Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects As more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing back due to fears that the systems will go up in ...

Duke Energy has proposed building new nuclear reactors at its Belews Creek coal and natural-gas fired station in North Carolina and a second site still to be determined. It’s part of a newly-filed ...

NextEra Energy and Google Cloud have announced a new expansion in their long-standing energy and technology collaboration. Together, the companies will partner to develop multiple, new gigawatt ...

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In the 20th century, steam turbines became the most powerful electric power generators available, accounting for more than 50 percent of the world’s installed power generation capacity. However, many ...

Hope Creek Generating Station. Image source U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is exploring the potential for direct power sales to data centers from its ...

Coal-fired electric power has been like the Incredible Shrinking Man of 21 st century energy in the United States. Low-cost natural gas burned in modern combined cycles, inexpensive and subsidized ...

A number of different HRSG designs are possible, and space limitations prevent a chemistry discussion of these variations. For this article, we will utilize a very common design shown schematically ...

Nuclear fusion startup Pacific Fusion has introduced itself to the public, alongside the announcement that it has raised over $900 million in Series A funding. Led by Eric Lander, a principal leader ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced final rules to crack down on emissions from coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants. The highly-anticipated announcement outlined ...

When combined cycle plants are run at low loads, problems often arise with overspray from attemperators using traditional mechanical atomization. To address this issue, power plants can upgrade to ...

TVA plans to repurpose its retired Bull Run coal-fired plant with synchronous condensers for grid stability. As more electricity comes from intermittent renewable energy, maintaining grid stability ...