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TVA, OPG, Synthos Team to Shape Standard Design for BWRX-300 Nuclear Reactors

March 23, 2023 admin 0 Comments bwrx-300, Canada, geh, Nuclear, opg, Poland, power, smr, synthos, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:42:49 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) will collaborate to shape a standard design for GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to speed up the technology’s regulatory acceptance and spur future deployments. The three companies, which have separately begun a regulatory process for potential BWRX-300 […]

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Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, and FDR: Big Players in U.S. Hydropower History

March 23, 2023 admin 0 Comments Army Corps of Engineers, bonneville power administration, bureau of reclamation, Business, full coverage, grand coulee dam, History, Hydro, hydropower, news, power, power podcasts, the power podcast, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:30:59 +0000

When you study the history of hydropower, you expect to learn about people like British-American engineer James Francis, who developed the first modern hydro turbine in 1849. A testament to his genius is that the Francis turbine continues to be the most widely used water turbine in the world today. Or you assume American inventor […]

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TVA Will Build Gas-Fired Plant to Replace Coal-Fired Units

January 10, 2023 admin Business, Coal, cumberland, Gas, natural gas, news, Pipeline, power, Renewables, replacement, tennessee, TVA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:10:04 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has approved retirement of the Cumberland coal-fired power plant, with officials on Jan. 10 saying the utility will replace one of the plant’s two units with a 1,450-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle facility at the site. The TVA has held public meetings over the past few years amid much discussion […]

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Bulk Power System Deficiencies During Winter Storm Elliot Prompt Inquiries

December 29, 2022 admin Business, duke energy, energy security, ferc, full coverage, Markets, nerc, news, Power Demand, TVA, winter storm elliot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:57:06 +0000

Assessments are underway to pin down factors that prompted emergencies, tight grid conditions, and even load-shedding by major entities as Winter Storm Elliot bore down on the North American bulk power system (BPS) this past week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), and regional entities affiliated with […]

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Arctic Blast Roiling Reliability in TVA, MISO, SPP, PJM

December 24, 2022 admin Business, demand, ercot, full coverage, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, pjm, Power Demand, Power supply, reliability, SPP, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:09:33 +0000

An Arctic blast felt by a large portion of North America is causing reliability turmoil within some segments in its bulk power system, forcing reliability coordinators to declare emergencies, issue conservation warnings, or curtail load. TVA, Grappling With Demand Surge, Is Curtailing Load Temperatures averaging the single digits across the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) prompted […]

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TVA Will Explore Building Utility-Scale Solar on Closed Coal Ash Sites

November 10, 2022 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, coal plant repurposing, Environmental, news, shawnee, Solar, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:54:50 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will pursue a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in West Paducah, Kentucky, to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale solar projects. The self-funded U.S. corporate agency’s board on Nov. 10 approved a $216 million pilot project to explore repurposing the 1,071-MW coal-fired power plant’s […]

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Six Major Electric Utilities Join Forces to Pursue a Southeastern Hydrogen Hub

November 3, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, DOE, dominion energy, duke energy, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, hydrogen hub, iija, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Southern Co., TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:48:30 +0000

Marking intent interest from the power sector in hydrogen’s decarbonization potential, six major utilities—Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU), Southern Co., and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—have announced they will jointly pursue federal financial support for a Southeast Hydrogen Hub. The utilities, along with Battelle, an independent […]

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TVA, Silicon Ranch, DENSO Move Forward on Four Tennessee Solar Sites

November 2, 2022 admin denso, Electric vehicles, evs, maryville, news, Solar, tennessee, TVA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:06:19 +0000

A supplier of equipment to the e-mobility industry, including electric vehicles (EVs), joined with one of the largest U.S. independent power producers at a groundbreaking for the first of four solar power farms that will provide electricity for the manufacturer’s campus. DENSO, headquartered in Japan and with one of its U.S. manufacturing plants in Maryville, […]

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TVA Successfully Completes a Dam Safety Modification Project for the Ages

September 1, 2022 admin boone dam, engineering, full coverage, Hydro, hydropower, news, Plant Design, power, Renewables, Safety, tennessee valley authority, top plant, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:20:00 +0000

When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and quality

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TVA Unveils Major New Nuclear Program, First SMR at Clinch River Site

February 10, 2022 admin Business, bwrx-300, climate change, Clinch River, engineering, full coverage, ge hitachi, news, Nuclear, Poland, smrs, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:15:57 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will invest in a major program that will explore the construction of multiple advanced nuclear reactors—starting with a GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at its Clinch River site in Tennessee. TVA Board members during a meeting on Feb. 10 unanimously approved TVA’s “New Nuclear Program,” a broad new initiative […]

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