Utility installs solar panels at power plants
EL PASO, TEXAS - El Paso Electric has installed solar panels at two of its power plants to generate a small amount of electricity each year.
The photovoltaic systems have been installed at the Newman power plant in Northeast El Paso and the Rio Grande power plant in Sunland Park, the company announced.
The solar panels will generate 260,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. That's the amount of electricity 448 El Paso homes with average electricity usage will consume in one month.
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A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It's the first in nearly seven years
ATLANTA - For the first time in almost seven years, a new nuclear reactor has started up in the United States.
On Monday, Georgia Power announced that the Vogtle nuclear reactor Unit 3 has started a nuclear reaction inside the reactor.
Technically, this is called “initial criticality.” It’s when the nuclear fission process starts splitting atoms and generating heat, Georgia Power said in a written announcement.
The heat generated in the nuclear reactor causes water to boil. The resulting steam spins a turbine that’s connected to a generator that creates electricity.
Vogtle’s Unit 3 reactor will be fully in service in May or June,…
