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Front cover: With the launch of OPG’s


Darlington project and selection by TVA for its Clinch River site, GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX- 300 is emerging as a leading SMR technology. See pp 10-12. Images: GE Vernova Hitachi


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Nuclear power OPG poised for SMR construction at Darlington Small modular reactors are showing signs of actually progressing to construction projects, with the BWRX-300 currently having a strong claim to be frontrunner technology


Regulars


04 World news 09 Market forces 39 Power plant products 42 Contacts


Small reactors with a big range of use cases


As well as power generation, small modular reactors also lend themselves to CHP applications


17 Grid stability


Green idling: a zero-carbon way of stabilising the grid The concept of green idling envisages running a green-hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine at full speed, to contribute to grid stability, but without power generation, ie, in ‘idle’ mode


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Power-to-X


Energy Hub Holstebro launched in Denmark 22


Energy storage


Search for energy storage alternatives heats up As reflected in patents, while lithium-ion is dominant, there has been much recent interest in thermal, and other alternative energy storage concepts


Iron and salt: a winning combination? The future is grid forming, says Huawei EASE guidelines on safety


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Intensium® Flex aims for best-in-class safety


Second mtu EnergyPack for Zeewolde


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Transmission & distribution


Turning data into decisions: AI’s role in next-gen utility asset management


The utility sector faces a critical question: is it maximising AI’s potential or merely discussing it?


Hitachi Energy puts natural-ester-filled 765 kV transformer to the test


insulated switchgear World’s first SF6 28


Carbon capture and storage


Transporting carbon: steering a course to a sustainable future The global shipping industry remains at the forefront of transporting CO2


; however, it is far from plain sailing


Cancelled: $3.7 billion of US DOE awards SLB Capturi project updates


Construction starts on Norne, Denmark’s other CO2


hub


HyNet low carbon cluster moves to the construction phase


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District heating Its key role in supporting the grid as a


flexible power consumer, and the urgent need for decarbonisation


Wind power


How floating wind could benefit from deep thinking The JAVELIN anchor is a novel mooring concept that aims to address some of the challenges of deploying floating offshore wind at scale


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