Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:56:36 +0000
The largest nuclear reactor in France is finally providing power to the country’s grid, more than a decade after it was expected to enter commercial operation. Flamanville 3, an EPR […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:21:39 +0000
Santee Cooper’s board of directors approved the planned expansion of the utility’s Rainey Generating Station as a shared resource with Central Electric Power Cooperative. The additional 180 MW of generation […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:07:43 +0000
The use of distributed energy resources (DERs), which can include solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, fuel cells, and more, is increasing as the power generation sector becomes more decentralized. The […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:20:36 +0000
The Nuclear Company, which plans to deploy 6 GW of fleet-scale nuclear power across America, on Dec. 19 announced the issuance of a solicitation of interest to contractors in engineering, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:31:46 +0000
Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […]
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Credit to Author: Nguyen Cong Sang| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:12:53 +0000
The Uptime Institute’s Tier standard is a globally recognized framework that classifies data centers into four tiers based on their infrastructure’s reliability, redundancy, and fault tolerance. These tiers—Tier I through […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:55:01 +0000
Most POWER readers are probably familiar with levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and levelized value of energy (LVOE) as metrics used to help evaluate potential power plant investment options. LCOE […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:26 +0000
Virginia’s governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:57:12 +0000
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report said global use of coal, including for power generation, is expected to reach a record 8.77 billion tonnes this year. The […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:12:22 +0000
An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African […]
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