POWER Digest [December 2023]

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Kenya Set to Expand Hydropower Project. Kenya Electricity Generating Co. (KenGen) said it received approval from government officials to move forward with the Gogo hydropower redevelopment project. The Gogo

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NRG Energy Replaces CEO in Activist Investor–Influenced Shuffle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:34:04 +0000

NRG Energy has appointed the chair of its board of directors, Dr. Lawrence Coben, as its interim president and CEO and appointed four new independent directors to its board, signaling a […]

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Petra Nova, Pioneering Power Plant Carbon Capture Unit, Is Up and Running Again, says JX Nippon

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:55:14 +0000

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Petra Nova, one of the world’s only two carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofits at a commercial power plant, has restarted operations, JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corp. announced […]

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NRG Energy’s Pivot Amid Power Sector Change

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:13:00 +0000

Once a giant pure-play independent power producer, NRG Energy has cultivated a legacy of pioneering business models to withstand waves of change in the power sector. Its latest strategic shift pivots from

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NRG Energy to Sell Texas Nuclear Plant Stake to Constellation in $1.75B Power Move

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:36:17 +0000

Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear generator in the U.S., will take over NRG Energy’s 44% ownership stake in the 2.6-GW South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP), a nuclear power […]

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ERCOT Again Expects Tight Summer 2020 Conditions

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:49:52 +0000

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Despite adding 513 MW of new capacity this year alone, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects tight grid conditions this summer, and it warned it could declare an energy emergency depending on a combination of factors. Citing its newly released preliminary Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) assessment for the summer season (June–September), […]

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Show Preview: Distributed Energy Conference 2019

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:00:17 +0000

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POWER magazine’s second Distributed Energy Conference will build upon the success of the inaugural event, a sold-out program that brought together utilities, energy industry executives, and companies from across the spectrum of distributed power generation. Insiders from the wind and solar sectors, along with operators of backup and emergency power systems, combined heat and power, […]

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