Virtual Power Plants: An Untapped Resource for Improving Grid Reliability

Credit to Author: Gisela Glandt| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:02:13 +0000

Utilities are in a tricky spot. While reliability is one of three key focus areas for utilities as they navigate the clean energy transition, along with decarbonization and affordability, it’s […]

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Project Pele, DOD’s HTGR Mobile Nuclear Microreactor, Breaks Ground

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:36:44 +0000

Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […]

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The Department of Defense (DOD) on Sept. 24, 2024, announced it broke ground on the Project Pele transportable microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Led by DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office, the microreactor could be one of the first advanced reactors to operate in the U.S. as early as 2026. Source: DOE

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Construction Begins on New York City’s Largest Solar Array, Covering Terminal Roof at JFK Airport

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:20:39 +0000

More than 13,000 solar panels will be installed on the roof of the New Terminal One project at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. The consortium […]

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Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:06 +0000

Google’s top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in a […]

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Sage Snags Air Force Contract for Geothermal Power Demonstration in Texas

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:11:34 +0000

The U.S. Department of the Air Force has awarded Sage Geosystems an initial $1.9 million contract to demonstrate its pioneering geothermal baseload power and energy storage system at an off-site […]

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Sage Geosystems says its geothermal baseload power and energy storage technology, validated in 2022, offers a scalable solution for harnessing geothermal energy nearly anywhere, promising reliable, sustainable power and enhanced grid stability with vast potential for global expansion. Courtesy: Sage Geosystems

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How Pennsylvania Is Fostering A Nuclear Renaissance in the Making

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:31:46 +0000

Pennsylvania has been a hotspot for nuclear power since the advent of commercial nuclear power, which it pioneered with first power from the 60-MW Shippingport Atomic Power Station near Pittsburgh […]

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The first large-scale nuclear power plant in the world began operating in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, on December 2, 1957—15 years after Enrico Fermi demonstrated the first sustained nuclear reaction. The Duquesne Light Company of Pittsburgh built and operated the Shippingport Atomic Power Station on a site it owned on the Ohio River until the power plant was retired in 1982. Source: Library of Congress

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Unlocking America’s Clean Hydrogen Potential: Navigating Policy, Challenges, and Market Opportunities

Credit to Author: Mindy McGrath| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:05:48 +0000

The U.S. clean hydrogen sector is poised for significant growth, driven in part by its potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in hard-to-abate industries such as transportation and chemical production. […]

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U.S. in a Race with China to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:52:11 +0000

Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars. Fusion involves combining two light atomic nuclei to […]

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New AI Partnership to Invest in Data Centers and Supporting Power Infrastructure

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:32:30 +0000

$100 billion investment potential will enhance American competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI) while meeting the growing need for energy infrastructure to power economic growth The drive to develop more powerful […]

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ACU Secures NRC Permit to Build Research Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:44:37 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) a construction permit to build its Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) facility on the university’s campus in Texas. The […]

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