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Trump Acts on Critical Infrastructure Resiliency Against EMP Events

March 26, 2019 admin climate change, Cybersecurity, emps, Environmental, executive order, general, gmds, news, Nuclear, Physical security, resiliency, Safety, solar storms, trump administration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:44:45 +0000

President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to boost coordination and national resilience to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—both from nuclear warfare and natural events like solar superstorms. Senior Trump administration officials from the from the National Security Council (NSC), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy—who took the unusual step in […]

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The POWER Podcast

March 20, 2019 admin Commentary, general, INTERVIEWS, podcast, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:27 +0000

The POWER Podcast Archive: How a Major Resort Owner Manages Its Power https://www.powermag.com/how-a-major-resort-owner-manages-its-power-podcast/ An Inside Look at a State-of-the-Art Training Facility https://www.powermag.com/an-inside-look-at-a-state-of-the-art-training-facility-podcast/ FERC and Cybersecurity: It’s Complicated https://www.powermag.com/ferc-and-cybersecurity-its-complicated-podcast/ Prepare for More Distributed Energy Resources https://www.powermag.com/prepare-for-more-distributed-energy-resources-podcast/ Community Solar Power Offers the ‘Best of Both Worlds’ https://www.powermag.com/community-solar-power-offers-the-best-of-both-worlds-podcast/ Insider Bullish on Renewable Energy Industry https://www.powermag.com/insider-bullish-on-renewable-energy-industry-podcast/ Power Plant Control […]

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National Engineers Week: Engineering for the Power World

February 21, 2019 admin archives, general, national engineers week, news, top posts, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:34:37 +0000

This week (Feb. 17–23) is National Engineers Week. “EWeek” as the National Society of Professional Engineers calls it, is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations, and government agencies. Its key goal: raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life. Over the […]

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POWER Interview: The Future of Power Sector Engineering Amid Market Disruptions

February 21, 2019 admin Business, changing resources, consultants, disruptions, engineering, Europe, general, iiot, iiot power, industry trends, International, IoT, Markets, monitoring, news, obg, power interview, ramboll, Technology, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:39 +0000

Last December, Danish engineering, design, and consultancy firm Ramboll Group, entered into an agreement to acquire U.S-based engineering and design consultancy OBG. Founded in 1945, OBG has delivered integrated engineering solutions within water, energy, environment and advanced manufacturing, and today, the company says it has extensive client relationships in both the private and public sectors, […]

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Former top Chinese general sentenced to life for corruption

February 20, 2019 admin Chinese, corruption, fang fenghui, foreign news, general, Latest News Stories, sentenced, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:48:44 +0000

BEIJING — A former top Chinese general has been given a life sentence for taking and distributing bribes and possessing a large amount of property whose origins he could not account for.

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THE BIG PICTURE: World’s Biggest Power Companies

February 1, 2019 admin Business, China, Coal, comision federal de electricidad, duke energy, EDF, Egypt, egyptian electricity, enel, engie, eskom, France, Gas, gazprom, general, GERMANY, iberdrola, India, indonesia, Infographics, International, Italy, Japan, kepco, Mexico, news, nextera, nptc, Nuclear, pln, Renewables, rushydro, Russia, rwe, Saudi Arabia, saudi electricity, South Africa, South korea, Southern Co., Spain, taiwan power, tepco

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000

In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]

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10 Takeaways from the IEA’s Newest World Energy Outlook

January 1, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental, flexibility, Fuel, Gas, general, geothermal, History, iea, International, investment, news, Nuclear, ownership, Power Demand, power supply transformation, renewable costs, Renewables, Solar, Technology, timeline, variable sources, wholesale power markets, Wind, world energy outlook 2018

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

The International Energy Agency (IEA) deemed growth and disruptions of the world’s power sector so significant to the future of energy, it dedicated—for the first time—a four-chapter “special focus”

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Game-Changing Coal Power Technologies

January 1, 2019 admin ausc, Business, Carbon Capture, chemical looping, climate change, Coal, curc, Energy Storage, Environmental, EPRI, flexibility, fuel cells, general, iea clean coal centre, igcc, International, Markets, materials, national coal council, news, oxyfuel, roadmap, supercritical co2, Technology, u.s., Water

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

To be a relevant player in the future power mix, coal power efficiency and costs must improve, and technologies in the realm of research and development promise to do just that. Although most experts agree

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THE BIG PICTURE: Power Around the World

December 30, 2018 admin climate change, Coal, energy transitions, Environmental, Gas, general, iea, Infographics, Markets, news, Nuclear, Renewables, world capacity by generation, world energy outlook 2018

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 05:00:30 +0000

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Eight Power Sector Takeaways from the Climate Report

November 30, 2018 admin climate change, Coal, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, general, Hydro, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, supply chains, Water, Wind

Despite increased resilience actions, extreme weather events due to climate change are projected to increasingly threaten the nation’s energy infrastructure, and create fuel availability and demand imbalances, the Trump administration’s sprawling climate report released on November 23 suggests. The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) released by the Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is clear in […]

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