Successful Test of Hydrogen in Gas Turbine Driving a Natural Gas Compressor in Germany

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:16:00 +0000

A project led by two major European gas transmission system operators (TSOs) has successfully tested blending rates of up to 25% hydrogen on a Titan 130 SoLoNOx Solar Turbines gas turbine, which serves as a

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The Future Looks Bright for Nuclear Power—Dare We Use the ‘R’ Word Again?

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:15:00 +0000

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The term “nuclear renaissance” was very popular in the early 2000s. Nuclear power plant operators had substantially improved existing plant performance, and many new plants were being considered around the

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Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Prospects

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:13:00 +0000

Driven by ripe market conditions, technology startups are injecting investment and innovation into geothermal power to unlock novel applications that could substantially scale up the niche renewable power

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Gas Power Outlook: Gas Turbines Will Play a Vital Role in Decarbonization

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:12:00 +0000

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Natural gas–fired power generation has seen its ups and downs over the past couple of decades. In some cases, highly efficient combined cycle units were taken offline because they just weren’t needed. But

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India Commissions First Supercritical Coal Plant Equipped with Air-Cooled Condenser

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:11:00 +0000

NTPC, India’s largest energy conglomerate and its largest coal generator, in March commissioned the country’s first supercritical coal-fired plant equipped with an air-cooled condenser (ACC). The effort

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Optimizing Combined Cycle Power Plant Operations

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:08:00 +0000

Cogentrix Energy and Siemens Energy have partnered to optimize 8000H-class gas turbine reliability and outage planning. Under Cogentrix’s management, the Patriot site successfully upgraded one of its

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Entergy, RWE Partner to Assess Offshore Wind Prospects in Gulf of Mexico

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:09:11 +0000

U.S. utility Entergy and global power giant RWE are partnering to jointly assess the best means to develop an offshore wind market in the Gulf of Mexico. The two companies on March 30 unveiled a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which they will analyze the Gulf of Mexico offshore wind market and define an optimal […]

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Last Energy Secures PPAs for 34 SMR Nuclear Power Plants in Poland and the UK

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:26:49 +0000

Last Energy, a U.S.-based micro modular nuclear technology firm and project developer, has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 34 PWR-20 small modular reactor (SMR) units with four industrial partners in the UK and Poland. The deals, which represent a combined $18.9 in power sales, mark “the largest pipeline of new nuclear power plants under […]

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Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, and FDR: Big Players in U.S. Hydropower History

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:30:59 +0000

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When you study the history of hydropower, you expect to learn about people like British-American engineer James Francis, who developed the first modern hydro turbine in 1849. A testament to his genius is that the Francis turbine continues to be the most widely used water turbine in the world today. Or you assume American inventor […]

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Sampling Procedures for Inspection and Sampling Plans for Lot Inspection Using ISO 2859

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:27:35 +0000

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and configuration of parts under inspection for ensuring complete randomness in sample selection. The term sample implies a subset chosen from the population. […]

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