Explosion at Coal Power Plant in South Africa Injures Nine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:56:44 +0000

A transformer explosion at Eskom’s coal-fired 3.6-GW Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Dec. 12 injured nine employees, including one critically. The incident, caused by a ruptured high-pressure […]

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Eskom’s 3.6-GW coal-fired Matla Power Station’s six 600-MW units in Mpumalanga near Kriel, South Africa, were built between 1979 and 1983. The plant features a concrete boiler house structure, an innovative choice driven by a global steel shortage during construction. Coal is primarily supplied via conveyor from the nearby Exxaro colliery, with supplemental trucked coal. The station has undergone partial upgrades but missed a critical mid-life rehabilitation. Today, Matla remains vital to South Africa's power grid despite operational and maintenance challenges. Courtesy: Eskom

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Report Says $6.5 Billion in Unburned Coal Sitting at U.S. Power Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:04:19 +0000

A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says U.S. coal-fired power plants have as much as $6.5 billion of unused coal inventory, based on […]

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The POWER Interview: Energy Storage Also Eyed for Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:42:13 +0000

Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities […]

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Siemens Energy Joins Forces for Bold 100% Hydrogen HL Gas Turbine Leap

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:42:15 +0000

Siemens Energy is teaming with UK power giant SSE to develop a combustion system that will allow its flagship SGT5-9000HL gas turbine to run 100% on hydrogen while maintaining the […]

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Siemens Energy’s SGT5-9000HL gas turbine represents the cutting edge of heavy-duty turbine technology, combining advanced air-cooled design with a can-annular combustion system capable of high efficiency and operational flexibility. With 25 premix burners to optimize fuel and oxygen mixing, the turbine is already hydrogen-ready, supporting blends up to 50% hydrogen by volume. As part of Siemens’ roadmap, the SGT5-9000HL is positioned to achieve 100% hydrogen combustion by 2030. Courtesy: Siemens Energy

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AtkinsRéalis Will Be Owner’s Engineer for Energy Northwest’s SMR

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:52 +0000

AtkinsRéalis Group, a Canada-based global engineering services and nuclear company, on Dec. 12 said it has been chosen as the owner’s engineer for Energy Northwest’s small modular reactor (SMR) project […]

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How Nuclear Power Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Steam Needs

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:26 +0000

Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, the food and beverage industry uses steam for sterilization of food processing equipment; cooking, […]

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:20:12 +0000

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […]

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Google Invests in Partnership to Develop Energy Assets at Data Center Parks

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:52:09 +0000

Technology companies are looking at various ways to source electricity for energy-intensive data centers. Google on Dec. 10 unveiled a plan to join with several partners in supporting power generation, […]

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Six Companies Tapped for $2.7 Billion LEU Push to Boost Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:27:02 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named six companies that will compete for 10-year contracts totaling $2.7 billion for the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to support the nation’s […]

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Hydrogen For District Heating Part of German Research Project

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:08:58 +0000

Electrolyzer equipment provider IMI said the company has supplied a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser to a pioneering research project examining the viability of using the by-product of hydrogen power […]

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