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Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Closes After 50 Years of Operation, Employees Leave with Pride

May 28, 2022 admin Business, decommissioning, entergy, full coverage, Michigan, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, palisades, reactor, retirement

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 17:34:39 +0000

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After more than 50 years of operation, the Palisades nuclear power plant was taken offline for the final time on May 20. The station was scheduled to be permanently shut down on May 31, but plant operators “made the conservative decision to shut down the plant early due to the performance of a control rod […]

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Hydrogen, Ammonia–Fired Gas Turbine Development Gets U.S. Government Fast-Track Boost

May 20, 2022 admin 8 rivers, 8rh2, ammonia, ammonia combustor, Business, Carbon Capture, dln2.6e, engineering, f-class, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge, h-class, hydrogen, net power, news, Research and Development, rotating detonation combustor, SCIENCE, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 16:31:15 +0000

The U.S. government has set out to fast-track technology development enabling hydrogen and ammonia combustion in power-generating gas turbines, furnishing six novel industry-led projects with a combined $24.9 million on May 19. Projects include development of hydrogen-ready combustion technologies for F-class retrofits, more efficient hydrogen and ammonia burners, and a potential demonstration of a rotating […]

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NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer

May 19, 2022 admin Business, caiso, California, Coal, Cybersecurity, drought, ercot, fuel concerns, full coverage, Gas, generator performance, Hydro, inverter-based generation, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Power Demand, Solar, SPP, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 20:10:17 +0000

An unprecedented array of risks—ranging from capacity shortfalls, extreme weather, extended drought, supply chain issues, cybersecurity, solar PV tripping, fuel constraints, to wildfires—could imperil the reliability of nearly every North American bulk power system (BPS) region west of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) this summer, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warns in […]

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Russians Achieve Milestone with New Nuclear Fuel

May 19, 2022 admin accident tolerant fuel, advanced technology fuel, ATF, Business, Fuel, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, rosatom, Safety, Technology, tvel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:09:00 +0000

Rosatom announced that it has started the fourth irradiation cycle of fuel assemblies with VVER-type fuel rods in the MIR research reactor (Figure 1) at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region. The reactor tests have been ongoing since early 2019. The rods have four combinations of cladding and fuel matrix materials. […]

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SRP Warns Arizona Regulator Reliability at Risk by 2024 without Gas Plant Expansion

May 19, 2022 admin aeroderivative gas turbines, Arizona, arizona corporation commission, Business, climate change, coolidge generating station, Environmental, environmental justice, full coverage, Gas, gas power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, lm6000, Markets, news, PHOENIX, Salt River Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 14:25:04 +0000

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) is seeking a rehearing and reconsideration of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC’s) denial of a major gas power plant expansion, which the public power utility has stressed will be crucial for near-term system reliability and long-term renewable integration. In a filing on May 16, SRP urged […]

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Enel Launches Gridspertise Business to U.S. Market, Expects to Accelerate Digital Transformation of Power Grids

May 18, 2022 admin Business, digitalization, distributed energy, distributed power, Distribution, dso, enel, full coverage, gridspertise, International, network infrastructure, news, power grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 21:30:33 +0000

Enel, a multinational power company with operations in 30 countries and more than 90 GW of power generation capacity in its portfolio, is leveraging its global expertise as the world’s largest privately owned operator of digitally managed power distribution grids, by expanding its Gridspertise business to the U.S. market. First launched in Europe and Latin […]

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DOE’s Decision to Build Versatile Test Reactor Coming Soon

May 18, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, DOE, fast neutron, full coverage, inl, Legislative, microreactor, news, Nuclear, ornl, Research and Development, Technology, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:53:50 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is poised to decide whether it will build the 300-MWth Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a fast neutron national user facility that could provide the nuclear industry with a much-needed high-performance testing capability for advanced reactors and existing commercial reactors. The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) on May 13 released […]

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How Developments in Electrical System Design Are Helping to Tackle the Challenges of Wind

May 18, 2022 admin abb, Business, floating platforms, full coverage, International, news, offshore wind, Technology, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:52:07 +0000

As a clean and renewable power source, wind offers massive potential for alleviating some of the growing challenges that countries worldwide are looking to address through the development of new forms of energy generation. At ABB, we look at how developments in electrical system design are helping to turn wind into a major source of […]

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California, Again Facing Summer Supply Vulnerabilities, Eyes 20-GW Offshore Wind Goal

May 12, 2022 admin assembly bill 525, Business, coastal resources, decarbonization, floating offshore wind, full coverage, infrastructure planning, Markets, maximum feasible capacity, news, offshore development, offshore energy, offshore wind, offshore wind energy, offshore wind planning goals, reliability, renewable energy, Research and Development, senate bill 100, transmission, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:52:10 +0000

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is mulling a preliminary planning goal for 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and potentially expanding it to 10 GW to 15 GW by 2045. If finalized, California’s offshore wind goals would be the most ambitious in the U.S., surpassing even New York’s, which calls for 9 GW by […]

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DOE Launches $2.5B Fund to Upgrade and Build New Transmission Lines

May 12, 2022 admin biden, Business, finance, full coverage, grid expansion, grid modernization, iija, Legislative, news, T&D, Technology, tfp, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:50:41 +0000

The Biden administration has launched efforts to shape the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), a key Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) initiative dedicated to building out critical new transmission lines and related facilities across the country. The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on May 10 issued a joint notice of information (NOI) […]

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