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O&M
Key Pre-Demolition Considerations for Fossil Fuel Power Plants
As the existing electric generation infrastructure matures, electric generation system owners are looking to the future for newer and greener technologies to meet the demands of electric consumption. An important part of this future perspective may include the demolition and removal of older generation plants and facilities to free up land resources for new development. Prior […]
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Offshore Wind
Biden Administration Sets National 30-GW Offshore Wind Target
The Biden administration on March 29 laid out a spate of measures to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind in the U.S. by 2030, an ambitious target that will require a vast scale-up in investment and build-out of the still latent power subsector. But if achieved, the target would unlock “a pathway” to 110 GW […]
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POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store March 29, 2021 DOE Backs Projects to Produce Hydrogen from Coal, Biomass The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the agency has awarded $2 million to four research and development (R&D) projects aimed at advancing clean-hydrogen production technologies. The DOE's awards on… […]
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POWERnews—March 25, 2021
POWER Magazine Jobs White Papers Webinars Events Store March 25, 2021 BP Details Plan for UK's Largest Hydrogen Project The global market for hydrogen development has taken another step forward, as oil and gas major BP announced it is studying development of what it said would be the UK's… Sponsored […]
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Nuclear
Centrus on Track to Produce HALEU Nuclear Fuel Material by Early 2022
Centrus Energy, a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) with domestic technology, says it expects to begin producing the advanced nuclear fuel material by June 2022 at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. Centrus President and CEO Daniel Poneman said on March […]
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History
Understanding Energy Crises of the 1970s and Avoiding Problems Today
If you were alive and living in the U.S. during the 1970s, you probably remember waiting in long lines to fill your car with fuel. Yet, gasoline wasn’t the only item in short supply during the “Me Decade”—natural gas was seemingly running out and electricity demand was growing so much that new power plants were […]
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News
GE Turbines Will Power 1.2-GW Malaysian Plant
General Electric (GE) will provide two of the company’s 9HA.01 gas turbines along with other equipment and services to a new power plant in Malaysia. The company on March 24 announced it secured an order from a consortium of three groups, including Mitsubishi Corp., that is serving as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) lead […]
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Hydrogen
BP Details Plan for UK’s Largest Hydrogen Project
The global market for hydrogen development has taken another step forward, as oil and gas major BP announced it is studying development of what it said would be the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility. BP on March 18 said the project, which would be sited on England’s northeast coast, is part of a […]
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Nuclear
NARUC Steps Up to Educate States About Nuclear ‘Barriers, Possibilities’
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has kicked off a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to educate state public service commissioners and commission staff about barriers and possibilities related to the U.S. nuclear fleet. The non-profit organization whose members include state regulatory agencies in all 50 states said on March […]
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News
Southern Announces Delay in Testing at Vogtle
Southern Co. has announced another delay in hot functional testing for the first unit of its two-unit expansion at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia. The utility in a March 19 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said its subsidiary Georgia Power “now expects the start of hot functional testing for Unit 3 […]