DOE Group Awards $34.5 Million For PG&E Hydropower Projects in California

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:33:10 +0000

The Dept. of Energy’s (DOE’s) Grid Deployment Office has awarded $34.5 million to California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). The funding will support 19 hydropower projects across PG&E’s territory. […]

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Construction Begins on New York City’s Largest Solar Array, Covering Terminal Roof at JFK Airport

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:20:39 +0000

More than 13,000 solar panels will be installed on the roof of the New Terminal One project at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. The consortium […]

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Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:06 +0000

Google’s top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in a […]

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Gray Skies for U.S. Power Generation? Uncertainty and Turmoil on the Horizon

Credit to Author: Timothy Riley| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:28:07 +0000

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision this past summer in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo marks a significant shift in administrative law by overturning the long-standing principle of Chevron deference, which […]

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Data Centers Might Be Catalyst for Modernizing U.S. Power Grid

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:04:25 +0000

Rapid growth in the U.S. data center market is ushering in a new era of power demand and testing the ability of electric utilities to keep pace with this surging […]

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Spanish Group Injecting Hydrogen Into Natural Gas Network

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:37:25 +0000

A Spanish infrastructure company said it has achieved a “historic milestone” for Spain’s energy industry. Madrid-headquartered Redexis announced has begun injecting hydrogen produced with renewable energy into the country’s natural […]

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Evolution of Decommissioning Requirements in Renewable Energy

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:56:05 +0000

With legislative momentum around clean power generation and net-zero emissions policies rapidly building, the U.S. is seeing rapid increases in installed wind and solar capacity each year. At the same […]

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Unlocking America’s Clean Hydrogen Potential: Navigating Policy, Challenges, and Market Opportunities

Credit to Author: Mindy McGrath| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:05:48 +0000

The U.S. clean hydrogen sector is poised for significant growth, driven in part by its potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in hard-to-abate industries such as transportation and chemical production. […]

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Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000

Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide […]

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U.S. in a Race with China to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:52:11 +0000

Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars. Fusion involves combining two light atomic nuclei to […]

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