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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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IAEA Embarks on Unprecedented Mission to Inspect Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian ‘War Zone’

August 31, 2022 admin Business, conflict, full coverage, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear safety, Physical security, Russia, Safety, Security, timeline, Ukraine, war, zaporizhzhya, znpp

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:07:39 +0000

An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Kyiv and is readying to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for damage from weeks of shelling. The development marks a significant breakthrough for the agency, which has for the past month pleaded with Russia and Ukraine to allow it to […]

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History of Power: Duke Energy’s Century-Old Legacy

May 2, 2022 admin Business, catawba river, climate change, climate goals, Coal, duke energy, Environmental, esg, Florida, full coverage, Gas, History, history of power, Hydro, hydrogen, investors, news, Nuclear, piedmont carolinas, progress energy, regulators, Renewables, Solar, Technology, timeline, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:20:00 +0000

Duke Energy, one of the largest energy companies in the world, grew out of a system of lakes and dams along the Catawba River to generate power for the Piedmont Carolinas. While the company has sustained a

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THE BIG PICTURE: Renewable Portfolio Standards

September 3, 2019 admin Business, climate change, climate standard, Coal, dsire, EIA, Environmental, Gas, generation profiles, Infographics, Markets, news, Nuclear, renewable portfolio standards, Renewables, rps, states, timeline, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:14 +0000

As of August 2019, 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia had renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), and eight others had non-binding renewable portfolio goals. Three states also had clean energy standards, which set targets for low-carbon non-renewables, like nuclear, and two had clean energy goals. Shown in the bars are the shares of generation by source for […]

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A Brief History of GE Gas Turbines

July 8, 2019 admin abb, aeroderivatives, alstom, b-class, baglan bay, bbc, belle isle station, blackout, Business, condensers, Distributed Generation, dln, e-class, EDF, Environmental, f-class, frame machines, France, g-class, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ge gas power, gt13e, gt24, gt26, gt26 he, h-class, h-class system, History, hrsgs, Infographics, International, j-class, lm, Malaysia, market competition, Markets, neuchâtel, NOx, purpa, Renewables, Research and Development, slideshows, steam turbines, Technology, timeline, tit, turbine inlet temperature, uk

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000

July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: Siemens’ Corporate History

June 3, 2019 admin Business, Coal, corporate, dynamo, Gas, gas and power, History, Infographics, International, market changes, news, Nuclear, restructuring, siemens, Technology, timeline

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:00:04 +0000

Siemens AG, the global technology conglomerate that today has headquarters in both Berlin and Munich, in May 2019 announced it will spin off its energy units to focus on its digital “core.” The news has stunned many in the power sector, where Siemens has clenched a formidable presence since 1866. But restructuring at Siemens is […]

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Timeline of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash

March 10, 2019 admin airplane crash, aviation accident, ethiopian airlines, Latest News Stories, timeline, World

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:45:36 +0000

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The news shattered more than two years of relative calm in Africa’s skies. As millions on the continent headed to church on Sunday morning, an Ethiopian Airlines plane took off on a routine flight from Addis Ababa for Nairobi and quickly lost control.

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Financial and Gas Turbine Blade Troubles Plague GE Power

February 7, 2019 admin 2018 earnings, blade issues, bouchain, Business, chubu, Coal, culp, EDF, Exelon, Gas, ge, ge power, History, Market, market demand, Markets, news, Nuclear, products, Renewables, Services, technical glitches, Technology, timeline, turbines

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:27:09 +0000

GE Power’s financials spun out further on a dismal trajectory during the fourth quarter of 2018, plagued by slack market demand for products and services, technical glitches of a flagship gas turbine model, and poor project execution. Despite a series of divestments and corporate reshuffles, including of leadership, for the 12 months that ended on […]

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10 Takeaways from the IEA’s Newest World Energy Outlook

January 1, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental, flexibility, Fuel, Gas, general, geothermal, History, iea, International, investment, news, Nuclear, ownership, Power Demand, power supply transformation, renewable costs, Renewables, Solar, Technology, timeline, variable sources, wholesale power markets, Wind, world energy outlook 2018

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

The International Energy Agency (IEA) deemed growth and disruptions of the world’s power sector so significant to the future of energy, it dedicated—for the first time—a four-chapter “special focus”

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THE BIG PICTURE: Small Modular Reactors

November 8, 2018 admin aris, fast reactors, floating smrs, htgr, iaea, Infographics, molten salt, news, Nuclear, NuScale, small modular reactors, timeline, water-cooled smrs

Interest in small modular reactors (SMRs) has ramped up of late owing to applications in niche electricity or energy markets where large reactors would not be viable—such as for cogeneration in countries with small grids, remote and off-grid areas, and for nuclear/renewable hybrid projects. Modular attributes may also enable SMRs to target the economics of […]

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