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Bipartisan Support Makes Backing Nuclear Power an Administration-Proof Investment

October 6, 2023 admin Business, finance, full coverage, growth, International, investment, Markets, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy institute, nuclear power, NuScale Power, Plant Design, power, supply chains

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:24:37 +0000

Maria Korsnick, president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the policy organization of the nuclear technologies industry, suggested a bipartisan majority in Congress recognizes the importance of nuclear […]

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UK Shortlists Six Nuclear Designs in SMR Competition, Intends to Award Contract by Summer 2024

October 3, 2023 admin EDF, Fuel, full coverage, ge hitachi nuclear energy, great british nuclear, holtec, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear designs, nuclear energy, nuclear technology, NuScale Power, power, rolls royce smr, smr, smr competition, supply chains, Technology, uk, westinghouse electric

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:53:25 +0000

Six nuclear designs will advance to the next phase of the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition, a fast-track measure that could result in a government contract within the next […]

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SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections

September 28, 2023 admin Business, eastern interconnection, electricity market, energy grid, full coverage, grid expansion, grid reliability, Markets, news, power generation, regional transmission organization, rto, SPP, tariff, transmission, western interconnection

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:37:23 +0000

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to […]

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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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FERC, NERC Reveal Disturbing Details from Winter Storm Elliot Inquiry

September 21, 2023 admin bulk power system, climate change, Coal, cold weather reliability, energy emergencies, energy security, Environmental, ferc, forced outages, full coverage, Gas, Generation, generation outages, Markets, natural gas infrastructure, nerc, news, Power Demand, reliability, reliability standards, Technology, transmission, trends, winter storm elliot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:04:31 +0000

Incremental unplanned generation outages triggered during Winter Storm Elliot spiked to 90.5 GW—significantly more than the 61.8 GW during Winter Storm Uri in 2021—representing 13% of the U.S. portion of […]

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Palisades Nuclear Power Plant May Get a Second Chance with Holtec-Wolverine Agreement

September 14, 2023 admin Business, full coverage, holtec, Markets, Michigan, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, palisades, power, wolverine electric cooperative

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:57:42 +0000

Holtec International, a diversified energy technology company, and Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit power generation cooperative based in Michigan, announced that they have entered into a long-term agreement that will […]

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ERCOT Issues First Level 2 Emergency Alert Since Winter Storm Uri

September 6, 2023 admin emergency alert, energy security, ercot, extreme heat, full coverage, Gas, Markets, news, Power Demand, puct, Solar, summer, texas

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 03:35:19 +0000

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Sept. 6 issued an Energy Emergency Alert 2 (EEA 2) after grid conditions quickly deteriorated around sunset (7:30 p.m.) as demand soared […]

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South Korea’s First ‘K-Gas Turbine’ Begins Commercial Operation

September 1, 2023 admin Business, carbon emissions, ccgt, combustor, commercial operation, doosan enerbility, e-class, efficiency, energy goals., engineering, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, h-class, hanwha, hrsgs, hydrogen, hydrogen combustion, International, lng, Markets, news, NOx, Plant Design, power, power plant, reliability, Research and Development, SCIENCE, South korea, steam turbine, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:19:21 +0000

Marking a significant inroad to establish a South Korean foothold in the world’s gas turbine technology market, heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility this summer began commercial operation of its first

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Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel

August 28, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, advanced nuclear fuel, american centrifuge plant, aurora powerhouse, Business, centrus, deconversion, DOE, enrichment, full coverage, haleu, Markets, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear industry, oklo, Power Demand, supply chain, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:40:45 +0000

Centrus, a firm poised to demonstrate high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production, will partner with microreactor technology developer Oklo on several pioneering steps to build out the HALEU front-end supply chain, […]

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

August 24, 2023 admin bulk power system, Business, Coal, collaboration, critical infrastructure, Cybersecurity, energy policy, energy security, ero reliability risk priorities report, extreme events, full coverage, Gas, grid reliability, Hydro, industry perceptions, Markets, nerc, news, Nuclear, policy-driven transitions, Power Demand, Renewables, resilience, resource adequacy, resource mix, security risks, Solar, Technology, variable energy resources

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]

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