The POWER Interview: FREYR Leads Wave of New Battery Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:13:16 +0000

Growth in the energy storage market, including the transportation sector, has spurred a ramp-up in global battery manufacturing and investment in new technologies. Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the U.S. has brought a flurry of announcements from foreign companies eager to build manufacturing plants in America. FREYR, a Norway-based company, late last […]

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El Salvador Sets Sights on Joining the ‘Nuclear Power Club’

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:37:40 +0000

El Salvador is taking steps to add nuclear power to the country’s energy mix, as the nation of about 6.5 million people looks to diversify its electric power generation fleet. In support of that effort, the government of El Salvador and the Thorium Energy Alliance, a Harvard, Illinois–based non-profit advocacy group that endorses thorium-fueled reactors, […]

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Sampling Procedures for Inspection and Sampling Plans for Lot Inspection Using ISO 2859

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:27:35 +0000

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and configuration of parts under inspection for ensuring complete randomness in sample selection. The term sample implies a subset chosen from the population. […]

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Enel and Newcleo Agree to Partner on New Gen-IV Small Modular Reactors

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:58:39 +0000

The Enel Group and clean nuclear technology company newcleo signed an agreement under which they will work together on Generation IV nuclear technology projects. Under the deal, Enel will collaborate with newcleo by providing “specialized expertise” through the sharing of “a number of the company’s qualified personnel.” newcleo, for its part, will secure an option […]

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Energy Sustainability: The Emerging and Effective Use of Hydrogen

Credit to Author: Nishant Tiwary| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:39:14 +0000

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Climate change and the dangers posed to the environment by increasing levels of CO2 have led to a greater focus on a non-polluting energy source: renewable hydrogen. Described as the “most abundant clean fuel in the universe,” the application of hydrogen as a fuel for transportation, including plans for a hydrogen-powered aircraft in the next […]

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A Complex Landscape for the Future of Combined Heat and Power

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Few power-generating resources present the combination of workhouse abilities that combined heat and power (CHP) does. But, powered predominantly by fossil fuels, will CHP find its unique footing within the

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Trial Operation of Innovative Horizontal Pelton Hydropower Turbine Underway in Austria

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:15:00 +0000

A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the 140-year-old

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European Project Launches to Demonstrate High-Volume Hydrogen Gas Turbine Combustion

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:18:42 +0000

Ansaldo Energia and partners have kicked off the FLEX4H2, a four-year project to design, develop, and validate a highly fuel-flexible gas turbine combustion system based on Ansaldo’s sequential combustion technology that will be capable of operating with up to 100% hydrogen. The FLEX4H2 (or Flexibility for Hydrogen) officially began on Jan. 1 and will run […]

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European Project Launches to Demonstrate High-Volume Hydrogen Gas Turbine Combustion

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:18:42 +0000

Ansaldo Energia and partners have kicked off the FLEX4H2, a four-year project to design, develop, and validate a highly fuel-flexible gas turbine combustion system based on Ansaldo’s sequential combustion technology that will be capable of operating with up to 100% hydrogen. The FLEX4H2 (or Flexibility for Hydrogen) officially began on Jan. 1 and will run […]

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Centrus Competes Construction, Initial Testing of HALEU Demonstration Cascade

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:25:48 +0000

Marking a major milestone, Centrus Energy—a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) with domestic technology—on Feb. 9 said it completed construction and initial testing of its advanced uranium enrichment centrifuge cascade as well as most of its associated support systems. Once the company […]

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