POWERnews January 23, 2020
Coal Is Out as APS Sets Carbon-Free Goal
Arizona Public Service (APS) announced Jan. 22 that it plans for all its power generation to be carbon-free by 2050, and also said it plans to produce nearly half its…
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Environmental Concerns Dominate Global Risks List
For the first time in the 15-year history of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, environmental perils filled the top five positions on the list of long-term risks in…
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Interest in DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor Heats Up
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower are jointly pursuing an opportunity to design and build the U.S. Department of Energy’s Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), an experimental fast neutron nuclear…
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In Case You Missed It

EIA: Renewables Will Surge Past Coal, Nuclear to 22% of U.S. Power Mix in 2021

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its first forecast for 2021 suggests the share of renewables in the utility-scale U.S. power generation mix will surge to 22%, up from…

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EPA to Withdraw Federal Regional Haze Plan for Utah Based on New Analysis
Citing new technical information gleaned from a more modern modeling analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to withdraw a federal implementation plan (FIP) to control regional haze from…
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Wisconsin PSC Backs Construction of Gas-Fired Plant
Construction of a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border was authorized by Wisconsin regulators on Jan. 16, over the objections of environmental groups who have said…
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Qatar Will Boost Middle East Solar with 800-MW Project
Qatar’s energy minister on Jan. 19 said the country will build an 800-MW solar power project that will push the country far beyond its announced goal for solar energy. That…
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Deal-Making in Power Sector Dragged in 2019
Deal-making in the North American power and utilities sector fell for the third year in a row in 2019, and total deal value shrunk by 41% compared to 2018, indicating…
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Transformative Coal Power Technologies Take Shape

Is Hydrogen the Power Industry's Holy Grail?

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The world’s most powerful boiler feed pump dispatched

Orano TN Completes Transfer and Storage of Highest Heat Load Used Nuclear Fuel Canisters Using NUHOMS EOS System at U.S. Nuclear Energy Facility

B&W Subsidiary Awarded Retrofit Boiler Equipment Installation Contract for U.S. Power Plant

Beltran Technologies developing advanced WESP for Flue Gas Desulfurization

Small business, big impact: E.ON extends 100% renewables-backed electricity offer to small business customers

FM Global to conduct regular cyber engineering evaluations of industrial control systems for clients
 
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