World Bank Approves $1B Loan to Advance South Africa’s Power Sector Reforms

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:12:00 +0000

The World Bank on Oct. 25 granted South Africa a $1 billion developmental policy loan (DPL) as a significant measure to help the country address its debilitating energy crisis, and encourage it to transition

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MHI, Mitsubishi Power Report Breakthroughs for Hydrogen Combustion, Ammonia Burners

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:23:23 +0000

Staff at the central control room at Mitsubishi Power’s T-Point 2 Combined Cycle Power Plant Validation Facility at the Takasago Hydrogen Park in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, celebrate the demonstration of a large frame gas turbine using a fuel mixture of 30% hydrogen, while connected to the local power grid. The gas turbine uses hydrogen produced and stored at the Takasago Hydrogen Park. Courtesy: Mitsubishi Power

Mitsubishi Power has successfully demonstrated partial load and full load combustion of a fuel blend with 30% hydrogen (by volume) in a grid-connected J-series Air-Cooled (JAC) gas turbine. The achievement […]

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INL Achieves Fabrication of Commercial-Grade Specialized Nuclear Fuel Pellets

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:24:32 +0000

In early 2023, INL researchers fabricated roughly two dozen pellets of uranium dioxide (UO2) high-assay low-enriched uranium at the lab’s Experimental Fuels Facility at the Material and Fuels Complex. “These HALEU uranium dioxide fuel pellets are about the size of a gummy bear, seen here next to an INL business card,” the lab noted. Source: INL

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The […]

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FutureCoal CEO Suggests ‘Cancel Coal’ Mantra Is Short-Sighted, Abated Coal Solutions Must Be Part of Energy Transition

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:24:41 +0000

Speaking at the 5th annual India Coal Conference in New Delhi, FutureCoal CEO Michelle Manook said, “Government and finance policies, which embrace a ‘cancel coal’ mantra, are short-sighted and undermine […]

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Pioneering Hydrogen-Powered Gas Peaking: Inside Duke Energy’s DeBary Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:58:22 +0000

An illustration that shows a potential hydrogen production facility at Duke Energy’s Volusia County solar facility. Courtesy: Duke Energy

In late 2024, a first-of-a-kind, fully functional project spearheaded by Duke Energy, GE Vernova, and Sargent and Lundy could begin demonstrating commercial peaking capabilities of an integrated hydrogen power-to-power system […]

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Advanced Nuclear Fuel with Enrichment Exceeding Historical Limits Approved for Installation at Plant Vogtle

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:22:51 +0000

Southern Nuclear, Southern Company’s nuclear power plant operations business, announced in late September that it had received “first-of-a-kind approval” from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use advanced fuel—accident tolerant […]

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U.S. Power Heavyweights Unveil Hydrogen Power-to-Power Demonstration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:27:40 +0000

The DeBary Solar Power Plant in Volusia County, Fla., began serving customers on May 14, 2020. The facility is 74.5 MW with 300,000 panels. Courtesy: Duke Energy

Duke Energy, GE Vernova, and Sargent and Lundy will team up on a pioneering project to demonstrate an end-to-end energy system that produces, stores, and combusts 100% renewable hydrogen at […]

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ACES Delta’s Hydrogen Electrolyzers Arrive in Big Boost for Hub’s Progress

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:20:19 +0000

Electrolyzers arrive at the ACES Delta project in Delta, Utah. (Photo: Business Wire)

The much-watched Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub (ACES Delta)—a project shaping up to be the largest renewable hydrogen energy hub in the U.S.—has received its first shipment of large-scale hydrogen […]

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‘Incredible Milestone’ Reached on MARVEL Microreactor Enables Project to Proceed

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:01:23 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) MARVEL microreactor achieved 90% final design, a key step that will allow the project to move forward with preparation for fabrication and construction. “This […]

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Reducing Carbon Intensity with Renewable Propane

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 22:34:21 +0000

Most propane used in the U.S. today is produced as a byproduct of natural gas processing and crude oil refining, which are not considered “green” technologies. However, renewable propane availability […]

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