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$2.2B for 13 GW of New Transmission Capacity: DOE Unveils Latest Boost for U.S. Grid Modernization

August 6, 2024 admin Business, energy policy, energy security, full coverage, gets, grid, grid modernization, grid technologies, Grip, investment, Markets, news, nietec, Power Demand, regulations, Renewables, resilience, sustainability, T&D, Technology, transmission, trends, white house

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:14:36 +0000

The Biden administration will invest $2.2 billion in eight projects under its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program to bolster the nation’s power grid with nearly 13 GW of […]

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It’s the End of the World as We Know It — Do You Feel Fine?

August 2, 2024 admin climate change, Commentary, Environmental, full coverage, GLOBAL WARMING, Heat, hurricane, International, news, Paris Agreement, power, sustainability, Temperature, trends

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:44:54 +0000

I thought the title from R.E.M.’s 1987 song was a fitting headline for this article. I contemplated using Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” but I thought R.E.M.’s “stream of

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South Africa Announces Bold Shift to Renewables and Nuclear

August 2, 2024 admin africa, african national congress, energy action plan, energy security, eskom, independent power producers, integrated resource plan, International, Legal & Regulatory, Management, Markets, ministry of electricity and energy, Nuclear, power, Power Demand, renewable energy transition, Renewables, South Africa, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:44:01 +0000

Emerging from a historic election that stripped the African National Congress (ANC) party of its majority, South Africa’s new government has indicated it will accelerate the transition to renewable power to

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EU Mandates Biodiversity Restoration, Setting Up New ‘Green’ Requirements Alongside ‘Clean’ Ones for Power Sector

August 1, 2024 admin Biodiversity, climate change, climate change mitigation, compliance, EU, eurelectric, full coverage, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, news, Policy, power, power sector, regulatory, Renewables, sustainability, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:10 +0000

This June, the European Council formally adopted a first-of-its-kind regulation that sets out to restore at least 20% of the European Union’s (EU’s) land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of

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PJM Capacity Auction Prices Surge Over Nine-Fold, Signal Urgent Need for New Power Generation

July 31, 2024 admin 2025/2026 capacity auction, Business, Coal, electricity market, energy demand, energy security, energy supply, full coverage, Gas, generator retirements, grid, investment signals, Markets, new generation, news, pjm, Power Demand, power generation, reliability, reliability pricing model, retirements, rto, trends, wholesale power market

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:55:13 +0000

Prices at PJM Interconnection’s 2025/2026 base residual auction (BRA) spiked to $269.92/MW-day for most resources in the wholesale power market, pointing to a tightening supply-demand balance that could have significant […]

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Nuclear Cogeneration Gains Momentum in Wyoming with New Microreactor Partnership

July 24, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, banr, burns & mcdonnell, Business, BWXT, cogeneration, data centers, DOE, engineering, finance, full coverage, inl, Markets, microreactor, Mining, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Power Demand, remote power, Technology, trends, triso, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:08:05 +0000

Engineering giant Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with nuclear technology specialist BWXT Technologies to advance the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR). The […]

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Industry Giants, German TSOs Team to Revolutionize HVDC Grid With Multi-Terminal Hubs

July 18, 2024 admin 50hertz, amprion, dc circuit breakers, european power grid, full coverage, ge vernova, hitachi energy, hvdc interoperability, hypergrid, interopera., multiterminal hvdc, news, offshore wind power, ready4dc, renewable energy integration, siemens energy, T&D, tennet, transnetbw, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:14:29 +0000

Three major high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology giants—GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, and Hitachi Energy—will join forces with four German transmission system operators—50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW—to develop multiterminal hubs with […]

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The Chevron Deference Is Dead. What Does It Mean for the Power Sector?

July 3, 2024 admin administrative law, Business, chevron deference, courts, Energy Regulation, environmental policy, EPA, ferc, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, legal implications, Legislative, news, power, power plants, Renewables, Supreme Court, sustainability, transition, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:26:55 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 overturned the Chevron doctrine—a forty-year-old precedent—significantly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret ambiguous statutory provisions, even in areas of agency expertise. […]

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Energy Evolution: What Technologies Are Leading the Way Today

July 2, 2024 admin Business, distributed energy, Energy Storage, full coverage, Markets, news, power, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, sustainability, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:25:54 +0000

It’s not uncommon to hear people talk about the energy transition. Yet, throughout its history, the power industry has almost always been transitioning in one way or another. There are constantly new

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2024 Shaping Up to Be Dramatic for Transmission and Distribution

May 30, 2024 admin Distribution, energy policy, energy security, ferc, full coverage, gets, grid, grid modernization, grid resilience, grid technologies, investment, Legal & Regulatory, news, power, reforms, regulations, Renewables, supply chains, T&D, Technology, transmission, trends, white house

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:32:46 +0000

In a significant push toward modernizing America’s aging grid infrastructure, the Biden administration, in partnership with 21 states, has launched the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative. The measure marks the […]

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