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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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FERC Adopts ‘Historic’ Reforms to Ease Nationwide Generation Interconnection Backlog

August 2, 2023 admin Business, cluster study process, costs, energy security, Energy Storage, energy transition, ferc, finance, full coverage, Gas, generator interconnections, interconnection queues, isos, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, order 2023, reliability, Renewables, rtos, Solar, Technology, transmission, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:41:26 +0000

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved key transmission reforms aimed at clearing a staggering backlog of more than 10,000 generation and storage projects—more than 2,000 GW—stalled in interconnection […]

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NRG Energy’s Pivot Amid Power Sector Change

August 1, 2023 admin Business, business models, Coal, competitive markets, energy security, ercot, full coverage, Gas, Generation, History, ipp, market volatility, Markets, news, NRG Energy, Nuclear, power, Power Demand, stp, sustainability, Technology, utility spotlight

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:13:00 +0000

Once a giant pure-play independent power producer, NRG Energy has cultivated a legacy of pioneering business models to withstand waves of change in the power sector. Its latest strategic shift pivots from

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Clean Energy Transition Continues Despite Reliability, Supply Chain, and Financial Uncertainty

July 5, 2023 admin Business, Coal, Energy Storage, energy transition, finance, full coverage, industry forecast, inflation reduction act, irã, Markets, news, power, project development, reliability, Renewables, Solar, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:12:00 +0000

Although there is a risk of energy shortfalls in parts of the U.S. if extreme summer temperatures materialize, there is no stopping the clean energy transition that is sweeping the nation. Energy storage

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