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EPA Rolls Out More Stringent Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Coal Power Plants

March 8, 2023 admin bottom ash transport, Coal, coal power, effluent, elgs, Environmental, EPA, FGD, Fuel, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, Wastewater, zero-discharge

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:53:06 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing more stringent discharge standards for three types of coal power plant wastewater as part of an update to its Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs). However, the agency also proposed compliance flexibilities, and in a separate direct final rule, moved to extend a deadline to allow more coal plants to […]

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Entergy Picks EPC Team for Massive Hydrogen-Capable CCGT Project in Texas

March 3, 2023 admin Business, ccgt, engineering, entergy, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, mitsubishi power, news, sargent & lundy, Technology, tic

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:05:46 +0000

A 1.2-GW hydrogen-capable combined cycle power project that Entergy Texas has proposed to build in Orange County, Texas, will be spearheaded by an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) consortium led by Mitsubishi Power, Sargent & Lundy, and TIC. Construction of the $1.19 billion Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS), which received the Public Utility Commission […]

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Centrus Competes Construction, Initial Testing of HALEU Demonstration Cascade

February 10, 2023 admin acm100m, Business, centrifuge, centrus, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, news, Nuclear, nuclear enrichment, nuclear fuel, Research and Development, SCIENCE, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:25:48 +0000

Marking a major milestone, 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—on Feb. 9 said it completed construction and initial testing of its advanced uranium enrichment centrifuge cascade as well as most of its associated support systems. Once the company […]

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First LNG-Fired CCGT Unit Begins Operation at JERA’s Giant Modernized Gas Plant in Japan

February 3, 2023 admin anegasaki, Business, ccgt, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, ge, h-class, International, Japan, jera, lng, m701jac, Markets, news, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:34:34 +0000

Japanese power generator JERA has launched commercial operation of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG)–fueled 650-MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units that will modernize the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station, a mammoth 3.2-GW, six-unit gas and oil power plant in Chiba Prefecture. The new Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 1, opened on Feb. […]

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Distributed Generation in Cuba: Present and Future

February 2, 2023 admin Cuba, diesel generator, Distributed Generation, Fuel, fuel oil, full coverage, International, news, Plant Design, power

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:10:03 +0000

Distributed generation stands out in the Cuban power system, where there are hundreds of units dispersed throughout the country. In times of contingency, and as usually happens when a hurricane hits the country, distributed generation ensures the vitality of electrical service through interconnected systems in the form of “islands.” Of the slightly more than 6,000 […]

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2022 Set a Global Record for Coal Generation

February 1, 2023 admin Business, China, Coal, coal power, energy security, Europe, Fuel, full coverage, GERMANY, iea, India, indonesia, International, Japan, news, Renewables, South korea, Technology, turkiye

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:12:00 +0000

The recent shake-up in natural gas markets and their ensuing impact on energy security, and geopolitical tension, dramatically altered the trajectory of global coal-fired generation, sending it soaring to

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Floating Nuclear Power Buoyant on New Prospects

February 1, 2023 admin ammonia, Business, floating nuclear, Fuel, full coverage, History, hydrogen, International, marine power, molten salt reactors, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, ocean/marine, Plant Design, power, Russia, Safety, seaborg, Technology, thorium, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000

In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe

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Floating Nuclear Power Buoyant on New Prospects

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000

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Why Constellation Energy, a Nuclear-Heavy Giant, Is Primed for Power Futurity

January 31, 2023 admin Business, constellation energy, Exelon, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, History, news, Nuclear, Policy, SCIENCE, supply chains, Technology, utility spotlight

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Spun out of Exelon Corp. a year ago, Constellation Energy’s competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses represent a new power company paradigm that conforms to decarbonization. But the company that today holds the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S. will still face a unique array of challenges.

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Oklo Readying to Deploy Commercial-Scale Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facility

January 25, 2023 admin Aurora, Business, Fuel, full coverage, lwrs, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel recycling, nuclear waste, oklo, reprocessing, Spent nuclear fuel, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:23:57 +0000

Oklo has kicked off regulatory activities for a first-of-its-kind nuclear fuel recycling facility that could produce commercial material from used light water reactor (LWR) fuel before the decade’s end. The advanced nuclear technology firm in December submitted a licensing project plan (LPP) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Fuel Recycling Technologies facility. The […]

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