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nal costs are estimated at $80 million
for each of its 58 units. And in Brazil,
Eletronuclear reportedly looked to
spend $200 million on stress tests and
modification work at Angra.
It was worth it, said the IAEA. " In a
few cases, public (as stakeholder or in
form of societal opinion) has played role
in driving the extent of actions by the operating
organizations to establish public
comfort and confidence. It should also
be noted that, following the accident
and its continued consequences, there
has been a keen interest in (and scrutiny
of) utilities' initiatives as a bottomup
approach by various stakeholders,
particularly the public, " the agency said.
But implementing these solutions also
prompted innovation-such as for the
development of accident-tolerant fuels,
in-vessel retention, and passive cooling.
Distributed
Generation Part of
Puerto Rico Rebuild
Upgrades to the power grid are needed
worldwide, and energy companies are
working on the best solutions for providing
reliable and resilient power in a
cost-efficient and timely fashion. Areas
hit hard by natural disasters in recent
years are seeing much of the activity;
lots of work is occurring in Puerto Rico,
where the power grid has been devastated
by hurricanes, most notably Maria
in 2017. Since that storm, the island is
now home to several projects designed
to increase the stability of the electricity
supply, and commercial and industrial
(C&I) enterprises have been installing
their own distributed generation systems
to become more energy self-reliant
and sustainable.
Viking Cold Solutions, based in HousIt
also promoted progression and
modernization, including the use of new
digital capabilities to assess and ensure
overall safety and performance.
Okamoto, who has frequently visited
the Fukushima site and often looks
out into the " quiet and beautiful Pacific
Ocean " there, senses reconstruction
is on the horizon. " Ten years have
passed since the Fukushima nuclear
accident, but let's reflect on the accident
and use the lessons learned
to promote the development of new
nuclear power and the reconstruction
of Fukushima, " he said.
-Sonal Patel is POWER's senior
associate editor.
ton, Texas, recently completed work on
the first phase of a cold storage facility
project at a former PepsiCo bottling and
distribution plant in Puerto Rico, using
the company's thermal energy storage
(TES) technology. The project's second
phase will include a build-out of the facility
and could eventually feature onsite
solar power. The thermal storage project
began when Isla Frio Refrigeration Corp.,
a cold storage firm, acquired the former
PepsiCo facility, and decided to renovate
the 147,000-square-foot building into a
state-of-the-art frozen and refrigerated
food warehouse. The goal of the $10
million project is to supply hurricaneresistant
cold and dry storage space for
3. The Enernet combined heat and power
(CHP) project in Puerto Rico is being developed
for a pharmaceutical company. Enernet
is working with Logic Energy, AM Electric,
and engine provider 2G Energy to deploy the
3.4-MW CHP system, which will provide both
electricity and steam to Neolpharma. Courtesy:
Enernet Global
the island, with the use of Viking's TES
technology to control the building's temperature
in the event of a power outage.
Enernet Global Inc., a global distributed
energy service company with
U.S. headquarters in New York City,
provides another example. It is building
a combined heat and power (CHP) project
for Neolpharma Inc. PR, a pharmaceutical
company, in Puerto Rico. The
Enernet project (Figure 3), like many
new CHP installations globally, is designed
to provide affordable electricity
and a robust power supply, while reducing
emissions of greenhouse gases
as companies move toward more sustainable
business practices.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Au " The
SPGs have allowed us to maintain
more consistent superheat temperatures
as inlet gas temperatures from our waste
heat gas vary. "
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