Nuclear Storage May Be Coming to Hobbs HOBBS – The Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance are partnering with Holtec International to make Lea County the site for nuclear storage of spent rods. The proposed nuclear waste site would be 35 miles west of Hobbs and 35 miles east of Carlsbad. Moving forward, Eddy and Lea County hope … Continue reading #Nuclear_Storage May Be Coming to Hobbs
Oyster Creek: After 2019, what then? For people who had lived in the shadow of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey for decades, the news in 2009 that it was to close 10 years earlier than allowed under its license extension was warmly welcomed. Finally, the health and safety threats posed by the … Continue reading #Oyster_Creek: After 2019, what then?
Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) – a comprehensive report examining how the United States can modernize energy infrastructure to promote economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental responsibility. This installment contains many good … Continue reading Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report
Can smart grids weather the storm? ….Why is it important to be weather-ready now? With weather becoming increasingly volatile each year, being prepared for it is even more pertinent than before. In recent years, severe and unpredicted weather events such as thunderstorms, blizzards and hurricanes have accounted for 57 percent of power outages and have … Continue reading Can smart grids weather the storm?
What’s the value of nuclear energy to the United States? To achieve America’s energy, environmental and economic goals, there is no better generator of electricity and jobs than U.S. nuclear energy. As a reliable source of steady electricity, nuclear energy serves an important role in U.S. grid stability. Even as regional grids become more sophisticated … Continue reading What’s the value of nuclear energy to the United States?
How your next home might run off a battery ROCKVILLE, Md. — The future of home energy sits in Josh and Susan Fried’s basement near shelves of old tools and canned soup, an unadorned box the size of a wine cooler filled with a dozen silent batteries. Annoyed by blackouts, the retired dentist and his … Continue reading How your next home might run off a battery
What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently published two orders that approved capacity and reliability measures for the Independent System Operator New England Inc. (“ISO-NE”) and the New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”). In contrast to its approval of NYISO’s measures as … Continue reading What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions
DTE Energy to receive license for new nuclear unit DETROIT, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — DTE Energy today received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct and operate a new nuclear energy facility on the site of the existing Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Newport, Mich. The company has … Continue reading #DTE_Energy to receive license for new nuclear unit
Did Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power? t would be almost three hours until Tesla’s big announcement, but inside a Northwestern University classroom near Chicago Thursday night, the famed nuclear critic Arnie Gundersen had the inside scoop: Tesla Motors TSLA -1% CEO Elon Musk was about to announce an industrial-scale battery, Gundersen said, that would cost … Continue reading Did #Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power?
New head of regional power grid will face dramatic industry shift from coal to natural gas The person taking over the regional grid operator that includes Ohio has a lot on his plate. PJM Interconnection named Andy Ott on Wednesday as its new president, replacing Terry Boston, who ran PJM for eight years. The independent … Continue reading New head of regional power grid will face dramatic industry shift from coal to #natural_gas
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