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The Vital Link: How HVDC Is Modernizing the Grid - POWER …
WEBJun 1, 2022 · HVDC’s suitability to the rapidly changing grid, meanwhile, is pegged to its many advantages over classical AC solutions, such as active power control, higher transfer capacities, no reactive ...
History of Power: The Evolution of the Electric Generation Industry
WEBOct 1, 2022 · Invention of the first rudimentary dynamo is credited to Frenchman Hippolyte Pixii in 1832. Antonio Pacinotti improved it to provide continuous direct-current (DC) power by 1860.
America's Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Makes a Landmark Revival
WEBNov 1, 2023 · In 2021, it set an all-time record of 95% capacity factor and all-time records for both gross generation and net generation in megawatt-hours. In 2022, Grand Gulf achieved the highest status in ...
Understanding PAG- and PAO-Based Lubricants - POWER Magazine
WEBJan 12, 2021 · PAG-based lubricants have excellent viscosity indices significantly better than PAO-based lubricants of the same viscosity grade. Both basestock types have low volatility and high fire points ...
Fuel Cells vs. Batteries: What's the Difference? - POWER Magazine
WEBDec 22, 2022 · However, batteries and fuel cells are not immune. Energy loss can occur during storage, charging, and discharging. Batteries suffer significantly lower energy losses than fuel cells. Batteries can ...
Types of Power Purchase Agreements and Why Each PPA Might …
WEBSep 1, 2021 · Virtual PPA. Virtual PPAs (VPPAs) are frequently used when physical delivery is precluded by utility monopoly structures. VPPAs require a liquid electricity market, such as an ISO or RTO, in which ...
What Is DERMS and How Can It Help Utilities? - POWER Magazine
WEBJul 8, 2020 · P3 Electrified Summit. POWER is joining with the P3 infrastructure group at Access Intelligence to present the P3 Electrified Summit.The event brings together electric utilities, energy companies ...
Microturbine Technology Matures - POWER Magazine
WEBNov 1, 2010 · Microturbine technology has evolved from early systems of 30 kW to 70 kW to today’s systems, which can have individual ratings of 200 kW to 250 kW. Packages up to 1 MW are now available that can ...
X-Energy, Dow Unveil Texas Site for ARDP Nuclear Demonstration
WEBMay 11, 2023 · X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor is an 80-MWe/200-MWth pebble-bed high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR), and a standard Xe-100 power is scaled as a four-pack for 320 MWe. “ X-energy will deliver our ...