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Enhancing Energy Asset Performance: Confronting the Energy Challenges of the 21st Century

September 20, 2023 admin Business, dlr, dynamic line ratings, enline, full coverage, grid, International, news, power, Power Demand, power grid, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Gilda Mariana Costa| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:08:22 +0000

The energy sector has been characterized in recent years by a crisis that affects the globe. As fossil fuel-based energy production decreases in popularity due to its negative effects on […]

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DOD Advances X-Energy Mobile Nuclear Microreactor as Second Project Pele Design

September 14, 2023 admin BWXT, commercial spin-offs, department of defense (dod), DOE, energy resilience, fossil fuel offsetting, full coverage, haleu, htgr, inl, microreactor, mobile nuclear power plant, news, Nuclear, nuclear power development, project pele, record of decision, record of decision (rod), Research and Development, Technology, triso, tristructural isotropic (triso) reactor fuel, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:52:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved to develop a second transportable microreactor under Project Pele, granting X-energy a contract option to develop an enhanced engineering design. The one-year contract […]

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Wyoming Energy Authority Makes Investment Toward Microreactor Deployment

September 13, 2023 admin advanced reactor demonstration program (ardp), Business, BWXT, demonstration, engineering, full coverage, microreactor, natrium, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, Technology, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:55:21 +0000

BWX Technologies (BWXT) said it was awarded a “two-phase, two-year contract” with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to […]

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Petra Nova, Pioneering Power Plant Carbon Capture Unit, Is Up and Running Again, says JX Nippon

September 13, 2023 admin carbon capture retrofit, CCS, ccus, co2 removal, doe-supported ccs, eor production at west ranch, jx nippon, NRG Energy, Petra Nova, power, Technology, texas, W.A. Parish generating station

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:55:14 +0000

Petra Nova, one of the world’s only two carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofits at a commercial power plant, has restarted operations, JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corp. announced […]

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India Begins Commercial Operation of First Domestically Designed 700-MWe PHWR Nuclear Reactor

September 7, 2023 admin affordability, Business, candu, carbon-free power, climate change, climate goals, economics, energy independence, energy security, full coverage, India, International, kakrapar, lwr, net-zero, news, npcil, Nuclear, nuclear policy, orf, phwr, Renewables, Research and Development, smrs, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:58:09 +0000

India has begun commercial operation of its first domestically designed 700-MWe pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat, state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India […]

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Energy Storage Project Announced to Serve California Grid

September 7, 2023 admin ac/dc, aion-ess, Battery, battery storage, caiso, California, Energy Storage, gore street capital, imperial county, ls energy solutions, ls-es, news, Power Demand, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:19:26 +0000

An energy storage project in Southern California will provide resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary services to the state’s power grid, adding more reliability and resiliency for electricity in the California […]

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Extending the Cycle Life of an Industrial Battery: What Makes a Battery Last?

September 4, 2023 admin batteries, battery management system, bms, Business, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, forklift, full coverage, lithium-ion batteries, longevity, news, onecharge, power, Safety, Technology

Credit to Author: Maxim Khabur| Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:51:18 +0000

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In the fast-evolving world of industrial lithium batteries, extending cycle life—the number of charge and discharge cycles a battery can endure before significant degradation occurs—is one of the key advantages […]

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Hydropower Horizons: Pioneering a Pelton Turbine Breakthrough

September 2, 2023 admin Business, Development, efficiency, engineering, full coverage, generator, horizontal, Hydro, hydropower, innovation, International, modernize, news, pelton turbine, Plant Design, power, project, Research and Development, Technology, top plant, voith hydro

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:23:18 +0000

Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine

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Companies Announce Advancements for Diesel-, Gas-Powered Engines

September 1, 2023 admin caterpillar, cummins, Diesel, engines, Gas, International, lng, man energy solutions, natural gas, news, Research and Development, Rolls-Royce, Technology, waukesha

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:20:34 +0000

The global market for diesel- and gas-powered engines continues to grow, as manufacturing companies unveil products designed to produce power more efficiently while at the same time lowering emissions. The

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South Korea’s First ‘K-Gas Turbine’ Begins Commercial Operation

September 1, 2023 admin Business, carbon emissions, ccgt, combustor, commercial operation, doosan enerbility, e-class, efficiency, energy goals., engineering, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, h-class, hanwha, hrsgs, hydrogen, hydrogen combustion, International, lng, Markets, news, NOx, Plant Design, power, power plant, reliability, Research and Development, SCIENCE, South korea, steam turbine, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:19:21 +0000

Marking a significant inroad to establish a South Korean foothold in the world’s gas turbine technology market, heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility this summer began commercial operation of its first

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