Four Energy Trends to Watch in 2025

Credit to Author: Mark Siira| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:35:20 +0000

As we enter 2025, the world’s growing need for charging large battery storage in vehicles is driving many changes in how we generate, transmit, distribute and use energy. Against this […]

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GE Vernova Validates 100% Hydrogen-Fueled DLN Combustor Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:47:14 +0000

GE Vernova said it has completed a validation test series for its advanced Dry Low NOx (DLN) hydrogen combustion technology, designed for the company’s B- and E-class gas turbines. The […]

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Nuclear-Gas Synergy: Oklo and RPower Unveil Phased Model to Address Data Center Power Demands

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:37:20 +0000

Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo is partnering with Texas-based prime and backup solutions company RPower to roll out an innovative “phased energy model” that will combine natural gas and nuclear […]

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Sweden Begins Construction on World’s Second Deep Geological Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:10:42 +0000

Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research and development—making it the world’s second deep geological repository (DGR) […]

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Prevalon Will Provide Second Energy Storage System for Idaho Power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:40:34 +0000

A Florida-based battery energy storage provider is teaming with Idaho’s largest electric utility for a 200-MW/800-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project designed to support grid resiliency. Prevalon Energy, a […]

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Estonia Choosing Site for Nuclear Power Plant With GE Hitachi Reactors

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:54:46 +0000

Estonia energy company Fermi Energia has begun the site selection process for that country’s first nuclear power plant, more than a decade after government officials initially approved construction of a […]

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Constellation Moves to Acquire Calpine in $16.4B Deal, Forming Competitive Generation Goliath

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:41:35 +0000

Competitive generation giant Constellation has agreed to acquire Calpine Corp. in a $16.4 billion deal that is set to create the largest producer of clean and reliable energy in the […]

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Generational Shift—Data Centers Bring Change to Energy Landscape

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:12:22 +0000

Deals involving the data center sector are occurring regularly, as tech companies make moves to ensure they have a reliable supply of power for their energy-intensive operations. Several generation types, […]

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Why Utilities Can’t Afford to Wait to Deploy DLR

Credit to Author: Brian Berry| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:38:14 +0000

Transmission congestion currently affects approximately 70% of the U.S. grid. Bottlenecks delay the interconnection of cost-effective clean energy sources, limit the transfer of electricity between regions, and raise operational and […]

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Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation

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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