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COAL POWER Direct—February 2, 2022
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store February 2, 2022 Georgia Power Plans to Retire All Coal Units by 2035 Georgia Power plans to shutter most of its coal fleet by 2028 and completely exit coal-fired power by 2035, according to the utility’s latest integrated resource plan (IRP) filed […]
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Coal
Coal Will Remain Prominent for Decades Despite Growing Renewable Power Capacity
There are a lot of changes taking place in the world’s energy supplies. We seem to read announcements almost every day about coal plant retirements, and solar and wind farm installations. Yet, when you look
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Best of POWER—January 31, 2022
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store January 31, 2022 Former Nuclear Leaders: Say 'No' to New Reactors The former heads of nuclear power regulation in the U.S., Germany, and France, along with the former secretary to the UK's government radiation protection committee, have issued a joint statement… Sponsored […]
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T&D
Innovative Device Brings Fault-Testing to the Edge of the Grid, Improving Power System Reliability
S&C Electric Co., an employee-owned company with global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, rolled out an innovative solution designed to mitigate nuisance outages for power customers located on the grid edge. The new VacuFuse II Self-Resetting Interrupter has the ability to test if a fault is temporary, and if so, it automatically restores power, eliminating the […]
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O&M
How Power Plants Can Reduce Asset Integrity Risks with Digital Technology
There are countless risks associated with power plant operations. For example, the risk of equipment failure is present in virtually every power plant system. In some cases, the risk is very low and could even be inconsequential. In others, it’s much higher and could be catastrophic, not only to plant operation, but also to the […]
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Wind
Ruling Issued in GE’s Legal Dispute with Siemens Gamesa—and the Winner Is?
The U.S. International Trade Commission concluded its investigation into a complaint filed by GE against Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) concerning the importation “of certain variable speed wind turbine generators and components thereof.” In its ruling, the commission found that SGRE violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and it issued […]
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News
ESG Aspects Loom Large in Power and Utilities M&A Activity
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts are factoring into merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity within the power and utilities sector across North America, according to a report issued by PwC, a professional services firm serving the “Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions” segments. “As policies are clarified and ESG strategies are strengthened, broad investor interest […]
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Best of POWER—January 18, 2022
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store January 18, 2022 Ethiopian GERD Mega-Dam Readying to Test Power Production Ethiopia is reportedly gearing up to begin testing hydropower generation at its flagship 5.2-GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite a continued diplomatic row about its potential implications on water… […]
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Environmental
20 ‘Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters’ Hit U.S. in 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which calls itself “the Nation’s Scorekeeper in terms of addressing severe weather and climate events,” reported that there were 20 “weather/climate disaster events” with losses exceeding $1 billion each that affected the U.S. in 2021. These events included one drought event, two […]
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Distributed Energy
A Win-Win-Win Solution for DER Owners, the Power Grid, and the Environment
New distributed energy resources (DERs) are being added to the power grid every day. However, DERs don’t automatically provide owners with the greatest value possible. In many cases, that requires the help of an aggregator, that is, a company that specializes in managing DERs owned by a pool of clients and optimizing performance of the […]