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ganization CNL established in 2019 to accelerate the deployment
of SMRs in Canada. The FCM project scope includes the development
of a multi-year testing program to support the validation
of USNC's fuel and core as they progress through the Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission's Vendor Design Review process,
CNL said. Global First Power, a partnership between USNC and
Ontario Power Generation, has proposed building and operating
a micro reactor at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s Chalk
River Laboratories campus in Ontario.
PSEG Acquires 25% Interest of Massive New Jersey
Wind Farm. Danish renewable energy company Ørsted on
April 12 completed a divestment to New Jersey utility Public
Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) of its 25% equity interest
in Ocean Wind, a 1.1-GW offshore wind farm located about 15
miles off the coast of southern New Jersey. Ørsted, which the
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) selected in
June 2019 to build the offshore wind farm-one of the largest
in the U.S.-said PSEG's contribution would provide both a
conventional and tax equity investment in the project. PSEG's
investment in Ocean Wind received approval from the NJBPU
on March 31, days after the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to advance
the project. BOEM's NOI now triggers a 22-month review
to prepare an environmental impact statement for the
Ocean Wind's Construction and Operations Plan. Ørsted and
PSEG estimate the project could provide first power in late
2024, subject to federal permitting timelines, other development
and construction activities, and final investment decisions
by Ørsted and PSEG.
Siemens Energy Launches Edge-Enabled Transformers
and Switchgear. Siemens Energy on April 14 launched a
new line of transformers and switchgear that are enabled with
edge-computing capabilities. The new portfolio, Edgeformer,
responds to new challenges that grid operators face as more
markets shift toward decarbonization. " The digitalization of
power transmission assets in the substation, the heart of any
electrical power distribution system, plays an important role
to manage the increased feed-ins of renewable energy and
the exponential increase of complexity, " the company said.
The company's first two products in the line, Edgegear and
Edgeformer, will give transmission system operators access to
value-added applications, " enabling them to respond faster to
changes in the system and increase asset transparency, productivity,
and reliability, " it said.
Tianwan 6, China's 51st Reactor, Is Grid-Connected. Tianwan
6, the second Chinese ACPR1000 reactor at the Tianwan
nuclear power plant (NPP) Phase III in Jiangsu province, 250 kilometers
north of Shanghai, was connected to the grid on May
12. The plant, owned and operated by Jiangsu Nuclear Power
Corp.-a joint venture between China National Nuclear Corp.
(50%), China Power Investment Corp. (30%), and Jiangsu
Guoxin Group (20%)-will now complete various transient and
load tests. According to the China Nuclear Energy Association,
Tianwan 6 is scheduled to enter commercial operation by
the end of the year. Tianwan 5 began operating in September
2020. The Tianwan facility also includes four VVER-1000 units.
Units 1 and 2 were put into operation in 2007, and Units 3 and 4
began commercial operation in 2018. Development of two more
Russian-design reactors-Tianwan 7 and 8-is now underway
at the site. Those units will likely be VVER-1200 reactors.
GE, Hitachi ABB Will Jointly Promote Non-Sulfur Hexafluoride
Insulating and Switching Gas Alternative in HighVoltage
Equipment. GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions
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and Hitachi ABB Power Grids, two power technology giants,
on April 21 signed a notable agreement to accelerate use of
fluoronitrile-based eco-efficient insulation and switching gas in
high-voltage equipment as an alternative gas to sulfur hexafluoride
(SF6
). According to Heiner Markhoff, CEO of GE's Grid Solutions,
GE pioneered fluoronitrile-based gas (which it named g3)
and began offering it commercially in 2015. Markus Heimbach,
managing director of the High-Voltage Products business at Hitachi
ABB Power Grids, noted that his company installed the first
SF6
-free gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) in 2015. Under the nonexclusive,
cross-licensing agreement signed in April, the companies
will share complementary intellectual property related to
their respective SF6
-free solutions. However, they will keep the
product development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and service
activities of their gas solutions fully independent.
IRENA and State Grid Corp. of China Pair to Advance Grid
Development in Central America, Africa. The International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the State Grid Corp.
of China (SGCC) on April 12 signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) to collaborate on grid enhancements, system
flexibility, and sector coupling in China and IRENA's Clean Energy
Corridor regions in Africa and Central America. According to
the MoU, IRENA and SGCC will explore technical cooperation
at a country and regional level to strengthen technical capacities
related to reliable integration of renewable power in energy
systems in developing countries, including through joint
training and capacity building. They will also work to facilitate
grid development and interconnections with the aim to accommodate
greater shares of renewable energy sources. ■
-Sonal Patel is senior associate editor for POWER.
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