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Enel and Newcleo Agree to Partner on New Gen-IV Small Modular Reactors

March 14, 2023 admin Business, enel, engineering, fast reactor, full coverage, International, newcleo, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:58:39 +0000

The Enel Group and clean nuclear technology company newcleo signed an agreement under which they will work together on Generation IV nuclear technology projects. Under the deal, Enel will collaborate with newcleo by providing “specialized expertise” through the sharing of “a number of the company’s qualified personnel.” newcleo, for its part, will secure an option […]

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Vogtle 3 Reaches Initial Criticality, Marking Pivotal Nuclear Startup Milestone

March 6, 2023 admin AP1000, Business, full coverage, Georgia Power, news, Nuclear, Southern Co., Technology, timeline, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:59:35 +0000

Vogtle 3, one of two 1,117-MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors Southern Nuclear Operating Co. is building in Georgia, has reached initial criticality. The event marks a pivotal milestone for the Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR)—the first of its kind built in the U.S. “Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence […]

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Entergy Picks EPC Team for Massive Hydrogen-Capable CCGT Project in Texas

March 3, 2023 admin Business, ccgt, engineering, entergy, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, mitsubishi power, news, sargent & lundy, Technology, tic

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:05:46 +0000

A 1.2-GW hydrogen-capable combined cycle power project that Entergy Texas has proposed to build in Orange County, Texas, will be spearheaded by an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) consortium led by Mitsubishi Power, Sargent & Lundy, and TIC. Construction of the $1.19 billion Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS), which received the Public Utility Commission […]

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Novel UAMPS-NuScale SMR Nuclear Project Gains Participant Approval to Proceed to Next Phase

March 3, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, Business, carbon-free power project, cfpp, costs, full coverage, idaho, inl, news, Nuclear, NuScale, schedule, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:11:16 +0000

Despite a steep hike in the project cost estimate for the proposed 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project (CFPP), 26 of 27 public power entities have voted to continue development of the first-of-its-kind six-module NuScale Power VOYGR-6 small modular nuclear (SMR) plant. The 26 project participants—subscribers who could eventually offtake portions of the project’s power—lodged financial commitments […]

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The POWER Interview: DC-Coupled Storage Optimizing Solar PV Systems

March 2, 2023 admin ampt, bus architecture, dc-coupled, Energy Storage, power, Solar, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:01:54 +0000

Asset owners want to get the most out of their solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, which is why many today are adding energy storage to an installation or upgrading a project through repowering. Companies working in the space recognize that both new and older solar power systems can be optimized, thanks to innovative technologies and new […]

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X-energy and Dow Will Deploy a 320-MWe Xe-100 Nuclear Facility at Gulf Coast Site

March 2, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, Business, DOE, dow, full coverage, htgr, industrial decarbonization, Markets, news, Nuclear, supply chains, Technology, x-energy, xe-100

Credit 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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A Complex Landscape for the Future of Combined Heat and Power

March 2, 2023 admin 2g, boilers, Business, ccgt, chp, climate change, Coal, cogeneration, combined heat and power, economics, emissions, enbridge, Environmental, fuel cells, full coverage, Gas, gas turbines, Heat, hybrid, hydrogen, irã, Markets, micrograms, news, Nuclear, reciprocating engines, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens energy, Technology, trends, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Few power-generating resources present the combination of workhouse abilities that combined heat and power (CHP) does. But, powered predominantly by fossil fuels, will CHP find its unique footing within the

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New Technologies, New Sites Supporting Growth of Energy Storage

March 2, 2023 admin alsym energy, american clean power, american clean power association, antora energy, batteries, blackrock, Coal, dogger bank, Energy Storage, ercot, ihi terrasun, news, ninedot energy, nostrum energy, offgrid energy labs, offshore wind, orennia, power, powin, pvilion, quidnet energy, salient energy, Solar, Technology, zinc battery initiative

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:17:00 +0000

Advancements in energy storage, including new battery types and longer-duration batteries, are driving innovation in the sector. Retired power generation plants are being repurposed as storage sites, and the

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Trial Operation of Innovative Horizontal Pelton Hydropower Turbine Underway in Austria

March 1, 2023 admin Austria, Business, efficiency, engineering, full coverage, GERMANY, horizontal turbine, hydraulic turbomachinery, Hydro, hydropower, innovation, International, news, pelton wheel, pumped hydro, Research and Development, Technology, turbine nozzles, verbund, voith

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:15:00 +0000

A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the 140-year-old

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DOE Breaks Ground on Next-Generation Concentrating Solar Power Pilot

February 21, 2023 admin csp, csp pilot, DOE, particle-based receiver, power, sandia national laboratory, Solar, solar thermal, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:25:58 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has broken ground on the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3), a novel concentrating solar power (CSP) facility at Sandia National Laboratory that will use sand-like ceramic particles instead of molten salt to produce and store high-temperature energy. When completed in 2024, the “multi-megawatt” solar thermal pilot project will utilize an existing […]

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