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BWRX-300 Becomes First SMR to Clear Two Phases of Canadian Nuclear Design Review

March 17, 2023 admin Business, bwrx-300, Canada, design review, full coverage, International, Legal & Regulatory, licensing, news, NRC, Nuclear, Poland, smr, uk, vdr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:01:53 +0000

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design has cleared the first two phases of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Vendor Design Review (VDR) process, marking a first for a small modular reactor (SMR). The Canadian nuclear regulator’s VDR process is an optional pre-licensing mechanism that allows CNSC staff to give applicants feedback early in the […]

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EPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements

March 16, 2023 admin air quality, Business, Coal, coal closures, csapr, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, low-nox burners, Markets, NAAQS, news, NOx, over-fire air, ozone, power plants, regulations, scr, smog, sncr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]

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EPA Rolls Out More Stringent Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Coal Power Plants

March 8, 2023 admin bottom ash transport, Coal, coal power, effluent, elgs, Environmental, EPA, FGD, Fuel, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, Wastewater, zero-discharge

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:53:06 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing more stringent discharge standards for three types of coal power plant wastewater as part of an update to its Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs). However, the agency also proposed compliance flexibilities, and in a separate direct final rule, moved to extend a deadline to allow more coal plants to […]

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EPA Moves to Deny Coal Ash Disposal at Six Massive Coal Power Plants

January 26, 2023 admin alternative liner, Business, Coal, coal ash, coal power plants, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, news, regulations, unlined impoundments

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:40:29 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed barring six coal-fired power plants in various states—a combined 11 GW—from disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. The agency, however, also proposed to provide disposal extensions if the coal plants are needed to maintain grid reliability. The EPA’s proposed determinations, issued on Jan. 25, fall under its […]

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NuScale Submits Standard Design Approval Application to NRC for Uprated SMR Design

January 5, 2023 admin Business, design certification, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, NuScale, nuscale module, regulatory, sda, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:02:32 +0000

NuScale Power has submitted a standard design approval (SDA) application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) based on its six-module VOYGR-6 configuration, which will use uprated 250-MWth (77-MWe) modules. The step is crucial for the proposed construction of the 462-MWe Carbon Free Power Plant at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. NuScale’s SDA application submitted […]

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Biden Administration Rolls Out ‘Durable’ WOTUS Definition in Final Rule

December 30, 2022 admin Army Corps, Business, Coal, coal ash, courts, ditches, Environmental, EPA, final rule, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Solar, streams river, Wastewater, Water, Wind, WOTUS

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:15:35 +0000

The Biden administration has rolled out in a final what it says is a “durable” definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), potentially capping a legal and political battle that has raged for nearly two decades. The final rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army on […]

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DOE Proposes New Distribution Transformer Standards as Crippling Shortages Persist

December 29, 2022 admin Business, distribution transformers, DOE, energy efficiency, full coverage, grid, Legal & Regulatory, news, resiliency, T&D

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:46:45 +0000

Almost all distribution transformers produced or imported into the U.S. under a new energy efficiency standards proposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) could require amorphous steel cores starting in 2027. The measure, unveiled as industry grapples with a crippling shortage of distribution transformers, will serve a longer-term role to boost grid resiliency as a […]

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DOE Proposes New Distribution Transformer Standards as Crippling Shortages Persist

December 29, 2022 admin Business, distribution transformers, DOE, energy efficiency, full coverage, grid, Legal & Regulatory, news, resiliency, T&D

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:46:45 +0000

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The Tales of Battery Energy Storage System Permitting Process

December 5, 2022 admin battery energy storage system, bess, Business, Energy Storage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, li-ion batteries, news, permitting, power, Safety

Credit to Author: Janique Williams| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:07:00 +0000

According to Elon Musk, solar and batteries go together like peanut butter and jelly. The sustainability of renewable energy relies on the deployment of energy storage systems for the storage of energy harnessed by renewable sources. The reduction in the cost to manufacture battery energy storage systems (BESSs) has catapulted the use of these types […]

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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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