There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years, and doing so could help solve the thorny and politically fraught problem of managing spent nuclear waste.

That’s according to Jess C. Gehin, an associate laboratory director at Idaho National Laboratory, one of the government’s premier energy research labs.

The technology necessary to turn nuclear waste into energy is known as a nuclear fast reactor, and has existed for decades. It was proven out by a United States government research lab pilot plant that operated from...Read more.
Following an early morning vote in Albany on Friday, lawmakers in New York passed a bill to ban certain bitcoin mining operations that run on carbon-based power sources. The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who could sign it into law or veto it.

If Hochul signs the bill, it would make New York the first state in the country to ban blockchain technology infrastructure, according to Perianne Boring, founder and president of the...Read More>>>
Douglas Pipeline can provide all of the services, expertise, and experience necessary to develop and construct natural gas and RNG pipeline systems.

We provide a one-stop shop for natural gas pipeline project development. Here is an overview of the services we provide...
Objective research and scientific data show natural gas is developed safely and responsibly, despite repeated claims made by those advancing outright or de facto bans on the production, transportation and use of Pennsylvania-produced natural gas. 

Among the strictest in the nation, Pennsylvania’s regulatory oversight of the unconventional shale industry has been cited as a...Read more.
A statement regarding TSA pipeline security guidelines was issued to all pipeline operators recently.

This is a matrix of basic site security measures that all pipeline owners should consider regardless of their level of risk for a breach of any kind.
Industry News
As coal plants are retired, power companies must decide what to do with sites. Some old plants have been added to the National Register of Historic Places and repurposed as commercial or office space, while other stations have utilized existing infrastructure for new solar or gas-fired plants. In the end, almost every situation has its own unique possibilities.

As coal-fired power plants shut down across the U.S., a decades-long trend that shows...Read More>>>
The speed of today’s power sector transition requires regulatory innovation that matches its pace, regulators, as well as utility and technology advocates, agreed in a new Department of Energy paper. 

New power system technologies and operations can no longer await regulatory approval in litigated multi-year rate cases, said co-authors of the report, The Role of Innovation in the Electric Utility Sector, published in April by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Such delays increase...Read More>>>
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