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DOE Launches $100M Retrofit Program Targeting Coal Fleet Reliability

Sonal Patel — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:52:15 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) providing up to $100 million in federal backing for projects focused on restoring and modernizing the nation’s existing coal plant fleet. The Oct. 31–issued NOFO, administered by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, […]

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Despite Dead DOE Rule, Grid Resiliency Persists as a Major Concern

Sonal Patel — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:48:52 +0000

The U.S. power industry lacks forward-looking ways to measure grid resiliency and traditional reliability metrics could become irrelevant as more intermittent generation inundates the bulk power system. But rather than continually looking backward to learn from ever-increasing emergencies or close-shaves, power system operators must work to cultivate a balanced portfolio that considers all aspects of […]

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Lessons in Backup Power Generation from South Australia

Darrell Proctor — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:29:48 +0000

Electricity demand spiked considerably in South Australia this past January as residents tried to stay cool in the middle of a record heat wave that brought temperatures up to 46.6°C (or about 115°F). To ensure a stable power supply would be available, the South Australian government fired up two power plants (276 MW) that the […]

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Leveraging Fuel Flexibility for Coal Power Plant Survival

Una Nowling, PE — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:00:00 +0000

While having lunch at a downtown café with my friend the biology professor, the subject of animal extinction arose. “When it comes down to it, we really don’t know exactly why most prehistoric species

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Fuel Flexibility Is the Gift That Keeps Giving

POWER — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

All power plants must continually strive to control operating expenses, but it is particularly important for coal-fired facilities to cut costs these days to stay competitive while meeting ever-more-stringent

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