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Uprates galore: DOE鈥檚 $5 billion loan for Constellation鈥檚 nuclear fleet ow.ly/vraw106HsQM #News #Nuclear #Constellation
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Courtesy of contributor Drew Robb, a technical meditation on changing norms in plant management and operation as pertains combined cycle plants. 馃敆ow.ly/8h345101WKu #DrewRobb #CombinedCycle #CombinedCyclePowerPlants #PowerPlantOperations #PlantManagement
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Xcel Energy eyes the largest battery portfolio in the Upper Midwest ow.ly/4BEj106HqQn #Batteries #EnergyStorage #News
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Mitsubishi Power is pouring $490 million into its Savannah Machinery Works facility in Georgia. Learn more: 馃敆ow.ly/WffN5101yRu @Power_MHI #MitsubishiPower #SavannahMachineryWorks #GeorgiaManufacturing #GasTurbines #PowerGeneration
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized a rule allowing reactor developers to use safety evaluations and testing previously completed under Department of Energy or Department of Defense authorization. 馃敆ow.ly/X5S95101yQO @ENERGY ; @DeptofWar
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New nuclear ventures announced in Indiana would leverage retired or retiring fossil generation sites. 馃敆ow.ly/vn8o5101aAn @atkinsrealis @HoosierEnergy #AtkinsRealis #HoosierEnergy #IndianaEnergy #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower
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One of our top articles of last week sees Entergy Texas putting the Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS) into service in Texas, adding 1,215 MW to the state's grid. 馃敆ow.ly/ZWQI5101avK @EntergyTX #EntergyTexas #DavidBorde #OCAPS #TexasEnergy
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The annual failure rate for lithium-ion BESS plunged 98% between 2018 and 2025, even as global deployment skyrocketed. 馃敆ow.ly/W2Eo5101asv @EPRINews #EPRI #EnergyStorage #BatteryEnergyStorage #BESS #LithiumIonBatteries
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Workforce is an increasingly common concern in power generation. We sat down with Siemens VP and head of nuclear sales Chris Ferraro to discuss emerging trends. 馃敆ow.ly/mLTM5100Q6e @Siemens #SiemensEnergy #ChrisFerraro #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower #LightWaterReactors
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Siemens Energy more than triples nuclear training as restarts and upgrades ramp up ow.ly/BEMJ106H9e2 #News #Nuclear #SiemensEnergy
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Owners are buying powertrain equipment first and absorbing integration risk after, with split contracts and direct agreements with long-lead equipment manufacturers becoming more common. 馃敆ow.ly/NWE850ZZWhF @FluorCorp @powergenintl #POWERGEN #POWERGEN2027 #Fluor
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Gas turbine scarcity is changing how thermal plants get built, a key theme at the POWERGEN conference in Salt Lake City in January 2027. 馃敆ow.ly/rkur50ZZyFZ @powergenintl @FluorCorp #POWERGEN #Fluor #JamesBrown #GasTurbines #GasTurbineShortage
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Our top story of last week sees Entergy Mississippi partnering with Kiewit subsidiary The Industrial Company to train up future power industry workers. 馃敆ow.ly/q34b50ZZavT @EntergyMS @kiewit #EntergyMississippi #Entergy #Kiewit #TheIndustrialCompany #TIC
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Entergy Texas has placed its Orange County Advanced Power Station into service, adding 1,215 MW to a state seeing growth in both population and industry. 馃敆ow.ly/a8qK50ZYTxL @EntergyTX #EntergyTexas #OrangeCountyAdvancedPowerStation #TexasEnergy
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1898 & Co. is running a pilot with Cleco at one of the utility鈥檚 repowered plants in Louisiana. The pilot will be featured in a POWERGEN session this January in Salt Lake City. 馃敆ow.ly/B8BO50ZYT7B @1898andCo @powergenintl #1898AndCo #Cleco #POWERGEN
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