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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tougher nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limits for new, modified, and reconstructed stationary combustion turbines. The proposed rule identifies a combination of combustion controls [...]The post EPA Proposes Tighter NOx Limits for Combustion Turbines appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Westinghouse Electric Co. and CORE POWER said the companies have formalized a deal for the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) using the Westinghouse eVinci microreactor. [...]The post Westinghouse, CORE POWER Partner for Floating Nuclear Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A damaged 44-meter turbine blade from Vattenfall's Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been recycled by Plaswire, a Northern Ireland-based company. Plaswire has developed a sustainable solution which overcomes the [...]The post Cutting-Edge Process Turns Wind Turbine Blades Into Reusable Materials appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The energy landscape in the U.S. is undergoing a seismic shift, owing in part to the exponential growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and data centers, according to McKinsey [...]The post Why Businesses and the Government Are Turning to Nuclear Reactors for Our Increasing Energy Demands appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Federal regulation of customer loads located next to existing power generating facilities, referred to as co-located loads," have become a significant area of interest for the electric industry. Large industrial [...]The post Hotly Contested Dispute Over Co-Located Loads Is Primed for FERC Action appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Four major Japanese and Korean energy companies have jointly won the rights to build and operate a natural gas-fired power plant and a seawater desalination facility near Doha in Qatar. [...]The post Japan, Korea Groups Will Build 2.4-GW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Qatar appeared first on POWER Magazine.

DeepGEO, a multinational spent nuclear fuel (SNF) repository developer, and Copenhagen Atomics, a Danish advanced thorium reactor innovator, have signed a first-of-its-kind collaboration agreement that seeks to revolutionize the nuclear [...]The post DeepGEO, Copenhagen Atomics Sign Pact to Align Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing with Spent Fuel Management appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Vernova Inc. said it has secured a contract from Powerlink, Queensland's state-owned transmission utility, to supply essential equipment for an upcomingCapital Work program. Under the agreement, GE Vernova will [...]The post GE Vernova Will Supply Essential Grid Equipment for Australian Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has made the U.S. energy industry a focus of its plans for his first days in office, with analysts and energy experts expecting a rollback [...]The post Trump's Focus on Energy Will Have Variety of Impacts appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Officials with Kenya's Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said the country is on track to start construction on its first nuclear power plant by 2027. The group at a [...]The post Kenya Moves Forward with Plans for Country's First Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) on Nov. 25 announced the release of the inaugural Solar Market Monitor, a market analysis of the domestic utility-scale solar industry produced by S&P [...]The post Market Report Says 2024 a Record-Breaking Year for Solar appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption skyrockets-and especially generative AI (genAI)-the underlying infrastructure powering these technologies faces unprecedented demands. Data centers, the nerve centers of AI operations, rely heavily on electricity, [...]The post Powering the Future: How AI's Energy Demands Could Push Power Grid to Its Limits appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has adopted a rule for reliability purposes requiring cryptocurrency mining facilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region to register with [...]The post Texas Mandates Cryptomining Registration, Power Demand Reporting, to Bolster Grid Reliability appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The digital age is fundamentally dependent on data centers, which serve as the backbone of our technological infrastructure. Without them, the digital world as we know it would not exist. [...]The post Is a Modular Data Center the Answer to Tech Industry's Land and Energy Crisis? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A leading U.S. coal producer is partnering with a major developer of renewable energy projects to put solar energy and battery storage installations on reclaimed mine lands in Illinois and [...]The post Leading U.S. Coal Producer Developing Solar, Energy Storage at Former Mines appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Renewable Energy developer, owner and operator Arevon Energy on Nov. 21 announced the start of operations at its Vikings Solar-plus-Storage Project in Imperial County, California, near Holtville. The $529 million [...]The post Large Solar-Plus-Storage Project Comes Online in California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Ampion Renewable Energy announced it is expanding its community solar programs to Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia, bringing the company's portfolio under management to about 1.5 GW. Ampion notes that [...]The post Ampion Expands Community Solar to Three More States appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power plant construction and retrofit projects come in all shapes and sizes, but they all generally have at least one thing in common: complexity. There are usually a lot of [...]The post Communication Is Key to Successful Power Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

European energy major Equinor said it is cutting 20% of the workforce, or about 250 jobs, in its renewable energy division due to continued economic challenges. The Norway-based company said [...]The post Norway's Equinor Cuts 20% of Renewable Energy Staff appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Utility companies are going headfirst into a whirlwind of challenges from increasing electricity demands and new sustainability initiatives, to meeting evolving customer expectations. Power demand in the U.S. is on [...]The post Navigating Rising Power Demand and Avoiding Vendor Limitations appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has taken a historic step by voting to issue construction permits for Kairos Power's 70-MWth Hermes 2, a low power" advanced test facility comprising two [...]The post NRC Approves Construction of First Electricity-Producing Gen IV Reactor in the U.S. appeared first on POWER Magazine.

EVLO Energy Storage, a fully integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS) provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Quebec, on Nov. 20 announced a major achievement in its relationship with investor-owned [...]The post EVLO Will Provide Dominion Energy With Safety-Enhanced Energy Storage Systems appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A company that provides connectivity and colocation services for customers across North America has announced plans to build a data center campus in Central Ohio. Cologix, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, [...]The post Cologix Plans $7 Billion, 800-MW Data Center Complex in Ohio appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Vernova has unveiled a 100% hydrogen-ready aeroderivative gas turbine solution based on its LM6000VELOX package. The first-of-a-kind technology will be showcased at the 200-MW Whyalla hydrogen power plant in [...]The post GE Vernova Unveils 100% Hydrogen-Fueled Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Solution, Secures First Customer appeared first on POWER Magazine.

