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Latest News from USA

• GE software aims to optimize gas turbine performance (2022/01/25 00:18)

  General Electric (GE) announced new machine learning software aimed at providing continuous tuning for gas turbines.
• MidAmerican plans to add 2 GW of wind energy in Iowa, study carbon capture (2022/01/24 17:47)

  The wind power resources could enter service in 2024.
• Dispute threatens natural gas supply for Texas power plants (2022/01/21 17:25)

  Luminant Energy asked the Texas Railroad Commission to intervene and stop pipeline company Energy Transfer from shutting off natural gas supply to Luminant’s power plants.
• Coal plant to be sold for environmental remediation (2022/01/21 15:00)

  A Kentucky developer agreed to buy Cheswick Generating Station and will begin demolition and environmental remediation after the plant closes at the end of March.
• Carbon capture, hydrogen projects gain funding from Wyoming agency (2022/01/20 22:43)

  Funding would support three projects in Wyoming.
• Michigan governor releases draft plan for carbon neutrality (2022/01/20 21:23)

  Michigan will build clean energy infrastructure over the next 30 years with the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The state also plans to phase out coal by 2035.
• Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down (2022/01/20 00:13)

  After decades of relying on coal for their workforce, tax base and way of life, towns face uncertain futures as new legislation forces the retirement of fossil fuels because of the worsening effects of human-caused climate change.
• Wind and solar are reducing generation from natural gas, EIA says (2022/01/19 01:21)

  The federal agency forecasts that most of the growth in U.S. electricity generation in 2022 and 2023 will come from solar and wind, further reducing the nation's natural gas-power capacity.
• Wind turbine with advanced controls used in grid-forming test by NREL and GE (2022/01/18 22:32)

  General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated grid-forming technologies in the Type-3 wind turbine, a large step in long-term grid modernization efforts as the rapid deployment of renewable technologies transforms the electric power system.
• Small modular reactor tech could renew interest in nuclear power (2022/01/18 16:38)

  Emission-free nuclear power could step in as fossil fuel use declines.