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Energy Storage
Ore Energy Will Deploy 1 GWh of Iron-Air Long-Duration Energy Storage in Europe
Ore Energy, the Netherlands-based iron-air multi-day energy storage company, on June 22 announced an agreement with Budget Thuis, one of the largest Dutch energy suppliers, to deploy 1 GWh of iron-air long-duration energy storage (LDES).
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Offshore Wind
Blending Marine and Energy Technologies for Floating Offshore Wind
The unique demands of floating offshore wind turbines require a blend of specialized coating systems engineered to help prevent corrosion and extend asset service life in some of the world’s harshest environments.
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Geothermal
Geothermal Has Its Own Ghawar Fields—Nobody Is Looking for Them Yet
The global hunt for clean, always-on power is intensifying. Data centers powering artificial intelligence (AI) are signing long-term energy contracts at extraordinary speed. Against this backdrop, geothermal energy—carbon-free and available around the clock—is attracting serious capital for the first time in a generation.
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Nuclear
Elementl Power Developing Ohio SMR Project with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
An independent developer of utility-scale nuclear power projects said it has an agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy for a nuclear power plant utilizing small modular reactors (SMRs). Elementl Power on June 18 said the facility, sited along the Ohio River about 100 miles southeast of Columbus, has a planned capacity of as much as 1.5 GW.
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Energy Storage
REV Renewables, Community Choice Aggregators Bring Energy Storage Project Online
REV Renewables (REV), an LS Power company and a developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage projects, said the company marked a major milestone with the commissioning of its Tumbleweed Energy Storage facility in Kern County, California.
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Solar
Soltec Touts PFE-Compliant Certification for Solar Trackers
Soltec has announced that it is now able to provide PFE-compliant certification for its U.S. SFOne and SF7 series 1P and 2P trackers, reinforcing the company’s ability to support utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. under the new regulatory and market conditions.
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advanced nuclear
Valar Atomic’s Ward 250 Becomes Second Reactor to Go Critical Under DOE Pilot Program
Valar Atomics has achieved self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing at Ward 250, its Gen IV tri-structural isotropic (TRISO)-fueled modular high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR), at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Emery County. The project is the second advanced reactor to go critical under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reactor Pilot Program and the first DOE-authorized […]
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Data Centers
FERC Orders All Six Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Rewrite Large-Load Tariffs
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has voted unanimously to issue tailored show-cause orders under Section 206 of the Federal Power Act to each of the six regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) under its jurisdiction, directing them to either defend or reform tariff rules governing how data centers, manufacturing facilities, and […]
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Nuclear
In a First for Advanced Nuclear: Siemens Energy Turbine Package Advances for Oklo’s Aurora-INL
The steam turbine and generator package for Oklo’s first Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)—a pioneering application of a commercially established industrial turbine platform at the heart of a first-of-a-kind advanced reactor’s conventional island—is in active production at Siemens Energy’s facilities in Görlitz and Erfurt, Germany. In details provided to POWER, both companies confirmed the […]
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Research and Development
Quantum Sensor Ambitions: A New Horizon for Utility Innovation
Meeting the increasingly important but complex needs of the energy industry requires not only excellent design and engineering, but also advanced sensor capabilities that extend beyond the limits of current technology. A piece of the solution for enhanced technology will come from quantum sensors, which leverage quantum mechanics to deliver tools that will push past […]