Technology
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Press Releases
RenewaBit and CeraPhi Energy Make Oil & Gas Well End-of-Life Profitable with ‘GreenFlash’ Service Retrofitting Wells to Produce 100% Baseload Geothermal Energy with Integrated High Yield Crypto Mining Offtake
SAN DIEGO, California (February 8, 2022) – RenewaBit, Inc. and Houston Based CeraPhi Energy, LLC announced today their GreenFlash service that retrofits oil and gas wells to produce 100% clean geothermal energy with integrated crypto mining offtake that seamlessly commercializes produced energy at ultra-high yield prices. The GreenFlash service solves the key financial and environmental […]
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News
GE Confirms Sale of Lucrative Nuclear Steam Turbine Segment to EDF
GE has signed an exclusive agreement with EDF Group, an entity majority held by the French government, to sell the equipment segment and some services that make up Steam Power’s nuclear-serving steam turbine business—part of a portfolio that GE adopted during its 2015 merger with French equipment giant Alstom. The American technology conglomerate confirmed it signed […]
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Technology
Move Over Lithium-Ion—There’s a New E-Bike Battery in Town
Remember dial-up internet service? How would you like to go back to waiting for minutes on end to connect to the internet? Short answer: you wouldn’t. Once you taste the ever-increasing internet connection speeds, you never want to go back to slower connections. It’s the evolution of technology. The same is about to happen for […]
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Gas
China Group Develops Plan to Turn Biomass Into Low-Carbon Natural Gas
Researchers in China have published the results of a study that the group said provides an efficient catalytic approach to directly transfer solid biomass into natural gas, while enabling the gas to have a low-carbon footprint. The researchers said bio-natural gas produced from the hydrogen combined with lignocellulosic biomass could be used at power plants, […]
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Protection Testing Paradigm—How Utilities Can Adapt to the Digital Era
The digital transformation in the power generation industry touches several areas, encompassing engineering, monitoring and control, asset performance, and operations optimization, among others. Power plant operators know the digital era has been a perfect fit for their industry, enabling digitization to reduce risk, save costs, optimize performance, and speed crisis response. Doble Engineering is a […]
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Nuclear
Nuclear Field Activities Completed for Idaho NuScale SMR Project
The 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project—the first six-module NuScale Power VOYGR-6 power plant—has completed field investigation activities at its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The achievement announced on Feb. 3 marks a major milestone for CFPP LLC, the entity Utah state energy services interlocal agency Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) established […]
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History
New Era for NextEra: A Utility Spotlight
Since its inception as Florida Power & Light Co. in 1925, NextEra Energy has transformed into the world’s largest utility company. The company’s history is symbolic of the growth and uncertainty that has characterized the history of power.
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Nuclear
China Starts Up First Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor
The first of two units at China’s much-watched high-temperature gas-cooled modular pebble bed (HTR-PM) demonstration project was successfully connected to the grid on Dec. 20. The achievement marks a major
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Gas
Rolls-Royce Sets Megawatt Milestone for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft System
Bracing for explosive growth in the electrification of mobility, UK-based engineering giant Rolls-Royce is developing various all-electric and hybrid-electric drive systems for aircraft. At one of its most
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Hydro
Blueprint Underway for Commercial Mine Energy Storage Facility in Sweden
A blueprint for what could become the world’s first commercial underground mine storage facility has garnered financial backing from Swedish Mining Innovation.
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