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New 1.1-GW GE-Powered Gas-Fired Plant Enters Service in Michigan

July 11, 2022 admin Coal, dl energy, Gas, ge, indeck, indeck niles energy center, kiewit, kospo, Michigan, news, Nuclear

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:06:27 +0000

A new $1.1-billion natural gas-fired power plant, built by Kiewit and featuring equipment from General Electric (GE), has entered service in southwest Michigan. The Indeck Niles Energy Center in Niles, a community just north of South Bend, Indiana, will provide 1,100 MW of generation capacity. The plant is operated by Indeck Energy Services along with […]

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France Set to Take Over Major Power Producer Amid Energy Crisis

July 6, 2022 admin Borne, Business, EDF, France, Gas, International, Macron, Management, news, Nuclear, Oil, re-nationalize, Russia, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:14:31 +0000

The French government is prepared to take full control of EDF, one of the world’s largest producers of electricity, as the energy group struggles with increasing debt due to problems with its current and future nuclear power fleet. Élisabeth Borne, who took over as France’s prime minister in May, in her first state-of-the-nation speech to […]

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GE Touts Ramp Rate for Gas Turbine at New Polish Power Plant

July 6, 2022 admin 9ha.02 gas turbine, Gas, ge, ge 9ha.01, hydrogen, natural gas, ostroleka c, Poland

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:05:47 +0000

A new 745-MW natural gas-fired power plant in Poland will feature General Electric’s (GE’s) 9HA.02 gas turbine, a model the company said “has the quickest ramp rate in the industry” at 88 MW per minute, and with a DLN 2.6e combustion system “capable of burning up to 50% by volume of hydrogen when blended with […]

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Risks and Opportunities: It’s an Interesting Time to Be in the Power Industry

July 1, 2022 admin Coal, finance, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, hydropower, lng, Markets, natural gas, news, Nuclear, opportunities, power sector, renewable energy, Renewables, risks, Solar, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Weather

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000

War rages in Europe. Natural gas prices are through the roof. Drought threatens hydro production. Weather extremes are becoming commonplace. Supply chains are strained. Demand for electricity is headed

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RWE to Take Over Vattenfall’s 1.4-GW ‘Hydrogen-Ready’ Dutch Gas-Fired Plant

June 30, 2022 admin ammonia, Business, climate change, Coal, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, gas power plant, hydrogen, International, Japan, jera, magnum, mitsubishi power, netherlands, news, offshore wind, Renewables, Russia, rwe, Technology, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:10:00 +0000

German energy giant RWE will in September acquire Vattenfall’s 1.4-GW Magnum combined cycle gas-fired power station, a project in the Netherlands where work is underway to explore converting one of the three

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Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate Power Plant Emissions

June 30, 2022 admin ace rule, carbon dioxide, clean air act, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, emissions, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, ghg, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, NOx, sox, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:13:41 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) options for limiting emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from power plants, an important environmental decision that could impact the federal government’s authority to enforce other regulations. The court in a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, on June 30 said the EPA does […]

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California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Reliability Reserve, Lifeline for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

June 30, 2022 admin Business, California, climate change, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, PG&E, reliability, strategic reliability reserve, strategic reserve, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:52:21 +0000

California’s State Legislature has passed a bill that could extend the operating lives of existing generating facilities slated for retirement, potentially providing a new lifeline for the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), which has a premature closure date in 2025. Both houses on June 29 passed AB-205 Energy, an energy trailer bill that Gov. […]

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AEMO Begins Cautious Lift of Australian Electricity Market Suspension

June 23, 2022 admin administered price cap, Australia, Business, Coal, Gas, generators, International, Legal & Regulatory, nem, news, outages

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:47:05 +0000

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 22 initiated the first step to lift a suspension of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing a “clear improvement in market conditions.” The measure comes more than a week since it indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its NEM, given critical power generation supply shortfalls […]

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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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Australian Energy Crisis Prompts Suspension of National Electricity Market

June 16, 2022 admin aemo, Australia, Business, Coal, forced outages, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, International, market incentives, Markets, national electricity market, news, Power Demand, Renewables, spot markets, wholesale markets

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:35:38 +0000

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 15 indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing critical power generation supply shortfalls that it said made it “impossible to continue” operations under national electricity rules. AEMO—the independent system operator (ISO) that operates the competitive market serving New South Wales, […]

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