Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:26:13 +0000
The production and consumption of carbon-free energy (CFE) has accelerated worldwide in recent years, driven by large private energy consumers who have been leading this transition. For example, Google has […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:01:40 +0000
A Kentucky electric cooperative plans to build new natural gas-fired units, and convert some of its coal-fired units to burn natural gas, as part of an expansion of its power […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:34:32 +0000
LUMA, Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system operator, has struggled to restore power to some of its customers in the wake of an outage that left the entire […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:15:00 +0000
Compared to recent years, which have been characterized by chronic energy shortages and price volatility, the world appears to be trundling toward a new energy market context, defined by an unprecedented
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:14:00 +0000
The new year always provides a great opportunity to take a look back to see what POWER got right (or wrong) in our previous industry forecast. More importantly, it gives us a chance to look ahead. Some things
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:00 +0000
The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and resilient
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:12:00 +0000
U.S. tech giant Amazon will power operations in Greece with three new utility-scale wind farms that also will provide electricity for the grid in three parts of the country. Company officials in November
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:11:00 +0000
Nuclear power can be a highly important component of a country’s energy security strategy. This is true for several reasons. Nuclear plants provide consistent baseload power that is not dependent on weather
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:15 +0000
Transformers have been the backbone of power grids for over a century, but today’s demands for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and smarter grids are exposing their limits. Enter solid-state transformers—compact, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:00 +0000
First Hualong One at Zhangzhou No. 1 Mega-Nuclear Plant Powers Up in China. China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), on Nov. 28, successfully connected Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant No. 1, a 1.1-GW Hualong One
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