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Hitachi Energy Will Modernize HVDC System, Boost Delivery of Canadian Hydropower to U.S.

December 15, 2022 admin Canada, full coverage, hitachi energy, hvdc, hydro-quebec, New York, NEW YORK CITY, news, Power Demand, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:57:00 +0000

Hitachi Energy will spearhead the modernization of a key high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system in Canada to support the transmission of 1,500 MW of renewable power between Quebec and New York state’s electrical networks. Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest power utility, on Dec. 15, picked the global technology firm to supply a “back-to-back” converter station at Châteauguay, […]

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Small Modular Reactors Aren’t Difficult Nuclear Waste Generators

December 7, 2022 admin Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, natrium, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, NuScale, power, Research and Development, Safety, Small Modular Reactor, smr, snf, Spent nuclear fuel, Technology, terrapower, x-energy, xe-100

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:26:42 +0000

Many experts believe small modular reactors (SMRs), which are generally classified as nuclear power reactors with an electrical output of 300 MW or less, offer great promise for supplying the world with carbon-free energy. Several SMRs designs are under development by companies around the world including NuScale Power, GE-Hitachi, Terrestrial Energy, TerraPower, Toshiba, X-energy, and […]

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GE Releases New Option to Cut Emissions on Its Mobile Gas Turbines

December 6, 2022 admin & co., Business, California, climate change, emergency power, emissions, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge gas power, news, NOx, power, Power Demand, Technology, tm2500

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:00:27 +0000

GE Gas Power announced on Dec. 6 that it has deployed an “innovative technical solution” on four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines at the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR’s) sites in Yuba City and Roseville, California (Figure 1). The solution reportedly reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by more than 90%, surpassing […]

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Three Nuclear Giants Will Vie for Czech Republic’s Dukovany Expansion

December 2, 2022 admin AP1000, apr1400, bechtel, Business, climate change, Czech Republic, dukovany, EDF, EPR, full coverage, International, khnp, Markets, Nuclear, Technology, temelin, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:49:02 +0000

Competition for a new unit of up to 1.2 GW at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power plant site has stepped up, with France’s EDF, South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and a Westinghouse-Bechtel team submitting initial bids, Czech utility ČEZ, said on Nov. 30. Elektrárna Dukovany II, a. s. (EDU II), a […]

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Nuclear Power Is Finally Poised to Ramp Up Again in Japan

December 2, 2022 admin fukushima, full coverage, International, Japan, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power, restart, Safety, Tsunami

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:15:00 +0000

The Japanese have been hesitant to re-embrace nuclear power following the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011, but there are indications that nuclear power could ramp up again in

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War and Nuclear Power: Stakes Are High for People, Environment, and Industry

December 1, 2022 admin Commentary, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power, risk management, Russia, Safety, Ukraine, zaporizhzhya

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:13:00 +0000

John Stevens Cabot Abbott, the 19th century American historian perhaps best known for writing History of Napoleon Bonaparte and History of the Civil War in America , is attributed with the quote, “War is the

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Large Hydro Station Wins POWER’s Highest Honor, 21 Additional Outstanding Projects Recognized in 2022

December 1, 2022 admin biomass, c&i, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, full coverage, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydropower, International, natural gas, news, Nuclear, plant of the year, power, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, Technology, top plant, Water, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000

It’s always difficult to select winners from the field of nominations submitted to POWER for its annual awards, and this year was no exception. The Wudongde Hydropower Station was the big winner, while

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POWER Digest [December 2022]

December 1, 2022 admin biomass, Business, decarbonization, engines, full coverage, Gas, hvdc, hydrogen, International, news, Nuclear, O&M, offshore wind, power, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:09:00 +0000

Qatar Inaugurates the Country’s First Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant. With Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, president of Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. (Kahramaa); Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi

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Transformer Failures Disrupted Water Supplies in Houston For Nearly Two Days

November 30, 2022 admin appa, boil water notice, Business, energy-water nexus, full coverage, houston, nerc, news, reliability, Technology, transformers, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:52:34 +0000

A nearly two-day-long boil water order that shuttered schools and businesses and affected as many as 2.2 million customers in Houston—the nation’s fourth-largest city— was caused by a power outage stemming from the failure of two city-owned transformers. The incident began on Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m. when “a ground trip and current overload” tripped […]

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Labor Department Shuns Trump-Era ‘Anti-ESG’ Measures

November 23, 2022 admin acor, climate change, department of labor, Environmental, esg, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:20:39 +0000

The Biden administration has reversed a controversial Trump-era rule that barred plan fiduciaries from considering climate change and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when choosing retirement investments and exercising shareholder rights, such as proxy voting. A final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) on Nov. 22 removes restrictions issued in two […]

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