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Cutting Costs with Technology-Driven Improvements

February 7, 2023 admin automation, Business, full coverage, IBM, Instrumentation & Controls, news, O&M, power, power podcasts, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:54:52 +0000

If you’ve been in the power industry workforce for any significant length of time, you may have asked your supervisor at some point “Why am I doing this?” regarding a task that you were assigned, only to have them respond, “We’ve always done it this way.” That’s because the power industry has a reputation for […]

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First LNG-Fired CCGT Unit Begins Operation at JERA’s Giant Modernized Gas Plant in Japan

February 3, 2023 admin anegasaki, Business, ccgt, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, ge, h-class, International, Japan, jera, lng, m701jac, Markets, news, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:34:34 +0000

Japanese power generator JERA has launched commercial operation of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG)–fueled 650-MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units that will modernize the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station, a mammoth 3.2-GW, six-unit gas and oil power plant in Chiba Prefecture. The new Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 1, opened on Feb. […]

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Major Nuclear Players Team on Innovative Construction Delivery Approach for BWRX-300 SMR at Darlington

February 3, 2023 admin aecom, Business, bwrx-300, construction approach, contract, darlington, darlington new nuclear project, full coverage, ge hitachi, integrated project delivery, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, Ontario, opg, Plant Design, snc lavalin, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:26:29 +0000

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), SNC-Lavalin, and Aecon have signed a trailblazing six-year alliance agreement designed to bolster the deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) in Clarington, Ontario. The contract unveiled on Jan. 27—a year after OPG selected GEH’s BWRX-300 for the […]

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Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

February 3, 2023 admin Business, fast-start, full coverage, Gas, International, lcra, news, Plant Design, power, Power Demand, power grid, reciprocating engines, texas, wartsila, wartsilla engines

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:13:53 +0000

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid. A peaker plant is one that is typically used only for brief periods during times when the demand for power approaches or surpasses the amount of […]

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Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

February 3, 2023 admin Business, fast-start, full coverage, Gas, International, lcra, news, Plant Design, power, Power Demand, power grid, reciprocating engines, texas, wartsila, wartsilla engines

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:13:53 +0000

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Energy Trilemma: A Case for Africa Power Utilities

February 2, 2023 admin affordability, africa, availability, Commentary, full coverage, International, news, power, Power Demand, power grid, reliability, sustainability, T&D

Credit to Author: Mbae Ariel Mutegi| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:13:21 +0000

A trilemma is a situation that presents three possible choices to a complex challenge. Due to mutual exclusivity of the available choices, achieving them simultaneously is always a daunting task. The overarching objective is to achieve the three possible solutions in a balanced manner. Energy trilemma refers to the need to find a balance between […]

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Distributed Generation in Cuba: Present and Future

February 2, 2023 admin Cuba, diesel generator, Distributed Generation, Fuel, fuel oil, full coverage, International, news, Plant Design, power

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:10:03 +0000

Distributed generation stands out in the Cuban power system, where there are hundreds of units dispersed throughout the country. In times of contingency, and as usually happens when a hurricane hits the country, distributed generation ensures the vitality of electrical service through interconnected systems in the form of “islands.” Of the slightly more than 6,000 […]

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What Will a Fusion Power Plant Look Like?

February 2, 2023 admin full coverage, fusion, general atomics, International, iter, news, Plant Design, power, power plant, Research and Development, Technology, tokamak

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:19:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major scientific breakthrough, decades in the making. Fusion, of course, is the process by

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Power Industry Jobs Outlook and How to Find the Best Talent

February 2, 2023 admin full coverage, jobs, news, power, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:17:00 +0000

The number of power plant operator jobs is shrinking, but paradoxically, the number of job openings in the field is growing. Managers have their hands full finding and retaining the people they need. In this

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