New Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand Features Doosan Škoda Power Technology

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:10:14 +0000

Doosan Škoda Power has successfully completed the Rayong project in Thailand (Figure 1). The company delivered a 20-MW steam turbine, including a generator, condenser, and other accessories, to the newly […]

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Replacing Duct Burners in Combined Cycle Power Plants

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:57:28 +0000

Many combined cycle power plants (CCPP) and cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) plants utilize supplemental firing systems, or duct burners, inside the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) boilers

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Simple Cycle, Combined Cycle, or a Hybrid Approach?

Credit to Author: Drew Robb| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:16:36 +0000

Simple cycle gas turbines provide efficiency levels of around 35% to 40%. Combined cycle units boost efficiency to 60% and beyond. But another option is emerging that combines the attributes […]

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Experience Shows Wet Compression Is Safe to Use on Gas Turbines

Credit to Author: Drew Robb| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:56:25 +0000

Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the compressor. Some claimed that this led to blade erosion, pitting, […]

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Shifting from Coal to Gas: One Co-op’s Award-Winning Journey

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:03:23 +0000

In 2018, Cooperative Energy, a generation and transmission co-op headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had an issue to deal with. Several years earlier, it had joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator […]

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Burns & McDonnell collaborated with Cooperative Energy to repower the R.D. Morrow, Sr. Generating Station with Siemens 9000HL turbine technology, boosting capacity to 572 MW and completing the project under budget with zero safety incidents.

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New Gas-Fired Power Plants Proposed in Southeast Texas

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:32:27 +0000

Entergy Texas filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) for approval to build two natural gas power plants—one in Jefferson County and the other in Liberty […]

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Mitsubishi Power Supports New Gas-Fired Unit in Hong Kong

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:35:34 +0000

Mitsubishi Power, a division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), announced the company has received an order for gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power generation system equipment for Lamma Power Station’s […]

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GE Vernova Seals Deal for 1.7-GW Combined Cycle Plant in China

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:22:11 +0000

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GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Harbin Electric announced that Chinese State Development & Investment Corp. Ltd. (SDIC) Jineng (Zhoushan) Gas Power Generation Co. Ltd. has ordered two GE 9HA.02 […]

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EIA Reports Second Straight Year of Growth for New U.S. Gas-Fired Power Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:35:24 +0000

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects 16 new natural gas-fired power plants will begin commercial operation this year, a second straight year of growth in gas-fired generation […]

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POWER’s 2023 Plant of the Year: Estrella del Mar III

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:43:51 +0000

For more than four decades, POWER magazine has honored the top performers in the electricity-generating industry with annual power plant awards. Award winners are selected by the editors of POWER […]

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