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KC Firm Burns & McDonnell Lands Contract to Help Build Virginia Power Plant
Burns & McDonnell has work to retrofit existing coal-fired plants but not to build any from scratch. Its projects for new generating plants now involve natural gas or renewables. “I think natural gas is the play everyone is back into now,” Kowalik said. Continue reading
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The “Baseload” Myth
It’s become conventional wisdom that the grid can only incorporate a limited amount of renewable energy; ergo, we need coal and nuclear power plants for “baseload” electricity. Clean energy skeptics wave the word “baseload” around like a talisman. Continue reading
