Honeywell
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Fuel
Honeywell to Reopen Sole U.S. Uranium Conversion Plant
Honeywell is gearing up to reopen the Metropolis Works plant in Metropolis, Illinois—the U.S.’s sole uranium conversion facility—and restart production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) by early 2023. The Charlotte, North Carolina–based global technology giant told POWER in a statement on Feb. 9 it has communicated to employees and officials its intent to reopen the facility, which […]
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Power Demand
Honeywell to Support Entergy New Orleans’ Commercial Demand Response Goals
Entergy to deploy best-in-class technologies and program management services Large commercial and industrial electricity consumers to receive financial incentives simply by participating in the fully automated demand response program HOUSTON, August 4, 2020 — Honeywell today announced that it will manage Entergy New Orleans’ Large Commercial & Industrial (Large C&I) Demand Response (DR) program. DR provides […]
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News
Equipment Showcase: Environmental Health and Safety
The safety of workers and equipment is an important consideration for power generation facilities, just as it is for other worksites. Power plants feature multiple pieces of complex machinery that can present
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News
Sole U.S. Uranium Conversion Plant Secures NRC License Renewal
Honeywell International’s uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, Illinois, has received the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) approval to run for 40 more years. The approval for the nation’s sole conversion facility is key to ensure it can continue supplying uranium hexafluoride (UF6), a basic component of enriched nuclear fuel used in commercial nuclear power reactors. The […]
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Connected Plant
Honeywell Introduces New Industry Approach for Management and Hosting of Control System Infrastructure
Experion® PKS IT Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE) centralizes up to 80% of IT infrastructure, reducing costs and freeing engineering talent to focus on higher-value activities HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2020 — Honeywell today announced the release of Experion® PKS IT Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE), a transformative new technology that centralizes up to 80% of IT […]
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Connected Plant
Show Preview – Connected Plant Conference
The Connected Plant Conference allows for interaction with the industry’s early adopters. Attendees will meet generators who are using the latest connected plant tools. The speaker lineup (Figure 1) provides
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Connected Plant
Verizon and Honeywell enable utilities to more quickly deploy LTE Smart Meters
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., AND MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Jan. 29, 2020 — Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has teamed up with Honeywell (NYSE: HON) to help utilities speed up and simplify the deployment of new communication-enabled, intelligent sensors and controls for the smart electric grid. By integrating Verizon’s Managed Connectivity LTE solutions into Honeywell’s next-generation smart meters and […]
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Instrumentation & Controls
How Remote Operation Centers Can Help Companies Transition
The energy industry is currently moving from a traditional, highly regulated production model dominated by electricity utilities to a decentralized, deregulated model featuring a higher proportion of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. With subsidies in decline, renewables are reaching grid parity—with costs equal to or less than traditional sources. Not surprisingly, […]
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Connected Plant
Energy Storage as a Service Part of Generation Evolution
Two companies who recently announced they are creating what they consider North America’s largest behind-the-meter (BTM) deployment of energy storage technology have said they plan to expand the service, providing a long-term solution for controlling costs and promoting energy sustainability for businesses. Executives of the two companies—Honeywell and NRStor C&I—told POWER in a Sept. 23 interview […]
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Press Releases
HONEYWELL INTRODUCES FIRST INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY SOLUTION TO GUARD AGAINST MALICIOUS USB DEVICE ATTACKS
New Secure Media Exchange release goes beyond malware detection to identify next wave of USB attack types, keeping human authentication part of security HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2019 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the latest release of Secure Media Exchange (SMX), a cybersecurity solution to protect industrial operators against new and emerging Universal Serial Bus (USB) […]