Drew Smithee, PE
@DrewSmithee
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Recovering performance engineer / IRP analyst / wind turbine climber / pipeline planner. Sometimes fish and losing sports teams.
United States
Joined January 2015
INDONESIA SCRAPS PLAN TO CLOSE COAL POWER PLANT EARLY 🇮🇩 ❤️ 🪨 ⚠️ Cirebon-1 closure plan was to be a blueprint for the wider region to reduce dependence on coal 💰 The utility had previously pointed to the huge cost of replacing coal with renewables https://t.co/P7D125dfUh
bloomberg.com
A coal-fired power plant in Indonesia scheduled to close down early and act as a flagship for efforts to shift Asia’s economies away from the fossil fuel has scrapped proposals to shutter ahead of...
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Bricks George Westinghouse and his Bricks engineering buddy have done it! They completed our new advanced modular AP1000® PWR building blocks set. Constructing a real AP1000® reactor is getting easier and faster! The sixth AP1000 reactor went into operation in the U.S. state
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If this is an AP1000 Lego set announcement, I know what EVERYONE is getting for the holidays this year SIGN ME UP
Hello fellow nuclear enthusiasts, George Westinghouse here! I have something fun to show you to kick off the holiday season. It should spark quite a reaction, dare I say, nuclear reaction, from you! I’ll reveal it Friday. Let’s just say I’m building up the excitement till then.
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Shout out to all the climate deniers in my mentions insisting California's electric rates have been increasing for 20 years because of a coal plant closure that occurred last week!
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Hope y’all had a great Hump Day and are ready to “Burst” into Thursday 😉😎🚂📸!!! Good night y’all, peaceful and restful dreams 🥱😴😉
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Radiation made visible☢️ 🎥 What you’re seeing here is a cloud chamber showing radiation from a piece of uranium ore!! Inside is chilled alcohol vapor. When a particle leaves the uranium, either an alpha, a beta or a secondary electron from a gamma ray, it ionizes the air just
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Thursday Vibes.
“Tomorrow I’ll get up and workout at 6:00 am!” Me at 9:00 am:
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Updated data: US EVs have basically flatlined around ~10% of new car sales since 2023. That's well below Norway/China/EU/California and on the low side of recent model projections, most of which assumed IRA tax credits that have now expired.
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An Early Morning Snow at Waffle House outside of Cleveland, Ohio
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BREAKING: US NATURAL GAS FUTURES REACH $5 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2022
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Gas turbine shortage over?
China is building their own large F-class gas turbines now...
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Alabama Power hasn't had a rate case in 40 years. They're unilaterally deciding to freeze rates. Alabama Power says it will freeze electricity rates through 2027: ‘We know budgets are tight’
al.com
CFO Moses Feagin said the decision came after conversations with the PSC and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office.
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Definitely a toy. Real grown ups buy 7HAs.
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GasBuddy tracking multiple stations across Ohio that raised gas prices by over $1 per gallon in the blink of an eye yesterday. One station in Lewis Center, OH went from $1.94/gal to $2.99/gal.
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Europe's green-energy transition came with three promises. One came true. The others backfired spectacularly.
wsj.com
The aggressive push to cut fossil fuels brought an unwelcome twist: dramatically higher electricity costs that are hobbling industry.
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4:30AM: The https://t.co/y2mdfitzGi traffic map shows a slow go across the state. We have 1,037 crews working all across the state. They've been out all night and will continue to work to keep roads passable, not perfect, while the snow is falling. #ODOTwinter
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I'd say this was a joke but it's not a laughing matter. The only way they could pull this off is by sweeping difficult safety issues under the rug or putting them off until the operating license phase. This is a dangerous reactor.
#NRCNews: We've completed our final safety evaluation for the application submitted by TerraPower to build Kemmerer Power Station. https://t.co/c8zH47ghMc
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After nearly 50 years, NREL is no more. Introducing: the National Lab of the Rockies.
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