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Coal
Researchers: Power Plant Carbon-Capturing Calcium Carbonate Looping Technology Almost Market-Ready
A novel demonstration underway at Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), a research university in Darmstadt, Germany, has shown a calcium carbonate looping (CCL) technology retrofitted at existing
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Legal & Regulatory
A Mixed Bag of Nuclear Developments in UAE, S. Korea, Switzerland and S. Africa
The world’s nuclear sector saw a flurry of activity during April and May, though most of it wasn’t good news. First Unit at Barakah Built, but Regulatory Delays Prevail. Initial construction activities
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Renewables
POWER Digest (July 2017)
India to Sell Only Electric Vehicles by 2030. India’s power minister Piyush Goyal said at a Confederation of Indian Industry session in April that the government plans to make all its cars electric by 2030
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Renewables
Researchers Develop Hybrid Salinity Gradient Power Technology
A hybrid technology created by researchers at Penn State University could be the breakthrough needed to advance efforts to produce power based on the salt concentrations between two water sources. Researchers
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Safety
Personal Protective Equipment Vending Simplifies Employee Safety
By many indicators, working in the power sector today is safer than it’s ever been. In 2014, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that utilities had a lower fatal work injury
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Infographics
Advanced Turbine Dynamics Monitoring System Proven Effective
Grid behavior in today’s power generation environment is a stochastic system that is more variable than in the past. One common issue is the response to economic dispatch, in which formerly baseload thermal
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Infographics
Technological Advancements in Cooling Water Treatment
Regulatory agencies are becoming more and more critical of phosphorus-based water treatment chemicals because they can have a negative impact on lakes and waterways. In the past, treating cooling water with
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Renewables
MISO: Avoiding the Mess Facing Other Wholesale Competitive Electric Markets
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO’s) geographic footprint extends down the middle of the U.S. Because of the structure of its market, MISO has artfully avoided some nasty policy and
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Infographics
How China Is on the Leading Edge of Environmental Technologies
Coal proponents and climate skeptics often cite China’s current and future reliance on coal power to bolster talking points. What is little discussed is the recent, massive transformation of China’s vast
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Renewables
The Latest in Thermal Energy Storage
As renewables gain a greater foothold in the energy system, the importance of energy storage is going to increase in kind. With the ongoing gradual shift away from traditional baseload energy sources, the