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Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030

January 24, 2024 admin Business, Canada, engineering, evinci, floating nuclear power plants, fnpp, Fuel, full coverage, iaea, innovation, International, Legislative, Markets, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear industry, prodigy clean energy, remote power generation, Research and Development, Safety, small modular reactors, smrs, sustainable energy solutions, Technology, transportable nuclear power plant, trends, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:58:06 +0000

Conceptual layout of a marine (shoreline) installed Prodigy Microreactor Power Station TNPP that can integrate a single or multiple Westinghouse eVinci™ microreactors. The facility is non-self-propelled. Courtesy: Prodigy Clean Energy

Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […]

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PGE Leans into an All-of-the-Above Strategy to Decarbonize Its Power System

January 23, 2024 admin Business, climate change, Energy Storage, Environmental, full coverage, Legislative, news, offshore wind, Oregon, PG&E, portland general electric, power, power podcasts, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, sustainability, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:37:51 +0000

Climate change has led many states and countries to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power systems. Oregon, for example, has set targets for all power sold […]

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25 Differences Between Private Sector and Government Managers

November 25, 2023 admin Business, government, hr, Legislative, managers, private sector, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

You often hear it said that government should be run more like a business. But a senior industry executive with cabinet-level experience in the Reagan and Bush II administrations explains why it’s not that simple.

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Three Key Transmission Links Get $1.3B Boost With Federal Capacity Contracts

October 31, 2023 admin bipartisan infrastructure act, Business, DOE, doe grid deployment, federal funding, finance, full coverage, grid resilience, interregional lines, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, national transmission needs study, news, power, renewable energy, T&D, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:31:09 +0000

Three interregional transmission lines connecting six U.S. states will receive the first $1.3 billion tranche of $2.5 billion in federal funding designated under the Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), a revolving […]

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How to Unleash the Climate Action Potential of the IRA

October 4, 2023 admin agencies, ameresco, biden, bush, Climate, climate change, Commentary, dept. of defense, emissions, emissions reduction, Environmental, espc, espc contracts, Federal Government, irã, Legislative, Obama, parris island

Credit to Author: Greg Caplan| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 22:00:40 +0000

Throughout this past summer, we have seen some of the highest temperatures on Earth on record, and July was possibly the hottest month in more than a century. Wildfire smoke […]

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Equity in Energy: How Community Solar Is Involved

September 29, 2023 admin Commentary, community solar, disadvantaged communities, equity, full coverage, incentives, irã, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, power, Renewables, Solar, sustainability

Credit to Author: Janique Williams| Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:38:29 +0000

In the U.S., there has always been a direct correlation between the disparity in income and the distribution of renewable resources. Equity in energy refers to fairness in the distribution […]

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Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project

September 27, 2023 admin AP1000, bechtel, Business, energy infrastructure, energy security, engineering, engineering services contract, environmental conditions, full coverage, international cooperation, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, nuclear power plant, nuclear technology, Poland, regulatory progress, Safety, technical specifications, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:32:21 +0000

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work […]

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Environmental Justice: What It Is and Why It’s Important to Power Projects

September 7, 2023 admin Environmental, environmental justice, full coverage, law, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, outreach, power, power podcasts, project development, sustainability, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:06:25 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines environmental justice as: “The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to […]

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Judge Rejects Lawsuit Challenging California Nuclear Plant’s Operations

August 25, 2023 admin California, climate change, diablo canyon, environment, Environmental, friends of the earth, gavin newsom, Legislative, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, reactors, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:26:55 +0000

A California judge rejected a lawsuit from an environmental group seeking to keep Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from extending the operating life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. […]

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Empty Space—Navigating the Void of Pore Space Regulation in Texas

August 2, 2023 admin carbon, carbon capture and sequestration, carbon capture and storage, CCS, climate change, Commentary, Environmental, investment, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, regulatory, texas

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:31:39 +0000

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has spurred investment in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), a key tool for decarbonization, by significantly increasing the tax credit for permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. […]

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