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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Legislative Approval for Operation to 2030

California’s lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 846, effectively offering Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) a pathway to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open until at least 2030. The…


A High Energy Potential: Power-to-Heat

Though a lesser discussed power-to-x solution, power-to-heat technologies are already mature, commercially available, and market competitive. And they are already making an impact on the power sector. Much discussion over…


Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB Selects Caterpillar, Zeppelin Power Systems to Supply Engines for Independent Core Cooling at Nuclear Power Plant

PEORIA, Illinois (April 18, 2018) – Caterpillar Inc. today announced that Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB has selected Caterpillar and its local Cat® dealer Zeppelin Power Systems to supply six Cat® 3500…


Cooling Towers: Efficiency Waiting to Happen

Cooling towers serve the vital role of cooling water for power plant heat exchange equipment. Sustaining excellent system performance is important because a one-degree increase in water temperature can cause…


Smart Access Planning Enables Efficient Cooling Tower Maintenance

Two hyperbolic cooling towers rise 495 feet over Exelon Corp.’s Byron Generating Station about 110 miles west of Chicago, Ill. The towers help cool the two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors…