Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:15:59 +0000
On Dec. 22, 2008, a major dike failure occurred on the north slopes of the ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Kingston Fossil Plant. The failure resulted in […]
The post Kingston Coal Ash Spill: Cleanup Workers Were the Unfortunate Losers appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Max Fuentes| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:56:33 +0000
What happens when you suffer a catastrophic injury at work and can’t continue in your career? Workers compensation begins. Those payments last until you reach the maximum medical improvement point. […]
The post The Other Side of Safety—Litigation and the Expert Witness appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:51:05 +0000
In late 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $7 billion initiative to establish seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, aiming to scale the use of cost-effective clean hydrogen. […]
The post Hydrogen Attracts Significant Investments to Support a Decarbonized Energy Economy appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:48:28 +0000
Electric cooperatives across the Southeast describe Hurricane Helene’s devastation as vast and unprecedented, warning that restoring some crucial infrastructure serving the not-for-profit entities’ customers will take a long and arduous […]
The post Helene’s Historic Devastation Spurs Largest-Ever Mutual Aid Response, Signals Power Sector Reckoning appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:44:57 +0000
Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 3). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also requires
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:33:02 +0000
Municipal power utility Idaho Falls Power (IFP) has announced it is negotiating a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aalo Atomics, a 2022-founded nuclear engineering firm inspired by Idaho National Laboratory […]
The post Idaho Falls Power Negotiating PPA for MARVEL-Inspired Aalo-1 Nuclear Fleet appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:43:57 +0000
Managers know that valves are important to plant operation. That’s why keeping them in top condition is a priority. Upgrading to advanced valve designs and reducing stress on valve materials are just a
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:29 +0000
Combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants started appearing on a larger scale in the late 1990s and have since then been a very efficient supplier of baseload and lately […]
The post Forced Outage Parametric Insurance Solutions for CCGTs appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Ken Rabedeau| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:02:50 +0000
Managing risk is nothing new to utilities. Providing the safe utility services like electricity, water, sewer, and wastewater management that everyone relies upon is hard work. Critical infrastructure assets are […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:39:38 +0000
Adding new reactors to the U.S.’s fleet of nuclear power plants doesn’t happen every day. In fact, prior to the addition of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, it hadn’t been done from scratch in decades
The post Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Win <i>POWER’s</i> Plant of the Year Award appeared first on POWER Magazine.
