Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:14:00 +0000
With the U.S. government funneling billions of dollars into new grid infrastructure, and private companies rolling out new systems to mitigate outages and developing artificial intelligence that can predict
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:12:00 +0000
The recent shake-up in natural gas markets and their ensuing impact on energy security, and geopolitical tension, dramatically altered the trajectory of global coal-fired generation, sending it soaring to
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000
In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000
In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Spun out of Exelon Corp. a year ago, Constellation Energy’s competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses represent a new power company paradigm that conforms to decarbonization. But the company that today holds the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S. will still face a unique array of challenges.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Luis Duran| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:38:03 +0000
As plant owners accelerate the Industry 4.0 digital transformation, attention is increasingly being focused on the evolution of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to enable them to become more flexible and adaptable. There are many key initiatives that are helping to set the standard for systems offering new levels of openness, security and interoperability. COMMENTARY Originally […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:23:57 +0000
Oklo has kicked off regulatory activities for a first-of-its-kind nuclear fuel recycling facility that could produce commercial material from used light water reactor (LWR) fuel before the decade’s end. The advanced nuclear technology firm in December submitted a licensing project plan (LPP) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Fuel Recycling Technologies facility. The […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:09:09 +0000
One of the first U.S.-based wave energy power plants is set to be deployed at AltaSea’s 35-acre campus located at the Port of Los Angeles. Israeli firm Eco Wave Power, which unveiled the project on Jan. 12, said the AltaSea pilot would help the company make inroads in the U.S. Eco Wave’s onshore wave energy […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:31:49 +0000
A subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has unveiled components for what would be the world’s largest and most-powerful wind turbine, an 18-MW product that tops the recent launching of a 16-MW turbine developed by other Chinese companies. CSSC Haizhuang unveiled the new turbine in a ceremony at the Dongying City industrial park […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:02:32 +0000
NuScale Power has submitted a standard design approval (SDA) application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) based on its six-module VOYGR-6 configuration, which will use uprated 250-MWth (77-MWe) modules. The step is crucial for the proposed construction of the 462-MWe Carbon Free Power Plant at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. NuScale’s SDA application submitted […]
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