|

Power Demand


Westinghouse Unveils the AP300—A Miniaturized AP1000 Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse has officially unveiled the AP300, a “downsized” version of the company’s flagship AP1000 Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology. While the small modular reactor (SMR) will enter a nuclear market…



EPRI Head: Duck Curve Now Looks Like a Canyon

The “duck curve,” a concept that has become emblematic of the challenges associated with integrating variable renewables in the power system, now looks like a “canyon,” illustrating a paramount urgency…


Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Prospects

Driven by ripe market conditions, technology startups are injecting investment and innovation into geothermal power to unlock novel applications that could substantially scale up the niche renewable power subsector. While…


Last Energy Secures PPAs for 34 SMR Nuclear Power Plants in Poland and the UK

Last Energy, a U.S.-based micro modular nuclear technology firm and project developer, has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 34 PWR-20 small modular reactor (SMR) units with four industrial partners…


Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid. A…


Energy Trilemma: A Case for Africa Power Utilities

A trilemma is a situation that presents three possible choices to a complex challenge. Due to mutual exclusivity of the available choices, achieving them simultaneously is always a daunting task.…