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Uk Electricity Generation To Be Fossil Fuel Free By 2035?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated that removing gas as a power source will help protect against price surges (during Conservative conference).Johnson has also confirmed plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity generation process by 2035.The UK generated 43% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2020 but gas-fired power plants still account for a significant ...
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Celine WOLF, Director of the Bertin Instruments Business Unit in charge of the Nuclear Market
Bertin Technologies is delighted to welcome Céline WOLF as Director of the Bertin Instruments Business Unit in charge of the Nuclear Market. Céline is a graduate of ENSTA Paris Tech and has held various management and executive positions, mainly in the nuclear sector. We wish her every success in her new ...
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Keeping the Lights On with Hydrogen-Ready Gas Peaking Stations
As our electricity grids transition to net zero carbon, and with a proliferation of intermittent wind and solar energy, electricity networks around the world are being strained. This is coupled with closure of centralised coal, gas and nuclear power stations. Further strain is being put on the power networks with electrification of transport and ...
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New AI Tools Could Save Constellation Reactor Fleet Millions
Blue Wave AI Labs successfully deployed machine learning (ML) tools at two nuclear power plants operated by Constellation, saving the company millions of dollars per reactor each year. The project was part of a $6 million effort supported by the U.S. Department of Energy to help lower the operating costs of nuclear power plants using the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and ML ...
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Major Growth of Clean Energy Limited the Rise in Global Emissions in 2023
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, new IEA analysis shows, with continued expansion of solar PV, wind, nuclear power and electric cars helping the world avoid greater use of fossil fuels. Without clean energy technologies, the global increase in CO2 emissions in the last five years ...
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Clean Sources of Generation are Set to Cover World’s Additional Demand Over Next 3 Years
Global electricity demand is expected to grow at a faster rate over the next three years as the clean energy transition gathers speed, with all the additional demand forecast to be covered by technologies that produce low-emissions electricity, according to a new report from the IEA. Electricity 2024 is the latest edition of the IEA’s annual analysis of electricity market developments and ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Clean Energy Achievements at COP28
This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), where he led the U.S. energy delegation. The Department of Energy announced a range of initiatives - on issues from clean hydrogen and nuclear energy to zero-emissions transportation and building ...
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Axpo launches ambitious training initiative to combat skills shortage
The rapid expansion of renewable energy is being hampered by the shortage of skilled workers. Axpo is responding with a range of targeted measures that will make the Group one of the largest training enterprises in Switzerland by 2030. New training opportunities in emerging fields, multi-stage programmes for different proficiency levels and a wider variety of apprenticeship programmes are ...
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New Report Reviews Nuclear Energy in Long-Term Utility Resource Planning
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners this week (Nov 8) released a new report, Nuclear Generation in Long-Term Utility Resource Planning, which analyzes 17 utility integrated resource plan (IRP) filings to identify important trends regarding nuclear energy for consideration by state utility regulators. Clean energy demands and decarbonization goals have placed existing ...
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Edison Celebrates 140 Years and Plans to Invest 10 billion in Ecological Transition by 2030
Edison marks 140 years in business this year and unveils its development strategy for 2030, with goals extending to 2040, aimed at "strengthening its commitment to ecological transition in support of its customers and the safety and autonomy of the national energy system." The energy group, led by CEO Nicola Monti, intends to accelerate Italy's path towards energy transition through a plan that ...
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DOE funds TU research to advance high-temperature carbon-based coatings
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a three-year grant of $629,263 to a team of researchers in The University of Tulsa’s College of Engineering & Computer Science to probe deeper into protective high-temperature coatings on carbon/carbon (C/C) composites. These C/C composites are vital in advancing high-temperature structural applications, such as hypersonic aerospace vehicles, ...
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DOE Announces $126 Million for Small Businesses to Pursue Clean Energy Research and Development
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 25) announced 106 awards totaling $126 million in research and development grants for 90 different small businesses whose projects will address multiple mission areas across the Department, including clean energy and decarbonization, cybersecurity and grid reliability, fusion energy, and nuclear nonproliferation. Small businesses are the backbone of ...
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Duke Energy Files Resource Plan to Serve the Future Energy Needs of a Prosperous South Carolina
As strong economic development successes and population growth power South Carolina's energy needs, Duke Energy's goal is to ensure energy reliability for its customers. To that end, Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress this week (Aug 15) filed their Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC). "Over the next 15 years, electric use by Duke ...
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Michigan Public Service Commission Approves DTE's Landmark Clean Energy Plan
DTE Energy recently (July 26) received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on the Company's landmark CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This approval comes 14 days after a historic settlement agreement was reached between DTE and nearly two dozen organizations on the company's 20-year plan that transforms how DTE generates electricity as part of its mission to ...
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NextEra Energy Sets Industry-Leading Net Zero Goal to Eliminate Carbon Emissions from its Operations
NextEra Energy this week (June 14) announced Real Zero, the most ambitious carbon-emissions-reduction goal ever set by an energy producer, committing to eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by no later than 2045, while leveraging low-cost renewables to drive energy affordability for customers. Reaching the goal would require significant investment by the company and transform its ...
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Clean Energy Investment Extends Its Lead over Fossil Fuels, Boosted by Energy Security Strength
About USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies – including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps – according to the IEA’s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is ...
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Bertin offers a comprehensive range of Health Physics solutions for the nuclear industry
Health physics is the set of measures and standards put in place to protect the population and workers as well as the environment from radioactivity. It is based on the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle in order to reduce exposure to ionizing radiation to the lowest possible levels. Nuclear power plants are therefore required to protect their personnel, local populations, and ...
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Piedmont Natural Gas, Duke Energy remind customers to call 811 before beginning spring digging projects
National Safe Digging Month recognizes the importance of calling 811 to mark underground utility lines prior to digging and excavating. B-roll here: Piedmont Natural Gas worker locating, marking and flagging utility lines before a yard project. Video here: Learn more about how the 811 process works. April is Safe Digging Month, and Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy are reminding ...
By Duke Energy
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Duke Energy request to reduce fuel electric rate approved by Indiana regulators
On March 29, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved Duke Energy Indiana’s request to lower bills due to declining fuel and purchased power costs. For an average residential Duke Energy customer in Indiana using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month, it means a decrease of approximately 16% over rates today, or $26 a month. That is on top of a 5% decrease that went into effect in January. ...
By Duke Energy
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Duke Energy begins operating the largest battery system in North Carolina
11-MW battery will operate alongside existing solar facility Both are located inside the site boundary of Camp Lejeune on leased land Duke Energy is expanding its battery storage capabilities in North Carolina and has begun commercial operation of the state's largest battery system, an 11-MW project in Onslow County. The battery system will frequently be operated in conjunction with an ...
By Duke Energy
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