One of the biggest challenges the nuclear power industry faces is building plants on time and on budget. Having an experienced project team with the right leaders driving the bus, so to speak, can mean theThe post Solid Leadership and Experience Are Keys to Successful Nuclear Plant Construction Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission shows that Entergy plans to build more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired power generation in the state, including a 1,500-MW facility [...]The post Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In a strategic move to reduce its heavy dependence on Russian natural gas, Belarus has successfully completed its first nuclear power plant (NPP). The Belarusian NPP, featuring two VVER-1200 reactors, nowThe post Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Cuts Nation's Reliance on Natural Gas-Fired Electricity Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A collaboration between startup Atomic Canyon and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory allowed construction of a sentence-embedding model using 53 million pages of Nuclear Regulatory Commission documentsThe post Artificial Intelligence Has Entered the Nuclear Industry and Its Early Benefits Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg appeared first on POWER Magazine.

At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last December, 25 countries underlined the role of nuclear energy in their climate strategies by issuing aThe post Financing the Nuclear Renaissance appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The need for emissions-free power generation, along with the ability to provide more power when and where it's needed, is driving research and development of smaller nuclear reactors. Energy industryThe post Mobility, Flexibility, Scalability: SMRs Forging Nuclear's Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idledThe post Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As global nuclear ambitions surge, the industry's fuel supply chain faces critical gaps. Can advanced fuels like HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and TRISO (TRi-structural ISOtropic particle fuel)The post Nuclear Fuel: The Unseen Barrier Ahead appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In 2023, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Idaho State University unveiled the industry's first near real-time digital twin of a nuclear reactor. The virtual replica of the 5-Wth AGN-201 research reactorThe post Idaho Digital Twin Project Trailblazing for Nuclear appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In its quest to drive down costs while boosting safety, the nuclear industry has ramped up efforts to streamline operations and maintenance (O&M). New approaches target efficiency and resilience. If thereThe post How Nuclear O&M Is Evolving for the Emerging Power Paradigm appeared first on POWER Magazine.

This is indeed an extraordinary time to be in nuclear energy. Case in point: Over the past few months, we have seen an announcement between Microsoft and Constellation Energy to restart the Three Mile IslandThe post Nuclear Energy Comeback Action Is at the State Level appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The carbon-free attributes and consistently high fleet performance have led to increasing momentum behind nuclear power. With ambitious plans to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050, the nuclear industry isThe post Continued Excellent Nuclear Power Plant Performance Bodes Well for Future Prospects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

An analysis from global data and analytics group Wood Mackenzie says Republican control of the White House and Congress means U.S. energy policy will move away from net-zero emissions targets, [...]The post WoodMac Analysis Says Trump Energy Agenda Will Face Roadblocks appeared first on POWER Magazine.

German energy company Uniper has selected Electric Hydrogen as its exclusive partner to design a 200-MW electrolyzer plant for the large-scale electrolysis within Uniper's Green Wilhelmshaven project in Northern Germany. [...]The post Uniper Picks Electric Hydrogen's Tech For 200-MW Green Hydrogen Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at [...]The post Westinghouse, Radiant Secure $5M for Microreactor Tests at INL's Pioneering DOME Testbed appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Vietnamese government officials said the country expects its coal-fired power plants will operate at significant levels in 2025 to support increased demand for electricity across the country. The government on [...]The post Vietnam Will Keep Coal-Fired Power Plants Running at High Levels Next Year appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Salt River Project (SRP) and Flatland Storage LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA), have entered into an agreement to provide 200 MW of new energy [...]The post SRP and EDP Renewables Announce New Energy Storage System to Support Increasing Energy Demand appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Canada's AtkinsRealis Group announced it has an agreement to build two new CANDU nuclear reactors in Romania, which would be the first new reactors of that type built since 2007. [...]The post Group Has Contract to Build Two New CANDU Reactors in Romania appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Abraxas Power Corp. and French energy giant EDF Group have announced the companies will collaborate on development of a 3-GW power-to-X (P2X) project in Newfoundland, Canada. Abraxas and EDF on [...]The post Abraxas Power, EDF Group Plan 3-GW Green Hydrogen Project in Canada appeared first on POWER Magazine.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Chris Wright, the CEO and founder of Denver, Colorado-based Liberty Energy, will lead the Department of Energy (DOE) in the new administration. I am thrilled [...]The post Trump Picks Oil and Gas Executive as New Energy Secretary appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Officials from the U.S. and Ukraine said the countries will partner on building small modular reactors (SMRs) to replace the latter's coal-fired power generation, with the SMRs used to help [...]The post U.S. Has Agreement to Help Build SMRs for Ukraine Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A consortium of developers and state-run agencies announced plans for a 10-GW green hydrogen hub in the Malaysian state of Sabah, on the northern tip of Borneo. Property developer LBS [...]The post Groups Sign Development Agreement for Malaysia Hydrogen Hub appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Oklo has moved to acquire Atomic Alchemy, a U.S. firm specializing in high-value radioisotopes, in a $25 million all-stock transaction. The acquisition will add radioisotope production capabilities to Oklo's advanced [...]The post Oklo's $25M Move into Radioisotope Production to Expand Advanced Nuclear Revenue Stream appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A global power management company known for its technology advancements is collaborating with a software-enabled installation platform for electrification in a joint effort designed to support the U.S. residential market. [...]The post Residential Electrification Gets Boost from Eaton, Treehouse Collaboration appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Collett & Sons Ltd., a global transport logistics company, has successfully completed the delivery of 90 wind turbine components to the Cushaling Wind Farm in Ireland. This milestone project is [...]The post New Blade Adapter Trailer Eases Transport of 80-Meter-Long Wind Turbine Blades appeared first on POWER Magazine.