Credit to Author: Elfije Lemaitre| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:19:58 +0000
The future of clean electricity is dependent on modernizing America’s electric grid. At the heart of the U.S. grid are 75,000 substations that have not been updated to meet the […]
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Credit to Author: Dave Sterlace| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:22:40 +0000
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized how industries operate, and data centers have become the nerve center of this transformation. From streaming services to real-time collaboration tools, the […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:07:22 +0000
Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the digital transformation, U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 150 TWh of electricity in 2023—equivalent to around 3% of the nation’s power […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:06:31 +0000
Finland is making significant strides in a trial run that will demonstrate the entire process for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at Onkalo on Olkiluoto Island—the world’s first permanent
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:57:29 +0000
The energy industry finds itself in the midst of a transformative era. In 2023 alone, a record 31 GW of solar energy capacity were installed—a 55% increase from 2022—while battery energy storage systems
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:29:01 +0000
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has made the U.S. energy industry a focus of its plans for his first days in office, with analysts and energy experts expecting a rollback […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:09:36 +0000
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has adopted a rule for reliability purposes requiring cryptocurrency mining facilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region to register with […]
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Credit to Author: Coy Wright| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:40:04 +0000
Utility companies are going headfirst into a whirlwind of challenges from increasing electricity demands and new sustainability initiatives, to meeting evolving customer expectations. Power demand in the U.S. is on […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:59:12 +0000
While the past year has marked stunning triumphs for nuclear energy, experts caution that high costs, regulatory bottlenecks, and the need for market alignment remain major hurdles on the path to a true
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:57:18 +0000
As global nuclear ambitions surge, the industry’s fuel supply chain faces critical gaps. Can advanced fuels like HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and TRISO (TRi-structural ISOtropic particle fuel)
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