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The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing DER Interconnection—and What Utilities Can Do About It

Tue, 26 May 2026 12:56:11 +0000

Utilities are under increasing pressure to move distributed energy resources (DER) through interconnection queues more quickly. In many regions, review timelines have stretched from months into years as requests for solar, storage, and electric vehicle infrastructure continue to rise.

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How Solar PV Yield Risk Shapes Project Design, Investment, and Bankability

Mon, 25 May 2026 12:55:44 +0000

Expected annual energy yield (PVout) is a fundamental number for every utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) project. It informs the design, shapes the budget, feeds the financial model, and influences what investors and lenders are willing to accept. Behind every expected yield estimate, however, is a range of uncertainty. Part of it comes from the solar resource […]

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Cuba’s Varadero Airport Aims for Solar Self-Sufficiency with New Photovoltaic Park

Sun, 24 May 2026 12:56:41 +0000

Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer International Airport, the main gateway to the Varadero resort area, will become the first in Cuba to manage its entire electricity demand using solar energy, with the construction of a photovoltaic solar park that is already in the preparation stage. The information was confirmed by Osmany Sánchez, Secretary General of the […]

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Enel Acquiring Seven PV Solar Farms Across Three States

Sat, 23 May 2026 12:56:55 +0000

Enel Group announced it has agreed to acquire seven solar photovoltaic facilities across three states as the company expands its U.S. portfolio. Enel, acting through wholly owned subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, on May 18 said it has an agreement to invest $140 million for the purchase of the plants, which the company said […]

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From Backup to Prime Power: How AI Data Centers Are Bypassing the Grid

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:56:30 +0000

Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a power cut, grid event, or natural disaster. But the critical nature of modern artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is such that there is no tolerance of downtime. Further measures must be in place to ensure energy […]

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MD&A Positions Itself as Alternative Source for 7FA and 7EA Gas Turbine Rotor Life Extensions

Thu, 21 May 2026 12:56:29 +0000

With hundreds of 7FA and 7EA gas turbines approaching end-of-life thresholds and industry-wide constraints on forgings and shop capacity, MD&A has invested a decade in reverse engineering, supply chain development, and production of rotor components to offer utilities an independent path forward. The gas turbine bubble of 2000 to 2004 saw between 600 and 700 […]

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Enel Acquiring Seven PV Solar Farms Across Three States

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:39:56 +0000

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How Trump’s EO 14300 Is Reshaping NRC Nuclear Licensing and Regulation

Wed, 20 May 2026 12:56:05 +0000

A year after President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14300 directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to cut red tape and speed nuclear deployment, the agency is claiming a string of historic firsts, a backlog of rules in motion at unprecedented scale, and an internal reorganization due to take effect next month. In a news […]

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How Trump’s EO 14300 Is Reshaping NRC Nuclear Licensing and Regulation

Wed, 20 May 2026 12:22:37 +0000

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From Pilot to Launch: DOE Names First Four Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Developers

Tue, 19 May 2026 12:56:39 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) have announced the first four developers selected for the freshly launched Nuclear Energy Launch Pad—a restructured deployment-support initiative that succeeds the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program and broadens federal assistance to cover the full nuclear […]

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