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Massive Utah Hydrogen Storage Project Garners Finalized $504M DOE Loan Guarantee

June 9, 2022 admin Business, climate change, DOE, electrolyzers, Energy Storage, Environmental, finance, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, hydrogen hubs, hydrogen shot, loan guarantee, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, salt caverns, Technology, Utah

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:36:08 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first official loan guarantee for a new clean energy technology project since 2014 will go to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage 1 project in Utah—one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen energy projects. The DOE on June 8 announced it closed on the $504.4 million loan guarantee for the first […]

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Advantages of Leak Detection Technology in Power Plants

June 9, 2022 admin Business, combustion turbine, engineering, full coverage, Gas, leak detection, lubrication, news, O&M, Oil, Safety, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Jon Irvine| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:35:15 +0000

The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that one is present. An operations team cannot adequately put a sufficient maintenance plan in place if there is no awareness that maintenance is required. One particular area that used to suffer much more regularly from this lack of diagnosis in a power plant setting is […]

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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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Much-Watched Reciprocating Engine Hydrogen Pilot Kicks Off at Michigan Power Plant

June 1, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, decarbonization, Environmental, EPRI, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, International, news, reciprocating engines, rice, Solar, Technology, wartsila, wec energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:32:45 +0000

A landmark project to test fuel blends of up to 25% volume of hydrogen mixed with natural gas in reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICEs) has launched at WEC Energy Group’s 56-MW A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan. If successful, the pilot—one of the first of its kind in the U.S.—could provide key insight into how […]

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Reliability, Resiliency, Cost, and Climate Driving C&I Power Systems

June 1, 2022 admin albireo energy, ap systems, backup power, Coal, commercial and industrial, cpower, delta-q technologies, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Gas, microgrid, news, Nuclear, power systems, Renewables, safari energy, schneider electric, Solar, therma, thermal, Wind, yotta energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:15:00 +0000

Commercial and industrial (C&I) entities want to ensure they have electricity when they need it. Businesses also are looking at sustainability, decarbonization, and control of their energy costs as factors

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DOE Awards GE Two Projects to Test Hydrogen Combustion

May 28, 2022 admin awards, DOE, Gas, gas turbines, ge, hydrogen, natural gas, r&d, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 17:53:11 +0000

General Electric (GE) has been awarded two projects from the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) as it continues to develop and test equipment and systems needed for hydrogen combustion in gas turbines. GE on May 25 announced the proposals, which were selected by DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, are worth more than […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

A new natural gas-fired power plant project being developed by Wisconsin-based WEC Energy Group will use seven Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines. The Finland-based technology company on May 24 announced the equipment order, with the engines expected to be used at a planned 128-MW facility located near Wausau, Wisconsin, that would be built at the site […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

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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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NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer

May 19, 2022 admin Business, caiso, California, Coal, Cybersecurity, drought, ercot, fuel concerns, full coverage, Gas, generator performance, Hydro, inverter-based generation, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Power Demand, Solar, SPP, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 20:10:17 +0000

An unprecedented array of risks—ranging from capacity shortfalls, extreme weather, extended drought, supply chain issues, cybersecurity, solar PV tripping, fuel constraints, to wildfires—could imperil the reliability of nearly every North American bulk power system (BPS) region west of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) this summer, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warns in […]

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