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GE Confirms Sale of Lucrative Nuclear Steam Turbine Segment to EDF

February 10, 2022 admin arabelle, Business, EDF, France, Fuel, ge, news, Nuclear, steam power, steam turbines, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:32:35 +0000

GE has signed an exclusive agreement with EDF Group, an entity majority held by the French government, to sell the equipment segment and some services that make up Steam Power’s nuclear-serving steam turbine business—part of a portfolio that GE adopted during its 2015 merger with French equipment giant Alstom. The American technology conglomerate confirmed it signed […]

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Gas-Heavy ISO-New England Braces for Steep Influx of Wind, Solar, Storage

March 18, 2020 admin Business, carbon pricing, climate change, Coal, competitive markets, Environmental, ferc, Fuel, fuel security, Gas, infrastructure constraints, ISO New England, Markets, mystic, natural gas, news, Nuclear, pipelines, reliability, Renewables, rggi, Solar, state mandates, state subsidies, Technology, wholesale electricity markets, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:50:16 +0000

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While it is currently highly dependent on natural gas generation today, about 95% of ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) interconnection request queue—a proposed total capacity of 20.9 GW—comprises wind, solar, and battery projects. That clearly indicates that developers in New England’s wholesale market “are looking to take advantage of state incentives, declining technology costs, and revenues from […]

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Exclusive: Why Oklo’s Demonstration of HALEU Could Be Groundbreaking for New Nuclear

February 20, 2020 admin aurora reactor, Business, DOE, downblending, eletrometallurgical process, enriched uranium, Fuel, haleu, heu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, Research and Development, supply chains, Technology, uranium enrichment, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000

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In an exclusive interview, executives from Silicon Valley–based Oklo, a company Idaho National Laboratory (INL) chose this week to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind use of recycled high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in its full-size Aurora micro-reactor, told POWER that the project could have broad implications for the future of nuclear power. Marking a significant boost for […]

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ITC Probing Economic Impact of Renewable Goals, Imports to New England

February 19, 2020 admin Business, climate change, Coal, Fuel, Gas, grid, Hydro, imports, iso-ne, itc, Markets, Massachusetts, New England, news, Nuclear, reliability, Renewables, rps, Solar, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:28:09 +0000

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Responding to a request from a Democrat-led U.S. House committee, the federal International Trade Commission (ITC) is investigating how New England’s increasing renewable targets are economically affecting the region, and what role renewable imports play in meeting those commitments. The ITC, an independent, nonpartisan and quasi-judicial federal agency that also provides fact-finding as it relates […]

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Engineering Group: American Gas Turbines Will Remain Relevant But Need Advancement

February 12, 2020 admin Business, climate change, Cybersecurity, decarbonization, DOE, engineering, Environmental, Fuel, Gas, gas turbine research, gas turbines, hydrogen, International, Markets, national academies, news, r&d, Renewables, Research and Development, storage, technologies, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:26:45 +0000

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Given current trends, the U.S. gas turbine industry is set to play a critically important role in power generation, aircraft propulsion, and the oil and gas industry “for decades to come,” but it could benefit from prioritized research and development (R&D) and technological leadership, a new publication from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and […]

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Is Biomass Dead?

February 3, 2020 admin biomass, Business, climate change, covanta, EIA, emissions, Environmental, ethiopia, Fuel, Gas, International, lake tana, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, renewable natural gas, Renewables, Research and Development, rng, subsidies, Technology, troutman sanders, waste fuel

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:29:48 +0000

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With subsidies running short and emissions regulations still a challenge, the promise of biomass as a sustainable source for utility-scale power generation remains elusive. Yet, there are novel applications

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Cementing Coal Power Phaseout, Germany Sets Out to Shutter 40% of Current Generation Mix

January 30, 2020 admin affordability, Business, carbon emissions, climate change, Coal, coal phase-out, Environmental, federal cabinet, Fuel, Gas, GERMANY, International, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear phase out, reliability, Renewables, rwe, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:19:43 +0000

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Germany’s federal cabinet on Jan. 29 approved a nationwide phaseout of coal power generation by 2038, paving the way for the country, which has already initiated a nuclear phaseout, to rely even more heavily on renewables. The federal cabinet’s approval of the “Reduction and Termination of Coal Power Generation” (Gesetz zur Reduzierung und zur Beendigung der […]

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MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded in Russian Reactor, More to Come

January 28, 2020 admin Department of Energy, DOE, Fuel, International, mixed-oxide fuel, mox, mox fuel fabrication facility, national nuclear security administration, news, nnsa, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, rosatom, Russia, Safety, savannah river, tvel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:45:33 +0000

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Power plant engineers have loaded 18 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in Unit 4 at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Distinct from traditional nuclear fuel with enriched uranium, MOX fuel pellets are based on the mix of nuclear fuel cycle derivatives, such as plutonium oxide bred in commercial reactors and uranium oxide […]

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Exelon Installs New Accident Tolerant Fuel at Illinois Nuclear Plant

January 16, 2020 admin accident tolerant fuel, ATF, Exelon, framatome, Fuel, ge, gnf, hitachi, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, Research and Development, Russia, Safety, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:50:56 +0000

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Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a GE-led joint venture with Hitachi Ltd. that supplies boiling water reactor fuel and fuel-related services around the world, said lead test assemblies utilizing its ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad Accident Tolerant Fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon’s Clinton nuclear plant in Illinois. “We continue to work with our customers […]

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Transformative Coal Power Technologies Take Shape

January 2, 2020 admin 8 rivers, america's power, brayton cycle, Business, clean coal, Coal, composite coating materials, connected plant, digitalization, distributed power, Energy Storage, flexibility, fluidized bed combustor, Fuel, gti, iea, iiot, iiot power, instrumentation and controls., International, Markets, modular coal, naruc, natural gas, net power, netl, news, oxy-combustion, plasma ignition, Research and Development, supercritical carbon dioxide, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The coal power industry acknowledges that to play a stable role in future power markets, it needs to modernize, and perhaps even overhaul its long-held status as a “conventional generator.” Could new

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