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October 26, 2017 |
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What States Told FERC About the DOE’s Grid Resiliency Rule [INFOGRAPHIC] Comments on the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) proposed grid resiliency rule from an assortment of state agencies, trade groups, environmental organizations, and organized market entities flooded the Federal Energy Regulatory… |
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World’s First Floating Wind Farm Powers Up off Scottish Coast The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, located roughly 25 kilometers off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland, powered up October 18, delivering electricity to the Scottish grid. Hywind Scotland was… |
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DHS, FBI Identify Tactics in Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Industrial Control Systems The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned in an e-mail on October 20 that an ongoing cyberattack campaign is targeting the nuclear, energy, and… |
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Michigan Backs Gas Plants for Upper Peninsula Michigan regulators on October 25 gave their support to Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.’s (UMERC) plan for two new natural gas-fired plants in the state’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.). The plants… |
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Citizens’ Jury Recommends Resuming Nuclear Construction in South Korea Construction of two nuclear plants in South Korea, halted this July by President Moon Jae-in’s announced policy to phase out nuclear power, will continue after a citizens’ jury voted to… |
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FPL Halfway Through 600-MW Solar Power Expansion Florida Power & Light (FPL), which recently sustained a blow to its nuclear expansion plans, on October 19 said it’s about halfway through an ambitious plan to add eight new… |
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General Best Cybersecurity Practices to Thwart a Dragonfly Attack A report released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) outlines a number of solutions and general best practices to thwart infiltration by the ongoing… |
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What Can Save the Staggering U.S. Nuclear Industry? What to do about the faltering nuclear power industry? Two analysts from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, in a new book, lay out what they believe is a policy… |
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