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Leadership Shakeup at ABB Amid Power Grids Business Overhaul

April 17, 2019 admin abb, Business, digitalization, electrification, finance, hitachi, International, leadership change, Markets, news, power grids, supply chains, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:15:58 +0000

Only months after ABB announced Hitachi would acquire a majority stake in its flagship power grids business for $11 billion, the company’s board of directors ousted CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer and officially launched a search for a new leader. The Zurich-based technology giant said on April 17 that the board of directors and Spiesshofer “mutually agreed […]

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Nuclear Subsidy Dispute Now Rests with FERC, Competitive Generators Say

April 16, 2019 admin Business, calpine, climate change, courts, epsa, Exelon, Federal Court, ferc, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, New Jersey, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Ohio, Pennsylvania, pjm, pseg, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, vistra, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]

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Wind Industry Prepares for Massive Expansion

April 11, 2019 admin annual report, awea, Business, Construction, Gas, itc, Markets, news, policies, ptc, Renewables, storage, T&D, Technology, tom kiernan, transmission, variability, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:31:24 +0000

Construction activity on wind projects across the U.S. surged to a record level of more than 20 GW in the third quarter of 2018, and about 35.1 GW of new wind capacity was under construction or in advanced development at the end of 2018, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). In 2018, the […]

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PJM Will Hold Capacity Auction Under Current Rules in August

April 10, 2019 admin bra, Business, capacity auction, carbon pricing, Coal, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, market reforms, Markets, mopr, news, Nuclear, pjm, Renewables, reserve pricing, rps, states, subsidies

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:52:23 +0000

PJM Interconnection said it will hold its 2022–2023 capacity auction under current market rules on Aug. 14, 2019, though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has yet to issue a decision on the grid operator’s plan to revamp its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR). In an April 10 filing, however, PJM asked FERC to clarify that […]

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How the DOE Is Looking to Save Hydropower

April 4, 2019 admin Business, competition, desalination, DOE, eere, Energy Storage, flexibility, Hydro, hydropower, hydrovision, market troubles, Markets, modular, news, NHA, ocean/marine, pumped-storage hydro, quicker building, r&d, Renewables, Solar, Technology, wave power, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:36:21 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a slate of measures to help U.S. hydropower thrive as costs for wind and solar plummet. Measures will include a roadmap to identify hydro’s value in a future grid, and a first-of-its-kind prize designed to encourage innovative and faster pumped storage construction techniques. In her opening speech at Waterpower […]

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Inside NET Power: Gas Power Goes Supercritical

April 1, 2019 admin Business, Carbon Capture, combustor, Exelon, Gas, Markets, mcdermott, net power, news, Research and Development, supercritical co2, supply chains, Technology, toshiba, turbo machinery

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:00:51 +0000

A project to demonstrate a novel power cycle that promises to produce low-cost, reliable, and flexible power from natural gas—while generating no atmospheric emissions, and fully capturing carbon dioxide—is inching closer to commissioning. A mere 10 years ago, 8 Rivers Capital, a startup founded in 2007 by Bill Brown, a former Wall Street investor and […]

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India Installs Its First Grid-Scale Battery Storage System

March 31, 2019 admin aes, Battery, Business, Energy Storage, India, International, Markets, mitsubishi corp. siemens, new markets, news, pumped hydro, storage, tata, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system was launched in February. The 10-MW system is owned by AES Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., and operated by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (Tata

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Off-Grid Microgrid: Solar + Batteries + Thermal Generation

March 31, 2019 admin aggreko, Australia, Battery, Business, Fuel, hybrid, International, Markets, microgrid, Mining, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Today’s microgrid installations showcase a variety of configurations and control systems. Commercial and industrial sites are finding innovative ways to power their operations, particularly those in remote

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Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Ramps Up

March 31, 2019 admin Canada, Columbia, core, Czech Republic, EDF, Environmental, flexibility, foratom, framatome, France, Fuel, GERMANY, iaea, International, licensing, load-following, Markets, modifications, news, NRC, Nuclear, Research and Development, Safety, South korea, u.s., Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A widespread misconception persists that nuclear plants can only function as inflexible baseload sources of power—and it’s hurting prospects for the nuclear sector’s role in the world’s future power

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Bagging DOE Support, Westinghouse Eyes Demonstration for Nuclear Micro-reactor by 2022

March 28, 2019 admin Department of Energy, DOE, finance, haleu, high-assay low-enriched uranium, holtec international, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, NuScale, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, supply chains, Westinghouse, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:04:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a project that would prepare Westinghouse’s 25-MWe eVinci micro-reactor for nuclear demonstration readiness by 2022. The agency on March 27 said it will provide $12.9 million of the estimated $28.6 million Westinghouse needs for a project to prepare the micro-reactor for a demonstration, including for design, analysis, licensing […]

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