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Another Major Leadership Shuffle: PSEG Gets New CEO

September 2, 2022 admin Business, full coverage, izzo, larossa, Management, merchant power generation, New Jersey, news, Nuclear, power, pseg, pseg power, ZEC

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:56:37 +0000

In another high-profile leadership shuffle at a major U.S. power generating company, PSEG’s longtime president and CEO Ralph Izzo on Sept. 1 passed leadership of the regulated infrastructure company to Ralph LaRossa, who was previously PSEG’s chief operating officer (COO). Izzo, who will continue to serve as executive chair of the PSEG board until December […]

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Legislative Approval for Operation to 2030

September 2, 2022 admin Business, california legislature, climate change, cooling, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, gov. newsom, Legislative, news, Nuclear, otc, PG&E

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:32:02 +0000

California’s lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 846, effectively offering Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) a pathway to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open until at least 2030. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, a Republican from San Luis Obispo, and Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, passed the California Assembly by 69–3 […]

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You’ve Heard of Offshore Wind; Now, Offshore Nuclear Is a Thing

September 1, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, core power, DOE, engineering, floating nuclear, full coverage, inl, International, mit energy initiative, news, Nuclear, offshore nuclear, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, terrapower

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:15:43 +0000

CORE POWER announced that it and its partners, the MIT Energy Initiative and the Idaho National Laboratory, were granted funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the U.S. “It is an important step forward for […]

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DOE Backs Carbon Capture Development at Two Major Gas-Fired Power Plants

September 1, 2022 admin Business, calpine, cane run 7, Carbon Capture, CCS, deer park, DOE, engineering, full coverage, Gas, ge gas power, lg&e, natural gas, news, ngcc, plant barry, polk, Research and Development, Technology, teco

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:37:15 +0000

Two major U.S. gas power plants will be part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) efforts to develop carbon capture technologies capable of capturing at least 95% of carbon dioxide. The agency’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) on Aug. 26 announced $31 million in funding for 10 projects. While many of the […]

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TVA Successfully Completes a Dam Safety Modification Project for the Ages

September 1, 2022 admin boone dam, engineering, full coverage, Hydro, hydropower, news, Plant Design, power, Renewables, Safety, tennessee valley authority, top plant, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:20:00 +0000

When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and quality

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A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, engineering, full coverage, haringvliet, hybrid power, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, The Netherlands, top plant, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 +0000

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

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Western Spirit Sets the Standard for Large-Scale Wind Power Projects

September 1, 2022 admin full coverage, ge renewable energy, NEW MEXICO, news, pattern energy, Renewables, top plant, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:17:00 +0000

With a capacity of more than 1,050 MW, Western Spirit Wind farm is the largest wind power project ever constructed as a single phase in the Americas. The project, which was completed in roughly a year in spite

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Rapid Progress for Japan’s Offshore Wind Ambitions

September 1, 2022 admin auction, Business, climate change, Coal, Environmental, floating wind, full coverage, Gas, gwec, International, Japan, Legislative, news, ocean/marine, offshore wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:15:00 +0000

Japan’s ambitions to install up to 10 GW of offshore wind power by 2030 have made rapid progress over the past month, driven partly by accelerated action to address a supply and demand mismatch. Weeks after

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How One Fossil Fuel Is Poised for Growth as the World Transitions to Net Zero

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas engines, International, natural gas, net-zero, news, power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:14:00 +0000

Most power companies have carbon reduction goals. Often, reaching those goals involves transitioning from coal-fired generation to renewable energy such as solar and wind. However, it’s not always practical

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IAEA Embarks on Unprecedented Mission to Inspect Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian ‘War Zone’

August 31, 2022 admin Business, conflict, full coverage, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear safety, Physical security, Russia, Safety, Security, timeline, Ukraine, war, zaporizhzhya, znpp

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:07:39 +0000

An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Kyiv and is readying to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for damage from weeks of shelling. The development marks a significant breakthrough for the agency, which has for the past month pleaded with Russia and Ukraine to allow it to […]

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