Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:00:30 +0000
“Of course, that’s the story of B.C., historically. Foreign companies that have come in to exploit resources here, lumber and minerals … Maybe this is another version of that. Except it’s our talent that’s being exploited.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:45:10 +0000
The post EV-Based Virtual Power Plants Shift Peak Load and Save Money appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A recent study found that electric vehicle (EV) batteries used as a utility virtual power plant (VPP) could shift the entire residential peak load to nighttime hours with only 10% EV market saturation. The research was conducted by Jackson Associates, an Orlando, Florida-based firm that does energy forecasting, data development, and energy-related analysis. The study […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:53:46 +0000
The post Financially Flailing Eskom Scrambles to Complete Defect-Ridden Coal Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom was forced to slash 2,000 MW on a rotational basis nationwide on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17. The newest round of power cuts—the first in nearly seven months—highlight the state-owned utility’s scramble to avert financial disaster stemming in part from the fast-tracked construction of two 4.8-GW coal-fired power plants: Medupi […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:33:02 +0000
The post Tiny Underwater Robot Has Big Impact at Endesa’s Thermal Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Spain’s largest electric utility Endesa has successfully tested a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that it says will make inspection and maintenance in fully or partially submerged environments at its thermal power plants less costly and more efficient. The underwater robot, which was custom manufactured by Spanish startup NIDO Robotics for Endesa’s applications, is about […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:03:58 +0000
The post Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support appeared first on POWER Magazine.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry is headed to Brussels, Belgium, to promote small modular reactor (SMR) concepts to European Union (EU) prospects. Perry will be a featured speaker during the “1st U.S.-EU High-Level Industrial Forum on Small Modular Reactors,” which will be held Oct. 21. “The U.S. and the EU share a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:33:55 +0000
The post Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction appeared first on POWER Magazine.
GE Renewable Energy has made major gains in orders for its 5.3-MW Cypress onshore wind turbine and the 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. Prototypes of both are still being tested in the Netherlands. Key Contracts for Innovative 5-MW Onshore Machine The GE business division introduced the first turbine in the Cypress platform, a 4.8-MW machine, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:10:48 +0000
The post Facility to Make Coal Cleaner, More Efficient, Taking Shape in Wyoming appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Clean Coal Technologies Inc. (CCTI) has begun reassembling a test facility designed to produce a cleaner-burning and more-efficient coal. The coal beneficiation and byproducts extraction plant, first built in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for an initial test of the technology, and then moved to Gillette, Wyoming, is expected to be completely rebuilt in the next few months, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:24:39 +0000
The post Four Projects Picked to Speed Up Pumped Storage Hydro Construction appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Four projects have won a competition launched by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2019 to help shorten the commissioning time for pumped storage hydropower projects and revitalize the hydropower industry. The grand prize winners or the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Prize competition were selected by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:28:15 +0000
The post Protecting DEF from Extreme Cold Is Important appeared first on POWER Magazine.
According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the winter of 2019–2020 will be filled with bitterly cold weather in the eastern parts of the Rockies and east to the Appalachians. The Northeast should also experience very cold temperatures. For municipalities, public utilities, landscapers, and others that are involved in outdoor work and snow removal, there is always […]
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