In the midst of one of the largest generation build-outs in America's history, natural gas prices are plummeting at a pace that has taken even the experts off guard.
If any electric utility is playing the "diversity card" at this point in time, it seems to be Duke Energy.
Almost one year after the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the first post-Fukushima orders to U.S. operators.
With nearly 47,000 MW of wind power capacity in the U.S. and more than 8,000 MW expected to go online in 2012, wind power's rapid growth poses a tremendous challenge for utilities and grid managers charged with managing a growing source of intermittent electricity.
Reliability has for many years been the main driver for retrofitting an aging U.S. coal fleet.
Technologies and machines have come to the forefront in the battle against varnish, the byproduct of degraded lubrication.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.
After hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal, Mark Twain famously retorted, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
The Tennessee Valley Authority on April 5 provided an update on the progress of construction at the Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant near Spring City, Tenn.
The foundation of the Clean Air Act is the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
Natural gas in the U.S. is as cheap and supplies are as abundant as at any time in recent history.
The variable nature of renewable energy resources, such as wind power, poses challenges for an electric grid that has traditionally been powered by generating resources that are relatively stable and controllable.
I never thought I'd be in a position to link zombies to nuclear power, but I think the analogy is appropriate with respect to the current state of used fuel and high-level waste disposal in the United States.
Heat exchangers used in the new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research station have survived 'years of freezing conditions' in the world's harshest climate to provide much needed heat for the new Halley VI research station.
Kistler, a supplier of precision sensors, systems and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the USB-based Type 2825A DynoWare universal data acquisition and analysis software, designed for direct compatibility with Kistler stationary and rotary measuring systems, including single- and multi-component dynamometers and other force sensors.
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