Data Centers Consume 3% of Energy in Europe: Understand Geographic Hotspots and How AI Is Reshaping Demand

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:38:44 +0000

The rapid rise of data centers has put many power industry demand forecasters on edge. Some predict the power-hungry nature of the facilities will quickly create problems for utilities and […]

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District Energy Systems: The Invisible Giant of Urban Efficiency

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:32:51 +0000

District energy systems employ a centralized facility to supply heating, cooling, and sometimes electricity for multiple buildings in an area through a largely underground, mostly unseen network of pipes. When […]

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1. District Energy St. Paul is demonstrating a 2-MW combined heat and power (CHP) system fueled by various combinations of hydrogen and natural gas. Supported and partly funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the project will be led by Caterpillar in collaboration with District Energy St. Paul and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Courtesy: Caterpillar

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Why LVOE May Be a Better Decision-Making Tool Than LCOE for Power Companies

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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How Nuclear Power Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Steam Needs

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:26 +0000

Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, the food and beverage industry uses steam for sterilization of food processing equipment; cooking, […]

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Hydrogen Use Cases for the Power Industry

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:47:32 +0000

Hydrogen is becoming increasingly important to the electric power generation industry for several reasons. One is that hydrogen offers a promising pathway to decarbonize the power sector. When used in […]

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Communication Is Key to Successful Power Projects

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:39:52 +0000

Power plant construction and retrofit projects come in all shapes and sizes, but they all generally have at least one thing in common: complexity. There are usually a lot of […]

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