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Sustainability
Engineering the Largest Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Plant
As part of the UK’s Humber Zero initiative, VPI Immingham’s gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant will be home to the world’s largest post-combustion carbon capture facility. The Humber region is
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Commentary
Equity in Energy: How Community Solar Is Involved
In the U.S., there has always been a direct correlation between the disparity in income and the distribution of renewable resources. Equity in energy refers to fairness in the distribution of energy, benefits, and burdens among different people and communities. It was designed to rectify historical inequalities, recognizing the need to create a fair and […]
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Partner Content
Why Your Generation Portfolio Requires an Upgrade from Peakers to Balancers
Sponsored by:A highly renewable grid requires flexible and dispatchable power generation technology to maintain reliability. Reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) are a mature, scalable, and cost-effective grid-balancing solution with physical capabilities perfectly suited to integrate high levels of renewables, reduce carbon emission, and maintain a reliable grid. Empirical evidence from ERCOT shows that RICE are used […]
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Full Coverage
SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to potentially boost regional reliability, savings, and efficiencies. SPP, which has operated as an RTO since 2004, currently has 110 member companies in its Eastern Interconnection […]
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Wind
California Group Inks Deal for Power from Massive New Mexico Wind Farm
A California company that specializes in providing renewable energy to electricity customers has signed its largest procurement contract. Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) on September 28 said it will receive 220 MW of wind power from Pattern Energy’s SunZia Wind installation in New Mexico, a 3.5-GW project that at present would be the largest wind onshore […]
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Electrification
Lower-Cost Managed Charging Paves the Way for EV Adoption
It’s no secret that the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is pivotal to creating a more sustainable future. Fortunately, consumers are embracing electrification, with reports indicating that EVs will make up nearly 67% of new light-duty vehicle sales and 46% of new medium-duty vehicle sales by 2032. While these reports are promising, the transition […]
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Nuclear
Nucor and Helion Target 2030 for Utility-Scale Fusion Power Plant
Nucor Corp., a manufacturer of steel and steel products, and Helion, a fusion energy company, are collaborating to develop a 500-MW fusion power plant to supply baseload electricity to a steelmaking facility. The companies are working together to set a firm timeline, saying they are “committed to beginning operations as soon as possible with a […]
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Nuclear
Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project
Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work to begin on the AP1000 power plant. The companies announced the “historic” contract on Sept. 27, one week after nuclear technology giant Westinghouse and global […]
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Partner Content
Introducing Compression Based Load Monitoring To Wind Turbines
Sponsored by:[Whitepaper] Introducing Compression-Based Load Monitoring To Wind Turbines “This cycle continues and worsens until it is addressed during maintenance by retorquing the bolts to reapply enough compression to the yaw bearing. Eventually, the components wear and fatigue to the point of requiring replacement.” Catastrophic joint failure has been at the epicenter of some of the wind industries’ most costly and hazardous breakdowns. Thus, […]
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Hydro
Major 2-GW Hydropower Station in Angola Now Fully Online
Officials in Angola announced that the Laúca hydroelectric power station is now fully operational, with Austrian company Andritz wrapping construction of the final 70-MW environmental flow power station at the site on the Kwanza River. Andritz built and installed all the units at the 2,070-MW plant, located on the border between the Angolan provinces of […]
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