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Top 6 Nuclear Power Achievements of the Year

December 27, 2019 admin academik lomonosov, acpr-1000, AP1000, Business, cgn, Clinch River, EDF, EPR, Georgia Power, Instrumentation & Controls, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, O&M, Plant Design, power plant, reactor, rosatom, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Southern Company, Taishan, Technology, tennessee valley authority, TVA, Vogtle, yangjiang

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:34:04 +0000

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The past year has been filled with firsts for the nuclear power industry. Three power plants sporting first-of-a-kind reactors entered commercial operation, while the first U.S. AP1000 nuclear project reached key milestones on its path to completion. Furthermore, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted the first early site permit for a utility to construct […]

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Ownership Shakeup at Colstrip Coal Power Plant

December 12, 2019 admin avista, Business, Coal, colstrip, news, northwestern energy, O&M, power plant, pse, puget sound energy, transaction

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:31:23 +0000

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NorthWestern Energy said it will file an application with the Montana Public Service Commission for pre-approval to acquire Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE’s) 25% interest in Colstrip Unit 4, which is a 740-MW coal-fired boiler. The price? $1. “Securing more capacity for only a $1 investment is a unique opportunity that helps give us the time […]

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EDF Will Bail on Three Nuclear Plants, Exelon Holds the Bag

November 21, 2019 admin Business, constellation, EDF, Exelon, International, MARYLAND, New York, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, ownership, power plant

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:38:24 +0000

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Exelon Generation said EDF Group—a French integrated electricity company—is exercising a put option to sell its 49.99% interest in the R.E. Ginna, Nine Mile Point, and Calvert Cliffs nuclear energy facilities. The two companies will now begin negotiations for Exelon to acquire full ownership of the plants. EDF’s involvement in the facilities was through the […]

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Rebels fire no shots, take AK-47s in raid on power firm guards

August 19, 2019 admin Diseases, guards, HEALTH, Latest News Stories, minergy, misamis, NPA, power plant, Regions, rifles

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:44:23 +0000

npa Dela Rosa: 513 minors recruited by NPA ‘neutralized’ in last two decades

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Without firing a shot, New Peoples Army (NPA) rebels pulled off a swift raid on the security outpost of Minergy Power Corp. in Balingasag town Misamis Oriental on Monday (Aug. 19). Lt. Col. Anthony Derilo, Army 57th Infantry Battalion commander, said the rebels took five AK-47 rifles; a radio and hundreds of […]

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State Agencies Object to Xcel Energy, Southern Power Deal

August 15, 2019 admin Business, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, mankato energy center, Markets, news, power plant, Southern Company, southern power, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:43:44 +0000

Xcel Energy’s effort to purchase a 760-MW natural gas combined cycle facility in Mankato, Minnesota, from Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, is meeting resistance from two state agencies. The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recommended the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission […]

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Meralco challenged to abandon coal-fired power plants

June 6, 2019 admin antimonan, Coal, Energy, latest news, Latest News Stories, MERALCO, murang kuryente, Nation, power plant, renewable energy

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:29:00 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — While it welcomed Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) plan to develop renewable energy projects, the Murang Kuryente party-list also challenged the company to abandon all of its coal-fired power plants. “Renewable energy [RE] is safer, more affordable, and more sustainable than coal, and it is welcome to hear Meralco say they are committing […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: 30 Innovations Revolutionizing the Power Industry

May 1, 2019 admin connected plant, digital, digital revolution, dispatchable generation, disruptions, distributed energy, distributed power, electricity storage, empowering the consumer, enabling renewable supply, iiot, iiot power, Infographics, irena, market design, new grids, news, power plant, Renewables, system operations, Uncategorized, vre

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:44 +0000

Between 2005 and 2016, the global installed capacity of solar PV increased more than seven-fold, and the capacity of onshore wind increased nearly three-fold, and owing to plunging costs, variable renewable energy (VRE) capacity is set to expand dramatically, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). To accommodate soaring shares of VRE generation, innovations […]

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Bayan Muna hits ‘looming’ power rate hike due to shutdowns

April 26, 2019 admin Bayan Muna, latest news, Latest News Stories, Nation, Neri Colmenares, power plant, power rates, rate hike, shutdown

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:18:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Militant group Bayan Muna on Friday blasted the “impending” power rate increase due to plant shutdowns and stressed that power plant operators should shoulder the costs.

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The Line Blurs Between Small Cogen Plants and Large Combined Cycles

March 5, 2019 admin cogeneration, combined cycle, Gas, gas turbine, ge, ge power, heat recovery steam generator, hrsg, hrsg user's group, news, once-through steam generator, otsg, Plant Design, power plant, Research and Development, siemens, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:39:54 +0000

When U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), he unintentionally ignited the worldwide deregulation of electricity markets, which in turn began a worldwide technology race between two distinct types of power plants: the newly created, industrial-scale plant that PURPA dubbed “cogeneration” and the traditional, utility-scale power […]

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Colstrip Power Plant Threatened by Westmoreland Bankruptcy

January 30, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal mine, colstrip, courts, Environmental, finance, Fuel, fuel contract, Legislative, Markets, news, power, power plant, rosebud, westmoreland

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:40:29 +0000

The Colstrip Power Plant, a four-unit, 2,094-MW coal-fired station located about 100 miles east of Billings, Montana, could see its coal supply contract nullified as a result of Westmoreland Coal Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Westmoreland operates the 25,000-acre Rosebud coal mine, among others. Rosebud is adjacent to the Colstrip plant and supplies almost all […]

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