Generation/Fuels

Here you will find videos on microgrid generation and different types of fuel and generators for distributed energy
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The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) transits the Thames River during a change-of-command ceremony near Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. (Source: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)

New Microgrid Provides Resilience to U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Connecticut

Nov. 6, 2024
The new microgrid, which includes a 7.4-MW natural gas-fired fuel cell park and a 10.75-MW combined heat and power system, can fully power Naval Submarine Base New London in the...

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Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

Sept. 13, 2024
Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...
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Historic Indiana City Turns On New Water and Sewer Utility Microgrid

Nov. 1, 2024
The hybrid microgrid will leverage floating solar panels, a battery energy storage system and biogas and natural gas connections to provide roughly 40% of the power needed to ...
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SMR News: GE Hitachi Nuclear adds Worley Chemetics to BWRX-300 Supplier Group

Oct. 31, 2024
GE Vernova’s plan for the BWRX-300 SMR involves extensive manufacturing work in Canada, with power utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi, engineering firm AtkinsR...
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Data Center Energy Frontier: Big Tech Making Big Bets on Small Nuclear

Oct. 17, 2024
Tech giants Amazon and Google this week announced huge bets on the future of small reactor nuclear projects. Those moves followed Microsoft’s recent agreement with Constellation...
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Campus Microgrid With Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Could Yield 63.5% Reduction in Carbon: Study

Sept. 30, 2024
Report by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and software firm Xendee indicates that SMR nuclear could be cost-competitive to grid power ... if a high carbon tax was ...
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Next-Gen Nuclear Milestone: NRC Approves Construction Permit for Natura Test Reactor

Sept. 17, 2024
Developer Natura Resources would deploy its MSR-1 system at Abilene Christian University and operate the 1-MW in tandem with the school’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing ...
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Sign of the Times: Oracle Designing Future GW-Scale Data Center Powered by SMR Nuclear

Sept. 11, 2024
Earlier this week, company founder and Chairman Larry Ellison told investors and media that it planned to build a gigawatt-scale data center that will be powered by three nearby...
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The Data Center Nuclear Energy Frontier: What Makes It Happen?

Sept. 6, 2024
How does the future electricity generation portfolio of the 2030s serve hundreds of new data centers totaling dozens of gigawatts without sacrificing carbon reduction goals and...