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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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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How Utilities Are Planning for Extreme Weather Events and Mitigating Risks

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:03:24 +0000

Scientists who maintain the world’s temperature records, which date back to 1880, calculate a global temperature anomaly each year to determine how much temperatures have changed compared to temperatures from […]

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UK Leaders Say New Gas-Fired Plants Needed for Energy Security

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:01:22 +0000

Officials in the UK said the country will need to build new natural gas-fired power plants beyond 2030 in order to ensure a reliable supply of energy and avoid blackouts. […]

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Floating Gas-Fired Power Station Planned Off Louisiana Coast

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:19:41 +0000

Entergy Louisiana has asked state officials for approval to build a floating natural gas-fired power plant that would serve areas along the Gulf Coast. The utility’s recent March filing with […]

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Fluor to Design Commercial Laser Fusion Power Plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:57:15 +0000

Longview Fusion Energy, a firm leveraging the recent fusion breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), has secured a contract with engineering, procurement, and construction specialist Fluor to design what […]

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EPA Drops Existing Gas-Fired Plants from Contentious Power Plant GHG Rule

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:21:56 +0000

(Updated March 7 with responses from EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will drop requirements covering existing natural gas-fired power plants in its final Section 111 rule regulating power […]

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