Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000
Taishan-2 EPR Achieves Criticality. A second EPR unit in China’s Guangdong province attained a sustained chain reaction on May 28, marking another major milestone for Framatome, EDF, and China General
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000
Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June announced it would mothball eight coal plants, totaling 23 GW, of its existing 28-plant coal fleet over the
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:56:23 +0000
A bill introduced by Senate Democrats on June 26 establishes a national electricity standard that would require large retail suppliers to source at least 1.5% of their power from renewables by 2020 and gradually grow that share through 2035. The measure comes a day after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed monthly generation from renewable […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:33:48 +0000
Power plants are capturing operational data in ever-increasing amounts. However, analyzing all the data can be challenging. A number of tools are available that can help. In this episode of The POWER Podcast, two experts from one technology provider explain how big data can be analyzed to identify trends and create actionable information to solve […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:54:12 +0000
A new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF) predicts about half of the world’s power will come from renewable resources, including solar and wind, by 2050. The group’s New Energy Outlook 2019, released June 18, noted the trend will be driven by falling prices for solar, wind, and battery storage, along with trillions of dollars of investments […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:43:35 +0000
Sub-Saharan Africa’s power generation capacity is projected to surge 4% annually through 2040, and its current energy mix—which is today dominated by hydro and coal—will likely be more diversified as interest rises in renewables such as solar and wind, General Electric (GE) said in a white paper released in May, surveying market opportunities in the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:54:21 +0000
The percentage of coal-fired generation in the U.S. electricity mix will continue to decline, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said May 9, with gas-fired generation accounting for at least 40% of the nation’s power this summer and output from renewables continuing to rise. EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) said coal-fired units will produce only […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:01:04 +0000
Geothermal energy has been around forever, used as a heating source across the world. Today it has surfaced as another renewable resource, with advancements in drilling technology bringing down costs and opening new areas to development. In conjunction with the feature article on geothermal in the May 2019 issue of POWER, we sought opinions from […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:00:32 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:21:15 +0000
The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies that helps increase understanding of the world’s energy issues. Barry Worthington has been the executive director of the USEA for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen the association grow from a two-person, […]
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