Environmental – TRIPCLOUD

The Blackout Behind the Blackout: What Sarnia’s 2003 Outages Reveal About Restart Risk

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:45:47 +0000

Restoring customer supply is not the same event as restoring a process plant. Sarnia’s 2003 outages show why power-system resilience has to be carried through safe shutdown, utilities, environmental controls, and staged restart. The Grid Event Was Only the First Failure State At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the Northeast blackout began to pull […]

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Cleaner Gas, Smarter Design: A Practical Path to Lower-Emissions Power

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:48:23 +0000

Lower-emissions gas sourcing, efficient combined-cycle generation, and carbon capture-ready construction offer hyperscalers a way to meet data center power demands without compromising on emissions. As

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Manage Water Use in Power and Energy With Reliable Process Instrumentation

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:57:21 +0000

From green hydrogen and coal wastewater, to data center cooling and steam cycle chemistry, reliable measurement helps power producers moderate water use, protect critical equipment, and comply with

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Holtec Targets 2036 for 1.36-GW SMR-300 Project at Oyster Creek

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:57:18 +0000

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the License Termination Plan (LTP) for the Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, a regulatory milestone that clears the final phase of decommissioning and sets the stage for Holtec International to pursue construction of four SMR-300 small modular reactor units at the Lacey Township, New Jersey, […]

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Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:59:06 +0000

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that Purcellville, Virginia-based Fundamental Data satisfied the site-control requirements associated with its August 2025 air quality permit for the Ridgeline Facility—a gas turbine power plant that Fundamental Data is planning as the first phase of a project intended to include […]

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Don’t Ask States to Become Nuclear Waste Dumps. Make Them Partners in Solving the Problem

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:57:57 +0000

A new federal effort to develop nuclear “lifecycle” campuses has produced something Washington, D.C., has rarely seen: states competing for a role in managing America’s used nuclear fuel.

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Advanced Weather Forecasting: How Sub-Kilometer Models Are Reshaping Utility Risk and Wildfire Decisions

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:56:44 +0000

As fire-weather risk expands beyond California, utilities are turning to sub-kilometer, asset-level forecasts to support public safety power shutoff decisions they can defend in front of regulators. When the National Weather Service (NWS) issued routine convective outlooks on the morning of May 27, 2025, public guidance for the Houston metro called for widespread 30 to […]

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Wildfire Risk Is Rising. Electric Cooperatives Are Acting—Congress Must Too

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:56:39 +0000

Wildfires are no longer isolated disasters limited to the western United States—they are a growing threat to communities, infrastructure, and electric grid reliability nationwide. For the 42 million Americans served by electric cooperatives, the risk is especially acute. Co-ops power more than half the nation’s landmass, primarily in rural areas where wildfire danger is highest […]

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Design and Construction Planning of Solar Power Projects Under Extreme Weather Conditions

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:57:04 +0000

According to the State of the Global Climate 2024 report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the continued rise in global temperatures is driving a measurable increase in both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Among these, tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, as well as extreme precipitation events, have emerged as […]

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Thermal Flow Meter Offers Precise NH3 Injection for NOx Control in Coal-Fired Power Plants

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:56:50 +0000

Ideal for Pollution Control & Monitoring Systems’ Stack or Flue NOx Scrubbers San Marcos, CA—November 6, 2025—Process and pollution control engineers will find that the FCI ST100A Flow Meter helps them more accurately control the application of ammonia (NH3) for nitrous oxide (NOx) removal under harsh operating conditions in large flue stacks at cleaner coal […]

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