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Iran Brings More Natural Gas-Fired Units Online

February 12, 2023 admin combined cycle, f-class, Gas, International, Iran, mahtab kavir, natural gas, power, turbines

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 18:34:11 +0000

Two more units at a natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Iran are producing electricity for the country’s national grid. The Mahtab Kavir plant in Zarand County in Kerman Province now has total power generation capacity of 484 MW after the two new 162-MW units were synchronized with the grid on Feb. 9. The […]

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Fun in the Sun: Cane Island Is a Central Florida Treasure

October 4, 2022 admin cane island, combined cycle, combustion turbine, Florida, fmpa, full coverage, Gas, kua, natural gas, news, O&M, Plant Design, power, power plant, top plant

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:18:00 +0000

You must be a power guy or gal to consider a generating station an attraction. If you are, you won’t find a better place to visit than the Cane Island Power Park. The facility is in a picturesque location

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A Japanese Project Demonstrates a Carbon Neutrality Pathway for Coal Power

August 1, 2022 admin Business, Carbon Capture, chugoku, Coal, combined cycle, fuel cell, fuel cells, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, hydrogen, igcc, International, Japan, jera, news, osakigoolgen, syngas, Technology, top plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:20:00 +0000

Osaki CoolGen Corp.’s complex three-phase demonstration project in Hiroshima Prefecture seeks to achieve highly efficient coal-fired power generation with near-zero emissions by integrating carbon

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Combined Cycle Plants: Know Your Limitations and Keep Your Plant Both Online and Operating Efficiently

August 1, 2022 admin combined cycle, condenser, cycling, efficiency, Engineers, Fiction, gas turbine, heat rate, inspection, marmaduke, marnie, maya, Performance, pump, pumps, una nowling

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:14:41 +0000

Steadily increasing demands leading to excessive cycling and starts/stops can cause heat rate loss, poor unit performance, and increased plant outages. See as Marnie and Maya demonstrate that even relatively

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Southern Company: A History of a Prolific Power Technology Pioneer

July 31, 2022 admin alabama power, Business, carbon emissions, Coal, combined cycle, decarbonization, Energy, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, Georgia Power, History, Hydro, mississippi power, natural gas, net-zero, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Southern Company, southern power, Technology, tom fanning, Vogtle, Water, Wind, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:18:32 +0000

Atlanta-based energy giant Southern Co. has rapidly evolved to keep in step with the evolution of power. As part of its corporate growth, the company has notably pioneered technologies that have reshaped

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Tri-State Moves to Retire Rifle Combined Cycle Power Plant

April 7, 2022 admin Business, COLORADO, combined cycle, Gas, news, retirement, tri-state, tri-state generation and transmission

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:10:29 +0000

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale power supply cooperative with 45 members in four states—Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming—announced its intentions to retire the Rifle Station, an 85-MW combined cycle facility in Rifle, Colorado. The announcement was made on April 5 in conjunction with a filing with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). […]

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GTI Advancing Next-Generation Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

March 31, 2022 admin Business, Carbon Capture, combined cycle, DOE, Gas, gti, hydrogen, natural gas, news

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:26:26 +0000

Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow research organization GTI and its partners to proceed to the next phase of a project exploring how stored hydrogen can be used for load-following to improve the capacity factor of a natural gas combined cycle power plant. The project is exploring a system that could […]

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AES Commits to Build 2.2-GW CCGT Plant in Vietnam

November 11, 2019 admin aes, Business, ccgt, Coal, combined cycle, Gas, International, natural gas, news, son my 2, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:16:26 +0000

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AES Corp. on Nov. 8 signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnamese government to build a $1.7 billion gas-fired power plant in Vietnam. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi made the announcement along with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, who was attending a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the American […]

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Competitive Advantages: Power Plant Wins with Low Fuel Costs, High Efficiency

October 1, 2019 admin Business, combined cycle, Gas, gas turbine, International, kokosing industrial, lordstown, lordstown energy center, marcellus, Markets, natural gas, news, Ohio, Plant Design, shale gas, siemens, Technology, top plant, utica

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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The cost of fuel is one of the most important factors affecting power plant profitability, but flexibility and efficiency are also vitally important to success. One impressive new plant in Ohio—the Lordstown

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Financing Secured for GE’s UAE Combined Cycle Project

June 5, 2019 admin Business, combined cycle, Gas, ge, Gulf Cooperation Council, International, news, sewa, siemens, sumitomo, Technology, UAE

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:35:11 +0000

The first independent combined cycle power project in the emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is taking shape after $1 billion in financing was recently secured from GE Energy Financial Services (EFS) and its partners. The plant, featuring three combined cycle blocks, is expected to have 1.8 GW of generation capacity. The […]

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