Utilizing Data Is Key for Top Grid, Power Plant Performance

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:14:03 +0000

The wealth of data available for today’s power generators is supporting more efficient electricity production, and more reliability and resiliency for the grid. There are many reasons utilities and power

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Enduring Value: Entergy’s More Than 100-Year-Old Story

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:13:08 +0000

One man’s ambition to electrify the Middle South and improve its economic outlook 110 years ago evolved from a handshake for steam from a boiler powered with waste sawdust into Entergy Corp., a

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Why Energy Efficiency Should Be a Priority for Every Manufacturer

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:10:53 +0000

Manufacturing is among the most energy-intensive industries in the U.S., making sustainability efforts all the more important, and potentially impactful. Businesses looking to run and maintain their facilities more sustainably […]

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GE Invests Heavily in Improving Gas Turbine Repair Processes and Combustor Performance

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:55:26 +0000

On the east side of Greenville, South Carolina, sits a 413-acre site with more than one and a half million square feet of manufacturing space and another 70,000 square feet […]

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South Korean Companies Snap Up Opportunities to Advance Floating Nuclear, Nuclear Hydrogen, SMRs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:20:43 +0000

Days after Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced it would participate in a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants, the owner and operator of South Korea’s 25 nuclear […]

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Fluor to Bolster Commercialization of Laser Fusion Power

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:58:42 +0000

Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) giant Fluor Corp. will serve as an engineering and construction partner to design and plan laser fusion power plants developed by Longview Fusion Energy Systems—a […]

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How Low-E Valves Can Reduce Costly Fugitive Emissions

Credit to Author: Randy Rieken| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:19:58 +0000

Though discussions of fugitive emissions are not new in power and processing facilities, they remain a focal point of most plants’ operational plans because they can harm profitability if they […]

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A Tipping Point for America’s Grid

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:18:04 +0000

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COMMENTARY The American grid is reaching a tipping point. With electric vehicles (EVs) making up 5% of all new vehicle sales last year, there is an urgent need to prepare […]

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How an EMP or GMD Could Destroy the Power Grid and Create Chaos

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:34:30 +0000

Perhaps the most devastating thing that could happen in any developed country would be widespread catastrophic damage to its electric power grid. Nearly everything in an industrialized nation relies on […]

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EPA Moves to Significantly Tighten Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:49 +0000

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A proposed rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 5 could considerably tighten the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, with specific repercussions for coal- and oil-fired generation. The proposed rule seeks to significantly update the 2012–finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired […]

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