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Nuclear
World Nuclear Exhibition Addresses Challenging Markets and New Solutions
The second World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) began on June 28 in Le Bourget, just outside Paris, with the usual mixed messages about the need for and challenges of nuclear power globally. During the opening ceremony, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), noted that the event was being held in the same […]
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Renewables
Utility Paradigm Changing Globally in Response to Distributed Energy and Digitization
Enrico Viale, head of global thermal generation for the Italian energy company Enel, kicked off an international power industry event yesterday with a keynote presentation describing the “needs” of utilities in the future.
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Renewables
Grid Edge and Digital Technologies Take Center Stage at EEI Convention
Panels at the 2016 Edison Electric Institute convention focused on technologies and policies at what’s often called the “grid edge.”
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Technology
EEI Partners with Startup Incubator to Accelerate Innovation in Energy
The Edison Electric Institute has forged a new partnership with startup incubator 1776 to accelerate the pace of innovation in energy.
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Technology
EEI Convention Opens with Call to Work with “Friendly Hackers”
EEI Convention keynote speaker Keren Elazari urged electric utilities to partner with “friendly hackers.”
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Energy Storage
2016 Edison Award Winners Announced
2016 EEI Edison Award winners are AEP and AES
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Distributed Energy
Executive Roundtable Addresses the New Face of the Power Industry
The annual panel discussion by high-level leaders from diverse power companies is a cornerstone of the ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition, and it has been consistently emblematic of the state of the
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O&M
Managing Multiple Generations Across a Smooth-Running Fleet
Power generators have always had to make afetyome changes as each new generation enters the sector, but today’s new workers are bringing with them attitudes and skills that challenge traditional plant management, for good and ill. Here’s what some companies and plants are doing to make the best use of younger workers while getting them […]
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Nuclear
Is There a Market for Small Modular Reactors?
The nuclear industry has been expecting big things from small modular reactors (SMRs) for a long time, but to date, no SMRs have reached commercial construction phase. That may change soon. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems has a plan to deploy NuScale Power’s Integral Pressurized Water Reactor at a site in Idaho. Will others follow […]
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Renewables
China’s New Five-Year Plan Bolsters Climate, Environmental Measures
China unveiled its 13th Five-Year Plan this March. The official proposal that will guide the country’s economic and social development from 2016 through 2020 lays out targets and other measures to address a number of climate change, air pollution, and water policies that will build on progress to transform its power sector. The plan sets […]
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