Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:05:03 +0000
China state-owned utility Guangdong Energy Group has started commercial operation of the Dongguan Ningzhou combined-cycle facility in Guangdong Province, China. GE Vernova, which supplied three 9HA.02 gas turbines for the […]
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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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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:35:32 +0000
The Nanko Power Plant in Osaka, Japan, will be upgraded with new gas turbines from GE Vernova. The 1,800-MW station, which was commissioned in late 1990, is replacing three boilers […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:51:05 +0000
In late 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $7 billion initiative to establish seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, aiming to scale the use of cost-effective clean hydrogen. […]
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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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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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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:31:22 +0000
Decarbonization goals call for advancing high-impact energy technologies. The U.S. has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, a goal that presents both challenges and opportunities in the field of […]
The post Advancing Ceramic Matrix Composites and Environmental Barrier Coatings for Hydrogen Turbines: Challenges and Opportunities appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 02:11:34 +0000
Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. (LG&E and KU) will replace two aging coal generation units at Mill Creek Generating Station in Kentucky—a combined 600 MW—with a […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:14:40 +0000
A third gas-fired unit planned at a power plant in Uzbekistan will use equipment from Mitsubishi Power, the company announced on Feb. 13. Mitsubishi said the 600-MW Navoi 3 facility […]
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