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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 Co. Gas-Fired Demonstration Validates 20% Hydrogen Fuel Blend

June 16, 2022 admin Business, dln, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, Georgia Power, hydrogen, m501g, mitsubishi power, natural gas fuel blend, nedo, news, plant mcdonough-atkinson, Research and Development, Southern Co., Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:50:51 +0000

A demonstration project at Georgia Power’s 2.5-GW natural gas–fired Plant McDonough-Atkinson facility has validated a natural gas fuel blend with 20% hydrogen by volume on one of its six Mitsubishi Power advanced-class gas turbines. The test, one of the largest of its kind to date, provided an approximately 7% reduction in carbon emissions compared to […]

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GE Debuts First 7HA.03 Gas Turbines at 1.3-GW Plant in Florida

June 8, 2022 admin affordability, Business, combined cycle plant, dania beach, efficiency, Environmental, flexibility, fpl, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, hydrogen, machine, Markets, news, plant, project, reliability, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:47:03 +0000

The first two GE 7HA.03 machines—the largest 60-Hz heavy-duty gas turbines in the world and the most efficient in GE’s fleet—are now operational at Florida Power & Light’s (FPL’s) newly inaugurated 1,260-MW Dania Beach Clean Energy Center (DBEC) in Broward County. FPL officially declared the Dania Beach Clean Energy Center near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commercially […]

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Hydrogen, Ammonia–Fired Gas Turbine Development Gets U.S. Government Fast-Track Boost

May 20, 2022 admin 8 rivers, 8rh2, ammonia, ammonia combustor, Business, Carbon Capture, dln2.6e, engineering, f-class, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge, h-class, hydrogen, net power, news, Research and Development, rotating detonation combustor, SCIENCE, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 16:31:15 +0000

The U.S. government has set out to fast-track technology development enabling hydrogen and ammonia combustion in power-generating gas turbines, furnishing six novel industry-led projects with a combined $24.9 million on May 19. Projects include development of hydrogen-ready combustion technologies for F-class retrofits, more efficient hydrogen and ammonia burners, and a potential demonstration of a rotating […]

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Siemens Energy Sells 100th H-Class Gas Turbine—Fleet Exceeds 2.5 Million Operating Hours

May 4, 2022 admin Business, China, Egypt, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, h-class, hydrogen, International, news, seafloat, siemens energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 11:54:52 +0000

In late March, Siemens Energy announced separate agreements with Guangdong Energy Group Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Energy Group Co. Ltd., in which the gas turbine giant will deliver a total of four SGT-8000H units for installation in power plants located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in southern China. The deals mean Siemens Energy […]

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The POWER Interview: How Gas Power Can Reap Value from Digitalization

April 14, 2022 admin climate change, Environmental, Gas, gas power, gas turbine, ge digital, iiot, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Interview, news, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:47:44 +0000

Digitalization is furnishing nearly every facet of the power industry with new insights that promise value for generating assets, including refining efficiencies and shaving down operating costs. But though myriad solutions have been introduced, adoption by some power sub-sectors has been cautious, mainly because the advantages of the industrial internet of things (IIOT) are not […]

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How Much Will Hydrogen-Based Power Cost?

February 27, 2020 admin chp, combined heat and power, cost, Energy Storage, fuel cells, Gas, gas turbine, hydrogen, International, mhps, news, Plant Design, power-to-gas, r&d, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, the hydrogen council

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:00:37 +0000

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Costs associated with 40 hydrogen technologies used in 35 applications, including for heat and power, could tumble dramatically over the next decade as the scale-up of hydrogen production, distribution, and equipment and component manufacturing continues. For some applications, hydrogen could become competitive with other low-carbon alternatives, and even conventional options. Those are key findings from […]

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6 Takeaways from POWERGEN International 2019

November 27, 2019 admin battery storage, brandsafway, Business, connected plant, digital twin, emerson, Energy Storage, exxonmobil, Gas, gas turbine, iiot, iiot power, industrial info resources, innovation, Instrumentation & Controls, mhps, news, O&M, powergen, Renewables, shell, siemens, Solar, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:51:54 +0000

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The POWERGEN International exhibition and summit—one of the world’s largest power-industry events with more than 750 exhibitors—was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 19–21, 2019. POWER was there (Figure 1) to connect with leaders from the industry and report on the latest news from the show. Hot topics […]

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Siemens Delivers World’s First HL-Class Gas Turbine to North Carolina Site

November 27, 2019 admin Business, duke energy, Gas, gas turbine, hl-class, lincoln county combustion turbine station, news, North Carolina, Plant Design, siemens, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:57:52 +0000

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Siemens has delivered its first-ever HL-class gas turbine to Duke Energy’s Lincoln County Combustion Turbine generation station, located near Denver, North Carolina. The HL-class gas turbine was derived from proven Siemens H-class technology in what the company calls “an evolutionary development step.” The advanced air-cooled gas turbine is a next-generation design that uses a series […]

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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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