Focused Energy, Livermore Lab Join in Support of Fusion Research

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:36 +0000

Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have announced the signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop a model simulating the behavior of […]

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Could Space Solar Power Play a Key Role in Disaster Relief?

Credit to Author: Srikanth Raviprasad| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:09:34 +0000

The Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025 highlight a critical vulnerability in disaster response: power failure. With insured losses potentially reaching $45 billion and more than 170,000 residents displaced, reliable […]

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Xcel Says Coal-Fired Texas Plant’s Conversion to Natural Gas Nearly Complete

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:51:33 +0000

Xcel Energy said the company’s coal-fired Harrington Generating Station in Amarillo, Texas should fully complete its transition to burning natural gas in May. Harrington, whose three units have 1,018 MW […]

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Building a Safer Storage Industry After the Moss Landing Fire

Credit to Author: Ric O’Connell| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:13:24 +0000

The recent fire at the Moss Landing battery storage facility in California, operated by Vistra, has raised concerns in the energy industry, raising critical questions about the safety and future […]

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District Energy Systems: The Invisible Giant of Urban Efficiency

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:32:51 +0000

District energy systems employ a centralized facility to supply heating, cooling, and sometimes electricity for multiple buildings in an area through a largely underground, mostly unseen network of pipes. When […]

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1. District Energy St. Paul is demonstrating a 2-MW combined heat and power (CHP) system fueled by various combinations of hydrogen and natural gas. Supported and partly funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the project will be led by Caterpillar in collaboration with District Energy St. Paul and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Courtesy: Caterpillar

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Colorado Co-op Signs PPA for Power from New Solar Installation

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:28:55 +0000

United Power, an electric cooperative serving Colorado’s northern front range, on Jan. 21 said the company had a power purchase agreement for its latest solar power project, the 150-MW Byers […]

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New Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand Features Doosan Škoda Power Technology

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:10:14 +0000

Doosan Škoda Power has successfully completed the Rayong project in Thailand (Figure 1). The company delivered a 20-MW steam turbine, including a generator, condenser, and other accessories, to the newly […]

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Babcock & Wilcox Secures Major Coal Power Plant Retrofit Contract in Southeast Asia

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:15:32 +0000

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) reported that its B&W Thermal business segment has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $13 million to retrofit boiler cleaning equipment for a power plant in […]

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The Solid-State Shift: Reinventing the Transformer for Modern Grids

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:15 +0000

Transformers have been the backbone of power grids for over a century, but today’s demands for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and smarter grids are exposing their limits. Enter solid-state transformers—compact, […]

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Passive Heat from City Sewer Used to Heat and Cool Museum

Credit to Author: Nathan Madding| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:08:00 +0000

Through a cutting-edge heat exchange system, the Museum of Bavarian History in Regensburg, Germany, efficiently heats and cools its building, showcasing a promising solution for urban decarbonization and clean

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