Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:06:25 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines environmental justice as: “The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:31:29 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April of this year announced proposed regulations to tighten restrictions on tailpipe emissions for light and medium-duty vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions from […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:29:19 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 28 issued a landmark order that reforms the generator interconnection process. The order is in response to a clear need for nationwide […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:29:27 +0000
Former Westinghouse Electric Co. Senior Vice President Jeffrey A. Benjamin’s motion to dismiss for grand jury bias a federal indictment issued in August 2021 alleging he concealed damaging information concerning […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:13:06 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 31 accepted a standard design approval (SDA) application for NuScale Power’s VOYGR-6, a plant design that will be featured in the 462-MWe Carbon-Free […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:41:26 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved key transmission reforms aimed at clearing a staggering backlog of more than 10,000 generation and storage projects—more than 2,000 GW—stalled in interconnection […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:31:39 +0000
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has spurred investment in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), a key tool for decarbonization, by significantly increasing the tax credit for permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:07:10 +0000
In more than one RTO market, aggregators may find themselves in the position of making capacity offers for future delivery periods based on projections of how much aggregated capability they […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:17:41 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has wrapped up a final safety evaluation for Kairos Power’s 35-MWth Hermes “non-power” demonstration reactor, which the firm has proposed to build at the East Tennessee […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carter Clements| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:22:13 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May 2023 published a proposed rule that would establish new source performance standards (NSPS) and existing source performance standards (ESPS) for greenhouse gas […]
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