Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 18:50:31 +0000
In a series of new reports, researchers at Argonne have tracked and analyzed new investments in electric vehicle production
Credit to Author: Glenn Jakins| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:19:40 +0000
COMMENTARY In the 1950s, a geologist named Marion King Hubbert caused quite a stir when he predicted that the U.S. would reach peak oil production in less than 20 years. […]
The post The Lithium Shortage Is Real—but There Is Room for Optimism appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:06:33 +0000
Telecoupling considers primary, secondary, or even tertiary supply chain externalities of critical minerals resource use. It also highlights the channels through which institutional, economic, or social changes trigger transformations.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:37:23 +0000
The first Hualong One unit, a 1,180-MWe nuclear reactor designed by China General Nuclear (CGN), is now operational at the company’s Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Station in western China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region. Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant is 39% owned by Guangxi Investment Group and 61% by CGN. The plant plans to house six 1,000-MWe reactors, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:46:58 +0000
X-energy will demonstrate its four-unit 320-MWe Xe-100 advanced nuclear reactor facility under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) at a Dow site in the U.S. Gulf Coast region by the end of the decade—not in Washington State as originally planned. The shakeup stems from a joint development agreement (JDA) the nuclear […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:12:32 +0000
Three major electric power trade groups in a letter on Feb. 15 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reconsider proposed energy efficiency conservation standards for distribution transformers, citing “severe and ongoing supply chain challenges that have prolonged and complicated distribution transformer production and availability.” The letter was sent ahead of a public meeting scheduled […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:14:35 +0000
Several major power companies have launched a software assurance database that will serve as a software bill of materials (SBOM) repository for the power industry. Part of a long-sought solution to address a critical supply chain cybersecurity risk, the collaborative effort announced on Feb. 8 seeks to help vendors identify and remediate vulnerabilities in software […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:14:35 +0000
Several major power companies have launched a software assurance database that will serve as a software bill of materials (SBOM) repository for the power industry. Part of a long-sought solution to address a critical supply chain cybersecurity risk, the collaborative effort announced on Feb. 8 seeks to help vendors identify and remediate vulnerabilities in software […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Spun out of Exelon Corp. a year ago, Constellation Energy’s competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses represent a new power company paradigm that conforms to decarbonization. But the company that today holds the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S. will still face a unique array of challenges.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:31:40 +0000
Several executives in the power generation space weighed in for POWER’s recent report on supply chain issues in the sector. Sourcing of equipment also was a hot topic in POWER’s 2023 forecast for the industry. It’s no surprise. The power sector is not exempt from the problems that have impacted business and industry worldwide, from […]
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