NET Power Consolidates Business to Gear Up for Allam Cycle Power Plant Deployment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:51:49 +0000

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NET Power will combine with Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RAC II), a decarbonization solutions special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a new business direction designed to accelerate the deployment of NET Power’s much-watched novel natural gas–fired power plant technology. When the business combination transaction closes as expected in the second quarter of 2023, the new company, […]

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The POWER Interview: What Energy Consumers Want from Utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:09:47 +0000

EY earlier this month released the findings from its Energy Consumer Survey 2022. The report is “focused on how energy impacts the lifestyles and wallets of consumers,” according to the company. EY is the trade name for Ernst & Young, the multinational professional services group headquartered in London, UK. The report is based on a […]

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Caution! When Retrofitting Older Turbines, Upgrade Gas Control Valves

Credit to Author: Steve Beddick| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:05:11 +0000

As a result of legislative actions across the U.S., acquiring permits for greenfield natural gas-powered plants has increasingly become a challenge. In New York, for example, state officials denied permits for two proposed natural gas-powered plants because they were seen as hurdles to achieving greenhouse gas emissions goals. In 2020, the New Mexico Public Regulation […]

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New CPV Gas-Fired Power Plant Will Include Carbon Capture

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:21:14 +0000

A Maryland-based power generation development group said its new 1.8-GW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in West Virginia will include carbon capture technology, as the company continues to expand its decarbonization platform. Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) on Dec. 12 said the new CPV Shay Energy Center will be located in Doddridge County, West Virginia. CPV […]

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GE Releases New Option to Cut Emissions on Its Mobile Gas Turbines

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:00:27 +0000

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GE Gas Power announced on Dec. 6 that it has deployed an “innovative technical solution” on four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines at the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR’s) sites in Yuba City and Roseville, California (Figure 1). The solution reportedly reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by more than 90%, surpassing […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: Global Coal-to-Gas Switching

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:14:39 +0000

The Global Energy Monitor (GEM), an organization dedicated to enhancing understanding of climate change data, in a recent report, estimated that about 89.6 GW (or 13%) of the 692 GW of global gas-fired capacity in development are coal-to-gas conversions or replacements. East Asia has the most coal-to-gas conversions or replacements in development (29.6 GW). By […]

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Large Hydro Station Wins POWER’s Highest Honor, 21 Additional Outstanding Projects Recognized in 2022

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000

It’s always difficult to select winners from the field of nominations submitted to POWER for its annual awards, and this year was no exception. The Wudongde Hydropower Station was the big winner, while

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POWER Digest [December 2022]

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:09:00 +0000

Qatar Inaugurates the Country’s First Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant. With Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, president of Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. (Kahramaa); Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi

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Mitsubishi Will Upgrade Gas Turbines at Singapore Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:15:49 +0000

Tuas Power Generation will upgrade two of the four operating turbines at a gas-fired power plant in Singapore, part of the company’s efforts to make the facility more efficient and support government efforts to decarbonize the country’s power generation sector. Mitsubishi Power, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, on Nov. 30 said it received a contract […]

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NERC Warns of Tight Generation Resources, Fuel Supply Issues This Winter

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:58:27 +0000

Power shortfalls could be rife over the next three months across a large portion of the North American bulk power system (BPS), particularly during extreme and prolonged cold conditions, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) has warned. The nation’s designated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in its latest Winter Reliability Assessment, issued on Nov. 17, said […]

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