Business
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Solar
Robots and Modular Designs Lead to Faster and Safer Solar Farm Construction and Maintenance
Earlier this month, AES Corp. unveiled Atlas, a first-of-its-kind solar installation robot. The cutting-edge, artificial intelligence–enabled technology behind Atlas is a major advancement for the industry, making it faster, more efficient, and safer to construct new solar facilities, the company said. The innovative robot was designed by AES through a multi-year process and built in […]
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Press Releases
GE Digital Will Acquire Opus One Solutions to Advance the Energy Transition
Combined technology portfolio to enable broad, rapid adoption of renewables and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) at all points on the grid Creates interoperable portfolio that will help utilities forecast, manage, optimize, and trade renewables coming onto the electric grid Merges a century of continuous GE innovation with a talented team of Opus One engineers and […]
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Press Releases
Mitsubishi Power Ships Natural Gas-fired GTCC Power Generation System to the UAE
Fujairah F3 power project will be the largest natural gas fired GTCC facility in the UAE First project in the Middle East utilizing Advanced M701JAC model turbines The 2,400MW power plant, the largest in the UAE is scheduled to begin full commercial operation in 2023 TOKYO, Dec 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Power, […]
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Press Releases
Framatome, US Department of Energy secure $150 million cooperative agreement to advance accident tolerant fuel
December 16, 2021 – Framatome and the U.S. Department of Energy secure a new 4-year cooperative agreement valued at more than $150 million to continue the development of its PROtect enhanced accident tolerant fuel (EATF) technology. These technologies increase the safety performance of commercial nuclear reactors while providing operators more flexibility during normal operating conditions. […]
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Press Releases
Westinghouse Successfully Dismantles Reactor Vessels in Slovakia
Cranberry Township, PA (Dec. 16, 2021) – Westinghouse Electric Company announced it has recently completed dismantling the first of two reactor vessels at Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia. The annular water tanks that ensured bio-shield protection of the two reactor pressure vessels have also been dismantled. “As the leader in specialized nuclear decommissioning, […]
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Nuclear
DOE Begins Fleshing Out Availability of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Fuel
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for information (RFI) on a planned temporary federal program to ensure enough high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) will be available to jumpstart deployment of a new fleet of advanced nuclear reactors. Comments received over the next month in response to the DOE’s Dec. 14–issued RFI will inform […]
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Nuclear
How Machine Learning Improves Visibility into Nuclear Power Plant Waste and Contamination Levels
Nuclear power remains one of the cleanest forms of energy available to us. Unfortunately, current challenges in measuring nuclear power plant waste and contamination levels make it difficult to manage. The inability to effectively measure these levels makes it difficult to validate nuclear power, and in some cases, is even causing some political tensions. Machine […]
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Coal
Ameren to Close 1.2-GW Coal Power Plant by March 2024, 15 Years Early
In a Dec. 14 filing with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Ameren Missouri announced its intent to retire two 600-MW units at the Rush Island Energy Center 15 years earlier than previously planned due to “changed circumstances since the Remedy Ruling.” The court’s remedy ruling, delivered on Sept. 30, 2019, […]
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Gas
Overcoming the Top Three Hurdles to Eliminate Flaring
Despite exacting a heavy environmental and financial toll, routine flaring remains a persistent practice in the oil and gas sector. This gas could be captured and used for productive purposes, but a lot of it simply isn’t. While flaring levels are down 5% from 2019, this is still a huge amount—142 billion m3/yr in fact. […]
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Connected Plant
The Benefits of Explosion-Protected Cameras in High-Risk Environments
Many critical infrastructure sites contain areas that are classified as hazardous due to a high risk of explosion. What makes most of these locations dangerous is the presence of flammable materials such as liquids, gases, vapors, and dust. In these areas, the use of network cameras can significantly improve the overall health and safety posture […]
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