Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:30:00 +0000
After years of upgrade and retrofit projects, and a keen focus on safety and continuous improvement, the Coal Users’ Group board of directors selected Platte River Power Authority’s Rawhide Unit 1 as the
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:47 +0000
The U.S. power grid has many vulnerabilities, but power companies, with additional support from the government, are investing in the system and enhancing its operation through new innovative technology. The
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 15:21:35 +0000
Dominion Energy will replace the steam generators at its Surry Nuclear Power Station in Virginia. The project further supports the company’s Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) program to extend the long-term […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:55:26 +0000
On the east side of Greenville, South Carolina, sits a 413-acre site with more than one and a half million square feet of manufacturing space and another 70,000 square feet […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Randy Rieken| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:19:58 +0000
Though discussions of fugitive emissions are not new in power and processing facilities, they remain a focal point of most plants’ operational plans because they can harm profitability if they […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:34:30 +0000
Perhaps the most devastating thing that could happen in any developed country would be widespread catastrophic damage to its electric power grid. Nearly everything in an industrialized nation relies on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:09:00 +0000
When investigating any potential problem, keep your eyes and your mind open to other possible dangers. “I am starting to wonder if you accepted this assignment because of … that,” stated Maya Sharma
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:08:00 +0000
Cogentrix Energy and Siemens Energy have partnered to optimize 8000H-class gas turbine reliability and outage planning. Under Cogentrix’s management, the Patriot site successfully upgraded one of its
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:37:23 +0000
The first Hualong One unit, a 1,180-MWe nuclear reactor designed by China General Nuclear (CGN), is now operational at the company’s Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Station in western China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region. Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant is 39% owned by Guangxi Investment Group and 61% by CGN. The plant plans to house six 1,000-MWe reactors, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 04:50:38 +0000
The IIHS has made it tougher for vehicles to earn a top safety award in 2023. Many perennial favorites did not make the cut this year.