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General
Show Preview – Experience POWER
POWER magazine is again hosting its Experience POWER event, with the 2021 edition taking place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Experience POWER is the only live
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General
Show Preview – Distributed Energy Conference
The 2021 edition of the Distributed Energy Conference, hosted by POWER magazine, will take place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. This year’s event is co-located
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Energy Storage
Former SpaceX Engineer Driving New Battery Technology
An executive and entrepreneur who designed battery packs for SpaceX has partnered with a leader of India’s transportation industry in a venture designed to improve the lifecycle of lithium-ion batteries, and help that country’s transition toward electric passenger vehicles. Porter Harris, a battery engineer known for his work in thermal cooling and heating methodology, and […]
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Nuclear
SMRs May Replace Polish Coal; GE Hitachi in Fuel Supply Pact
Poland’s push for nuclear power could include repurposing of coal-fired power plants with small modular reactor (SMR) technology from NuScale Power. NuScale on Sept. 23 announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two Polish companies, KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. (KGHM), and Piela Business Engineering (PBE), to explore how NuScale’s technology could be […]
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RENEWABLE POWER Direct—September 22, 2021
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store September 22, 2021 SSE Backs Top Power Execs With New UK Renewable Energy Group A group of energy sector entrepreneurs, supported by a Scottish multi-national energy company, has announced the launch of a business venture focused on rolling out large-scale wind and […]
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Renewables
SSE Backs Top Power Execs With New UK Renewable Energy Group
A group of energy sector entrepreneurs, supported by a Scottish multi-national energy company, has announced the launch of a business venture focused on rolling out large-scale wind and solar farms across the UK and Europe. Renewco Power on Sept. 22 said it wants to develop more than 4 GW of renewable energy projects in the […]
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News
Ethiopia Outlines $40 Billion Plan as GERD Hydro Startup Nears
Ethiopian officials have said they are moving closer to commissioning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydropower installation, part of 71 power projects included in a $40 billion investment package to increase the country’s electricity generation over the next decade. The 5.2-GW GERD project, being built on the Blue Nile River and set to more […]
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GAS POWER Direct—September 15, 2021
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store September 15, 2021 SRP Approves Arizona Expansion with 16 Gas-Fired Turbines The board of directors of Arizona's second-largest public utility has approved a nearly $1 billion plan to expand the natural gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station, adding 820 MW of generation capacity.… LNG-to-Power […]
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Gas
SRP Approves Arizona Expansion with 16 Gas-Fired Turbines
The board of directors of Arizona’s second-largest public utility has approved a nearly $1 billion plan to expand the natural gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station, adding 820 MW of generation capacity. The Coolidge station at present is a 575-MW power plant with 12 single-cycle gas turbines; the plant began operating in 2011. The expansion plan approved […]
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Nuclear
NRC Backs Storing Nuclear Waste in Texas
Federal regulators have approved a private company’s plan to store nuclear waste in the oil fields of West Texas, the latest move in the continuing saga of where to store spent fuel from U.S. nuclear power plants. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Sept. 13 issued a license to Interim Storage Partners LLC (ISP), […]