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• Nuclear researcher perspective: Reactors worth their salt (2021/03/05 16:28)

  By Ondrej Chvala, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee/special to Power Engineering International Why molten salt reactors could offer a revolution in clean energy. The world has undergone the largest decrease of global poverty in the past few decades. Over 100 million people have been connected to […]

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• Waste not: B&W among energy players touting methane-cutting trash power (2021/03/05 16:04)

  By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ content director Surely the power generation sector is a competitive world, with resources vying against each other and yet also meshing together to solve society’s energy and emissions challenges. Maybe there’s time for throwing a little trash talk into the mix. Boiler manufacturer and supplier Babcock & Wilcox […]

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• EIA: U.S. wind power capacity installation made history in 2020 (2021/03/04 23:18)

  According to recent data released from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology. In its Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, annual wind turbine capacity additions in the United States set a record in 2020, totaling 14.2 […]

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• NRG Energy selling 4.8 GW fossil generation capacity in Connecticut, California (2021/03/04 20:55)

  NRG Energy is selling 4.8 GW of fossil-fueled power plant assets to a private equity firm. The $760 million deal includes the Middletown, Hartford and Milford plants in Connecticut. The buyer is Generation Bridge, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners. The Generation Bridge sale will also include operations in NRG’s west region, in California. The […]

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• ERCOT board fires CEO Magness in wake of Texas February power freezeout (2021/03/04 16:21)

  Staff and wire reports Another political victim has fallen in the aftermath of Texas’ disastrous power outages during the historic February freeze. The board of directors for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas canned CEO Bill Magness late Wednesday by a 6-1 vote. Magness’ firing follows the resignation of state Public Utilities Commission Chair DeAnn […]

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• Siemens, Intermountain team up to study H2 in utility-scale Utah power plant (2021/03/04 15:49)

  Siemens Energy has teamed up with Intermountain Power Agency to perform a conceptual design study on integrating a hydrogen energy storage system into an advanced class combined cycle power plant. The project has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy, one of four funding awards received by Siemens Energy in late […]

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• American Society of Civil Engineers grades U.S. energy infrastructure at C-, cites $200B funding gap (2021/03/04 01:08)

  Things are looking up, ever so slightly, for upgrading America’s infrastructure, but the need is still great in both energy and beyond, according to a new American Society of Civil Engineers report. The ASCE’s report card every four years grades the U.S. on the state of infrastructure from energy to bridges, inland waterways, water and […]

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• Going live: POWERGEN International 2022 Call for Speakers is now open (2021/03/03 22:30)

  Got live if you want it! Yes, it’s been a long, cold lonely winter… and spring, summer and fall before that. Live events are coming back soon, and POWERGEN International is planned to happen Jan. 26-28, 2022, in Dallas. Our POWERGEN call for speakers is now open for your submissions to present when we meet […]

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• Jacobs acquiring 65% stake in PA Consulting for $1.8B (2021/03/03 21:20)

  Energy project engineering firm Jacobs has acquired a controlling stake in PA Consulting, a deal which will guide Jacobs in navigating the energy transition to decarbonization. Dallas-based Jacobs has taken a 65-percent stake in PA Consulting, which puts the consulting firm’s enterprise value at about $2.5 billion. The remaining 35 percent is held by PA […]

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• Utilities commit to Electric Highway Coalition connecting Gulf Coast, Midwest and Atlantic states via fast chargers (2021/03/03 18:34)

  AEP, Dominion, Duke, Entergy, Southern Company and TVA to add EV Fast Chargers in their regions. Utilities welcome others to join them. Six major utilities announced a plan to ensure that electric vehicle drivers have access to a seamless network of charging stations connecting major highway systems from the Atlantic Coast, through the Midwest and […]

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