Business, egat, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, gas power plant, gas turbines, jac, lng, MHI, mitsubishi power, news, supply chain, Technology, Thailand

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:23:46 +0000

Mitsubishi Power has declared complete a 2,650-MW natural gas–fired power plant in Chonburi province, Thailand, delivering its four M701JAC power trains to the plant’s joint owners Gulf Energy Development PCL, one of the largest independent power producers (IPPs) in Thailand, and Tokyo-based conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The Gulf SRC (GSRC) power plant, located about 130 […]

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Switzerland Secures 250-MW GE Gas Power Temporary Power Plant For Crucial Winter Reserve

October 6, 2022 admin aeroderivative gas turbine, Business, dual fuel, energy security, europe energy crisis, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge gas power, Hydro, hydropower technology, International, news, Switzerland, Technology, tm2500, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:43:36 +0000

The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) will install 250 MW of temporary reserve power—via eight trailer-mounted GE Gas Power TM2500 mobile aeroderivative gas turbine units—to secure critical power supplies this winter. GE Gas Power said the units, which will be located at GE’s Manufacturing Center in Birr, in the Swiss canton of Aargau, near […]

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Harnessing an H-Class for Hydrogen: Long Ridge Energy Terminal

October 3, 2022 admin 7ha, climate change, demonstration, Fuel, Gas, gas turbine, ge gas power, hydrogen, hydrogen blending, long ridge, Plant Design, power, Safety, Technology, top plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:15:00 +0000

Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Hannibal, Ohio, is one of the first power plants in the U.S. to be purpose-built for generating power with hydrogen fuel. But embarking on the pioneering journey that could

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Can Power Plant Wastewater Be Valuable?

October 3, 2022 admin algae, biofuels, biomass, Business, Coal, desalination, Fuel, full coverage, geothermal, International, lithium extraction, me2c, news, rare earth elements, Research and Development, Technology, trends, waste to energy, Wastewater, wastewater heat, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000

The rise and rapid adoption of the circular economy—a systems solution framework that seeks to keep materials, products, and services in circulation for as long as possible—is triggering an interesting

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NYPA, GE Successfully Pilot Hydrogen Retrofit at Aeroderivative Gas Turbine

September 26, 2022 admin aeroderivative gas turbine, air gas, Business, climate change, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power decarbonization, ge, hydrogen, hydrogen demonstration, New York, news, nypa, Research and Development, sargent & lundy, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:55:19 +0000

A pioneering GE aeroderivative gas turbine project to demonstrate hydrogen combustion as part of a retrofit at an existing U.S. natural gas power plant has successfully utilized blends of 5% to 44% hydrogen with natural gas—some of the highest volumes of hydrogen blended into a commercially operating gas turbine. The project spearheaded by New York […]

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DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process

September 22, 2022 admin blue ribbon commission, Business, consent-based siting, DOE, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, nwpa, Spent nuclear fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:11:33 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated community outreach to facilitate consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and interim storage facility siting. The effort, outlined in a series of steps the DOE expects to take in response to a recent request for public input, marks a significant first step toward advancing the agency’s […]

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DOE’s Latest Energy Earthshot Will Tackle Technical, Economic Challenges for Enhanced Geothermal Systems

September 10, 2022 admin Business, DOE, earthshot, egs, engineering, enhanced geothermal, Fuel, full coverage, geothermal, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:19:52 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s latest Energy Earthshot will seek to cut the cost of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) to $45/MWh by 2035, an ambitious goal that would shave current EGS costs by 90%. The DOE’s latest Energy Earthshot—part of a 2021-research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) initiative it launched to accelerate breakthroughs for emerging technologies—will […]

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Biden Administration Targets Industrial Decarbonization Through Electrification, Low-Carbon Fuels, CCUS

September 7, 2022 admin biden administration, Business, c&i, Carbon Capture, Coal, consumption, decarbonization, digitalization, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, DOE, electrification, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, industrial sector, INDUSTRY, manufacturers, natural gas, net-zero, news, Nuclear, power, power end-use, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:45:06 +0000

The Biden administration has laid out a comprehensive roadmap to help five energy-intensive manufacturing sectors reduce their fuel- and power-related carbon emissions and achieve net-zero by 2050. The pathways proposed for the iron and steel, cement and concrete, food and beverage, chemical manufacturing, and petroleum refining sectors may have substantial implications for future power demand. […]

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