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Best of POWER—June 27, 2022
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store June 27, 2022 China Group Announces Successful Test of Space-Based Solar Power A research team at Xidian University in China announced it has successfully tested technology that would enable a space-based solar power plant that could transmit energy to Earth, akin to… […]
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Hybrid Power
GE Leading Hybrid Wind and Solar Project in Turkey
Renewable energy in Turkey will get a boost from a hybrid wind and solar power installation led by GE Renewable Energy. The project will integrate a 30-MW solar array with a 32-MW wind farm that was commissioned in 2020 by Sertavul, a Turkish energy company. Sertavul chose GE and Inogen, GE’s regional partner, to build […]
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POWERnews—June 23, 2022
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store June 23, 2022 Germany Set to Increase Coal-Fired Generation in Face of Gas Crunch A leading German economic official said the country must increase the burning of coal for power generation and reduce its use of natural gas to avoid an energy […]
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Legal & Regulatory
AEMO Begins Cautious Lift of Australian Electricity Market Suspension
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 22 initiated the first step to lift a suspension of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing a “clear improvement in market conditions.” The measure comes more than a week since it indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its NEM, given critical power generation supply shortfalls […]
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Nuclear
NASA Picks Three Nuclear Power Concepts for Demonstration on the Moon
Three teams comprising some of the most prominent engineering and technology firms in the U.S. will provide initial designs for a fission surface power (FSP) system as part of a federal project to demonstrate a 40-kW nuclear reactor for power applications on the moon. NASA and Battelle Energy Alliance—the contracted entity that manages and operates […]
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Trends
Rhode Island Targets 100% Renewables Procurement by 2033
Legislation passed in Rhode Island will commit the state to procure 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2033. If Gov. Daniel McKee, as expected, signs the bill into law, the Ocean State could have the nation’s fastest timeline for a 100% renewables procurement. The New England state’s legislature on June 17 approved […]
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Workforce
Addressing the Challenges Presented by a Retiring Utility Workforce
POWER magazine has always held a special place in my heart. After my father left the Navy, he became a power engineer and a loyal subscriber to the magazine. As a kid, I remember stacks of the publication all over the house. At the high point my father had hundreds of issues amassed over decades. […]
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Geothermal
Large-Scale Enhanced Geothermal System Trial Successfully Completed
A federally backed effort to advance enhanced geothermal system (EGS) technologies in Utah marked a significant milestone with successful completion of its first large-scale 10-day stimulation in a deep-deviated well. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), which is sited near the town of Milford on the western […]
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Coal
Germany Set to Increase Coal-Fired Generation in Face of Gas Crunch
A leading German economic official said the country must increase the burning of coal for power generation and reduce its use of natural gas to avoid an energy crisis later this year. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck in a statement on June 19 said the country’s move away from receiving natural gas from Russia due […]
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Nuclear
Unit 3 at Barakah Nuclear Plant Licensed, Set to Load Fuel
The third unit of the Barakah nuclear power plant (NPP), the first such facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Arab world, is ready to begin fuel loading, according to a statement issued by the country’s nuclear regulatory agency on June 19. The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) on Sunday said it […]
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