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Key Considerations for a Successful PPE Program

Credit to Author: Herbert Post| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:00:51 +0000

Electricity is an indispensable commodity in our modern society. It powers industries, businesses, and homes. With a flick of a switch, customers expect electricity to come through. To achieve this, […]

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AI Spare Parts Search for Maximized Maintenance Efficiency

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:59:20 +0000

Maintenance plays a critical role in the energy/utility sector, ensuring the continuous and reliable operation of infrastructure such as power plants, transmission lines, and distribution networks. Regular maintenance activities help […]

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Offshore Wind Area Detailed for Gulf of Maine; New York Project Delivering Power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:59:46 +0000

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its designation of an offshore wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine. The BOEM, in a notice published in […]

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Japan Could Be Nearing Restart of World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 02:10:47 +0000

The world’s largest nuclear power plant, among the facilities taken offline after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, could be nearing a restart. Japanese media reported that on March 14, […]

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The POWER Interview: Advanced Technology For Hydrogen Production

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:24:08 +0000

Governments worldwide are investing in hydrogen production as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and help decarbonize the energy sector. The U.S. Dept. of Energy last year published […]

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U.S., UK, Canada Ink Trilateral Memo to Cooperate on Advanced Reactor Licensing

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:39 +0000

Nuclear regulatory agencies from the U.S., Canada, and the UK will collaborate on technical reviews and share best practices for advanced reactors and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The measure […]

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TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is located on 1,700 acres on the northern end of the Chickamauga Reservoir near Spring City, in East Tennessee. Each unit has a capacity of about 1,150 MW of electricity. Source: TVA


Indiana Utility Will Convert Remaining Coal Units to Burn Natural Gas

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:01:42 +0000

A major Indiana utility said it’s preparing to switch its remaining coal-fired power plant to burn natural gas. AES Indiana on March 12 said the two coal-burning units at its […]

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U.S. Natural Gas Supplies High, Prices at Record Low

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:58:20 +0000

The winter heating season, which is often defined as November through March in the U.S., is coming to an end with natural gas inventories 37% above the five-year average, according […]

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Measure Twice, Cut Once—A Roadmap for Enabling VPPs Through Policy and Program Design

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:23:30 +0000

Virtual power plants (VPPs), as aggregations of dispatchable distributed energy resources (DERs), can deliver grid services ranging from resource adequacy to reliability at scale—all while making energy more affordable. Yet, […]

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