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FERC: Investors with Utility Board Members are Affiliates

November 2, 2022 admin board of directors, Commentary, ferc, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, regulatory, utilities, utility

Credit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:19:05 +0000

Building on analysis in its February 2021 Public Citizen, Inc. v. Centerpoint Energy, Inc. opinion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued decisions in Evergy Kansas, Inc. (Evergy) and Transalta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc. (Transalta) analyzing whether investments that were under 10% of outstanding voting shares, but were paired with appointment of directors that […]

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Potential Deal Brewing for Second Polish Nuclear Plant Based on South Korean Technology

November 2, 2022 admin AP1000, apr1400, Business, engineering, full coverage, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Plant Design, Poland, South korea, Technology, Westinghouse, ze pak

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:38:56 +0000

Days after Poland chose Westinghouse to supply its AP1000 technology to the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, northern Poland, the government and two Polish energy firms signed a letter of intent with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to “push ahead” with development of a second nuclear plant based on APR1400 technology in Pątnów, […]

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Blue Ammonia Production Efforts for Fuel Supply, Exports in High Gear Along U.S. Gulf Coast

October 20, 2022 admin air liquide, ammonia, Business, CCS, chevron, conocophillips, Europe, export, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, jera, lng, Markets, news, Research and Development, trends, uniper

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:51:51 +0000

Energy giants Chevron and Uniper are pairing with chemical technology companies Air Liquide and LyondellBasell to explore a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast that could support industrial decarbonization and mobility applications in the region and expand clean ammonia exports. The companies, in a joint statement on Oct. 19, said they […]

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Evolving Extreme Weather Risks Posing Unprecedented Insurance Woes for Renewables

October 18, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Extreme weather, gcube, hail damage, insurance, Markets, news, Renewables, risks, Solar, solar pv, supply chain, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:34:57 +0000

Unexpectedly steep financial losses suffered by the U.S. renewables market owing to a barrage of extreme weather events over the past summer suggest that project hardening strategies aren’t going far enough, a major renewables insurer is warning. GCube, an international insurer for wind, solar, wave, hydro, and tidal projects around the world in an update […]

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A Legacy of Quality Reporting: POWER Turns 140

October 2, 2022 admin Business, full coverage, History, magazines, Markets, news, power, power magazine, publishing

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:10:00 +0000

POWER magazine is celebrating its 140th anniversary this month. All I can say is “Wow! What an incredible run!”; And, it’s not over yet—we plan to continue putting out a top-notch publication

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Germany Halts Closure of Two Nuclear Plants Until April 2023

September 8, 2022 admin Business, Coal, e.on, energy security, full coverage, Gas, GERMANY, isar 2, kernd, Markets, news, Nuclear, reliability, resource adequacy, stress test

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:12:22 +0000

Germany plans to keep two of its three last nuclear power plants on standby until mid-2023—beyond their year-end closure deadline—to bolster its energy security through the winter. However, the declaration has prompted confusion within Germany’s nuclear industry, which says nuclear plants aren’t suited to perform as operating reserve. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action […]

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Why the Solar Market Is Down and Why It’s Poised for a Comeback

September 8, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, full coverage, inflation reduction act, irã, Markets, news, power, Renewables, seia, Solar, Solar energy, Solar power, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:55:06 +0000

The forecast for U.S. solar energy installations in 2022 have been revised downward in a report published by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on Sept. 8, due in large part to supply chain constraints and an industry-wide slowdown caused by the initiation of an anticircumvention investigation earlier this year. The U.S. […]

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California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible

September 7, 2022 admin brownouts, California, Coal, emergency alert, energy security, Gas, grid reliability, Hydro, Markets, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, stage 3

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:30:15 +0000

California’s grid operator issued a Stage 3 energy emergency alert (EEA) at 5:17 p.m. PST on Sept. 6, warning it would order rotating power outages to lower soaring power demand and stabilize its grid, if necessary. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) cautiously raised the emergency alert from Stage 2, which it had declared earlier […]

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Inflation Reduction Act Programs Could Establish the U.S. as a Market Leader in Hydrogen

August 31, 2022 admin Business, hydrogen, inflation reduction act, irã, itc, Markets, news, pa consulting, power, ptc

Credit to Author: Sean O’Brien| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:42:46 +0000

For the growing U.S. hydrogen industry, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is transformative. Today, nearly all hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels to be used as a chemical feedstock and for refining—emitting carbon dioxide in the process. Recently, thanks to state incentive programs, federal funds, and voluntary corporate commitments, clean hydrogen has been gaining ground […]

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U.S.’s Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Set Daily Production Records in July Despite High Fuel Prices

August 25, 2022 admin full coverage, Gas, Markets, natural gas, news, Power Demand, power generation

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:26:11 +0000

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that electricity generated by natural gas–fired power plants in the lower 48 states reached 6.37 TWh on July 21, setting a new record high for a day. In fact, the previous high, set on July 27, 2020, was broken three times during that week in July, first on […]

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