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First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:29:50 +0000

Hydrogen combustion has begun at the 485-MW Long Ridge Energy Terminal combined cycle power plant—a flagship GE HA-class project that is purpose-built to transition from natural gas to hydrogen blends and ultimately be capable of burning 100% hydrogen. While the sprawling multimodal facility in Hannibal, Ohio—which sits on the Ohio and West Virginia border—achieved commercial […]

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First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:29:50 +0000

Hydrogen combustion has begun at the 485-MW Long Ridge Energy Terminal combined cycle power plant—a flagship GE HA-class project that is purpose-built to transition from natural gas to hydrogen blends and ultimately be capable of burning 100% hydrogen. While the sprawling multimodal facility in Hannibal, Ohio—which sits on the Ohio and West Virginia border—achieved commercial […]

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Bloom Energy Converts U.S. Fuel Cell Fleet to ‘Certified’ Low-Leak Natural Gas 

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:02:05 +0000

Bloom Energy’s U.S. fuel cell installations deployed at 700 sites will over the next two years use certified, “responsibly sourced” natural gas from EQT Corp. The development marks a pioneering effort by a power generator to bolster its commercial and industrial customers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts. Bloom Energy, whose primary business stems from […]

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EPA Proposes Tighter Controls on NOx Emissions from Power Plants, Industrial Sources

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:57:32 +0000

A sweeping new proposed rule published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 6 establishes new nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions budgets that will require fossil fuel–fired power plants in 25 states to participate in an allowance-based ozone season trading program starting in 2023. The proposal, which builds on the agency’s […]

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Grid Interconnection Queue Filled with Solar and Energy Storage Projects

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:42:08 +0000

A study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows more than 1.1 TW of solar and energy storage capacity were in the U.S. power grid’s interconnection queue at the end of 2021. Notably, that total is more than the currently existing capacity in the U.S. power fleet. Additionally, Berkeley Lab researchers found […]

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Arizona Regulator Rejects SRP’s 820-MW Aeroderivative Gas-Fired Expansion

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:39:11 +0000

The Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC) has delivered a major blow to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District’s (SRP’s) urgent plans to expand the 575-MW gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station with 820 MW of fast-start capacity. The ACC in a 4–1 vote on April 12 denied approval of the public power utility’s Certificate of […]

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

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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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Tri-State Moves to Retire Rifle Combined Cycle Power Plant

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:10:29 +0000

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale power supply cooperative with 45 members in four states—Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming—announced its intentions to retire the Rifle Station, an 85-MW combined cycle facility in Rifle, Colorado. The announcement was made on April 5 in conjunction with a filing with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). […]

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SCOTUS Reinstates Trump-Era Environmental Certification Rule

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:57:02 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 6 reinstated a Trump-era environmental rule that limited state and tribal roles in enforcing a section of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to project certification. The order is a temporary triumph for eight states and three energy trade associations, including the National Hydropower Association (NHA). The high court’s […]

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