Existing Fleet Expertise
Reducing Transition Risks
Emerging Resource Advances
Existing Fleet Expertise. With decades of experience across all non-nuclear power generation types, including gas, coal, solar, wind, hydropower, and geothermal, EPRI offers unparalleled expertise to optimize plant operations. Our research helps plants respond to increasing flexibility demands, resolve complex materials challenges, and minimize environmental impacts across the asset lifecycle. EPRI's Generation sector R&D supports advances in gas plant flexibility, materials science to enhance fitness for service, and affordable, effective O&M solutions, including self-maintenance strategies.
Bringing New Technology Online. New nuclear designs, including several approaches to small, modular reactors, offer the promise of faster construction and safer operation. Some designs are even being tailored for individual industrial sites. EPRI provides customized, expert guidance for each project stage, from identifying technology requirements to commissioning and operations. Additionally, EPRI is monitoring advances in fusion technology. New breakthroughs in materials science, manufacturing, computational power, and artificial intelligence are speeding fusion's shift from fundamental research to applied engineering.
Reducing Transition Risks. While the decarbonization end goal may dominate headlines, energy companies recognize the importance of preserving affordability and reliability at every step. Through the Generation Transitions project, EPRI convenes global energy leaders to address the practical realities of the energy supply transition, anticipate challenges, and maximize the contributions of both current and future resources.
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Emerging Resource Advances. Our bulk energy storage research is evaluating more than 100 promising new technologies. On the CCS front, we conduct essential R&D into the energy economy needed to support future plants from capture to CO2 transport to underground storage, collaborating with industry stakeholders to accelerate solutions. Through the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative, EPRI demonstrates hydrogen blending and innovative approaches to achieve net-zero goals.