Building Better Ways to Keep the Lights On

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:11:00 +0000

Utilities and power grid operators walk a fine line when it comes to providing reliable and resilient power while also protecting valuable assets in the electricity transmission and distribution system. Power

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Rocky Mountain Power, Torus Will Deploy Grid-Scale Energy Storage Program

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:18:19 +0000

Torus and Rocky Mountain Power, following the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), on Feb. 7 released additional technical details about the integration of Torus’s commercial energy storage […]

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A Renewed Vision for the Energy Grid: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

Credit to Author: Thomas Kiessling| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:29:42 +0000

As the world accelerates toward an electrified future driven by renewable energy, electric vehicles (EVs), and industrial electrification, energy distribution grids face unprecedented challenges. From grid overloads and delays in connecting distributed […]

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Focused Energy, Livermore Lab Join in Support of Fusion Research

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:36 +0000

Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have announced the signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop a model simulating the behavior of […]

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Georgia Power to Keep Coal, Gas Power Plants Running Longer as Demand Climbs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:16:15 +0000

Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power has proposed a pivot toward extending the life of several existing coal and natural gas-fired power plants into the late 2030s—well beyond previous retirement timelines—citing […]

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Texas A&M Launches SMR ‘Energy Proving Ground’ with Selection of Four Nuclear Firms

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:48:21 +0000

Texas A&M University System has unveiled four nuclear developers with which it plans to explore building and operating small modular reactor plants (SMRs) at its Texas A&M-RELLIS campus near College […]

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Going Nuclear: Why AI Will Lead the Next Energy Transition

Credit to Author: Chris Yoko| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:01:20 +0000

As policies and regulations are adjusted to reflect a new presidential administration, the U.S. needs to unleash its full energy potential by embracing nuclear power. With opinions and regulations historically […]

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Major Solar Tracker Technology Deal as Kinematics Completes Acquisition of P4Q

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:32:05 +0000

Kinematics, an Arizona-headquartered global group focused on intelligent motion control, said it has completed its acquisition of P4Q. Kinematics on Feb. 4 said it will now integrate P4Q’s high-performance electronics […]

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Could Space Solar Power Play a Key Role in Disaster Relief?

Credit to Author: Srikanth Raviprasad| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:09:34 +0000

The Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025 highlight a critical vulnerability in disaster response: power failure. With insured losses potentially reaching $45 billion and more than 170,000 residents displaced, reliable […]

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CORE POWER Hires Engineering Firm to Support Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:35:07 +0000

Shipping nuclear propulsion start-up CORE POWER, which in November of last year announced a deal with Westinghouse for design and development of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs), has hired an […]

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