Ontario Green Lights Nuclear Refurbishment of Pickering CANDU Units

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:54:02 +0000

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will refurbish four units at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, Canada’s first major commercial generation plant— marking a major turnaround for the 3.1-GW plant slated to […]

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Interconnection Cost-Causer-Pays Model: Is It Fair or Antiquated in the Era of Grid Modernization

Credit to Author: Janique Williams| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:53:31 +0000

The transition to green energy is often seen through two different lenses: a burden or an opportunity. Grid modernization refers to a comprehensive transformation of the traditional power grid to […]

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Hydrogen: ‘The Swiss Army Knife of Decarbonization’

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:25:18 +0000

It seems everywhere you go, both inside and outside of the power industry, people are talking about hydrogen. Last October, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an investment of […]

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Distributed Antenna System Solves Power Plant Communications Problem

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:24:48 +0000

Collaboration was the main success factor in the deployment of an all-carrier enterprise distributed antenna system (DAS) for a Midwest power plant. The Problem A power plant in the Midwestern […]

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The Evolution of Battery Technology and the Path Toward Cleaner Energy

Credit to Author: Dan Shine| Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:13:57 +0000

Battery technology powers many aspects of our modern world. It’s an invention that’s ubiquitous, yet often overlooked. In the 1970s, the need for alternative energy sources emerged following the peak […]

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UK Nuclear Recap: Major Funding for GEH’s SMR and Sizewell C as Hinkley Point C Suffers New Hefty Delays

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:07:32 +0000

Over the past week, the UK government stepped up its nuclear agenda, doling out a £33.6 million grant under its Future Nuclear Enabling Fund to support GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy […]

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GE Vernova, IHI Developing Novel Ammonia-Capable Gas Turbine Combustor

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:08:56 +0000

GE Vernova will collaborate with Japanese integrated heavy industry group IHI Corp. to develop a retrofittable 100% ammonia-capable gas turbine combustion system that would be compatible with GE’s 6F.03, 7F, […]

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Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:58:06 +0000

Conceptual layout of a marine (shoreline) installed Prodigy Microreactor Power Station TNPP that can integrate a single or multiple Westinghouse eVinci™ microreactors. The facility is non-self-propelled. Courtesy: Prodigy Clean Energy

Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […]

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PGE Leans into an All-of-the-Above Strategy to Decarbonize Its Power System

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:37:51 +0000

Climate change has led many states and countries to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power systems. Oregon, for example, has set targets for all power sold […]

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Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Rein In DOE Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 04:26:58 +0000

A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators is poised to introduce a bill that could freeze the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) implementation of updated energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers. […]

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