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Smart Grid
FPL Uses Smart Technology to Build a Stronger Grid
Facing Florida’s daunting weather issues, Florida Power & Light consciously set out to improve its outage restoration and grid resilience performance. The company turned to increasingly smart
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News
Port’s Microgrid Could Be Sea Change for Industry
A new microgrid in California, at the nation’s second-busiest seaport, takes an innovative approach to providing reliable, resilient, and sustainable power, providing a glimpse at the future of such
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Distributed Energy
Distributed Energy Award Goes to Unique Hog Farm Microgrid
Power from pig manure is not a public relations stunt, but rather, it’s an innovative solution to several farm challenges. Installing lagoon covers not only reduces odors and eliminates rainwater ingress
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Nuclear
Bringing the APR1400 Reactor to Market
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducts an extensive evaluation of reactor technology before approving and ultimately licensing nuclear power plants. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. began the
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News
Hydropower Is Vital to Africa’s Future
Africa has a number of power supply challenges, many of which can be overcome with renewable energy. Foremost among the options is hydropower. While large projects can meet stiff resistance in the development
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T&D
Drivers for Advanced Distribution Management Systems
There are many reasons for utilities to invest in Advanced Distribution Management Systems, particularly as more renewable resources are utilized and integrated, and the need for reliability and resilience of
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News
Equipment Showcase: Construction Equipment
Successfully operating a power plant or other industrial facility depends on many things, including the vendors who supply equipment for construction of the facility, along with those who provide the materials
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Markets
The EU’s Power Provisions: Is Texas a Reliable Indicator?
What does the 21st century power market look like? That is the question the European Union (EU) is attempting to answer with the new electricity regulation and revised electricity directive passed at the end
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Partner Content
Behind the Scenes: Turbine and Generator Inspection and Repair in 19 Days
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The countdown was set for T-19 days to complete a 7FA gas turbine hot gas path inspection together with a 7FH2 generator inspection and repairs providing all services, labor, and parts. While the average time for such project can be much higher, the Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) team of experts was able to perform a carefully
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News
Wheeler: Keeping U.S. Coal Sector Alive Will Benefit ‘International Environmental Protection’
Coal power, which has seen a marked decline in the U.S., is necessary for reliability and energy affordability, and sustaining it could boost pollution technology exports and “improve lives while driving down emissions worldwide,” said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a speech last week. Wheeler made the remarks at a 90-minute event […]