The Electric Power Research Institute has demonstrated the thermal energy storage performance of column-like, horizontally stacked concrete members, dubbed BolderBlocs by their Arvado, Colo.-based developer Storworks Energy, at the Alabama Power Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant. Investigators devised a 10-megawatt hour electric energy storage solution, charged with Gaston Unit 5 supercritical steam output. Under their test assembly design, high-pressure…
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EPA quantifies $600B+ in clean water infrastructure needs through 2045
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CP staff A new Environmental Protection Agency report to federal lawmakers projects future capital outlays to maintain or modernize publicly owned wastewater treatment works, stormwater infrastructure, nonpoint source control, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems like septic tanks. Such investments are deemed essential to supporting the Clean Water Act’s goal of fishable, swimmable waters from coast…
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