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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: 🔗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. 🔗ow.ly/X5S95101yQO @ENERGY ; @DeptofWar
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New nuclear ventures announced in Indiana would leverage retired or retiring fossil generation sites. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗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. 🔗ow.ly/a8qK50ZYTxL @EntergyTX #EntergyTexas #OrangeCountyAdvancedPowerStation #TexasEnergy
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1898 & Co. is running a pilot with Cleco at one of the utility’s repowered plants in Louisiana. The pilot will be featured in a POWERGEN session this January in Salt Lake City. 🔗ow.ly/B8BO50ZYT7B @1898andCo @powergenintl #1898AndCo #Cleco #POWERGEN
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The turbine slot is the new critical path. POWERGEN 2027 examines what that means for plant execution ow.ly/Avvn106GNRC #Business #GasTurbines #News #POWERGENNews
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