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Complimentary Webinar: Minimizing Water Discharge, Maximizing Re-Use
Tuesday, July 25 at 2 p.m. EDT
World-leading water experts will address stricter water reuse standards, mandated ZLD, and the increasing regulation of discharge limits of total dissolved solids (TDS) in the power industry. The webcast will discuss how to implement Zero Liquid Discharge strategies for FGD and Cooling Tower Blowdown wastewaters utilizing evaporation and crystallization technologies including the CoLD® Process. Register here. |
Russian Hackers Targeting U.S. Nuclear Plants: Reports
U.S. officials said Russian government hackers have broken into systems at U.S. nuclear power plants and also have made cyber intrusions into the business systems of other energy companies, according to several reports over the past week. Cybersecurity experts say… Read More |
DOE, EPA Appropriations Bills See Movement on the Hill
House of Representatives appropriators July 12 took up their responses to President Donald Trump’s controversial fiscal year 2018 (FY18) budget requests for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Both bills were favorably reported out of… Read More |
Bipartisan Group Backs Extension of Carbon Tax Credit
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has announced plans to reintroduce legislation called the FUTURE Act, which would extend and expand the federal 45Q tax credit for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. The bill has the support of both fossil… Read More |
New Jersey Backs Studies for Microgrid Projects
New Jersey officials this week said the state’s Board of Public Utilities is funding feasibility studies for a series of microgrids across the state that could provide needed power to municipalities at times of critical need, such as after a… Read More |
Court Rejects FERC Decision on PJM Pricing Rule
A federal appeals court has ruled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should not have denied a 2012 proposal by PJM in which the regional power operator sought to revise its minimum offer price rule (MOPR). The D.C. Circuit Court… Read More |
Abandoned TVA Nuclear Site Has New Life as Solar Farm
A long-shuttered Tennessee nuclear power plant project has been reborn as a solar farm, with the energy produced there made available for use by local residents and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The Phipps Bend Nuclear Power Plant project in… Read More |
Xcel Moves Forward With Wind Power Expansion
Xcel Energy plans to add about 1,550 MW of wind power to its portfolio in the Upper Midwest with the addition of seven wind farms expected to be operational by year-end 2020. The additions are among 11 new wind farms… Read More |
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