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The POWER Interview: What Drove the Gas Turbine Technology Leap at GE Over the Past 70 Years

July 30, 2019 admin alstom, belle isle, Business, efficiency, Gas, gas turbine, ge, General Electric, History, Interview, news, Plant Design, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:34:12 +0000

On July 29, 1949, at 2:15 p.m., General Electric’s (GE’s) first gas turbine at the Belle Isle Station in Oklahoma City began delivering power to Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.’s distribution system. The 3.5-MW GE Frame 3 machine reportedly had an efficiency of about 17%. Since the Belle Isle machine (Figure 1) started up seventy […]

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‘Justice wasn’t served’: 50 years since Chappaquiddick

July 16, 2019 admin chappaquiddick, edward m. kennedy, History, international news, Latest News Stories, leslie leland, mary jo kopechne, news, oldsmobile, US, World, World News

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:15:15 +0000

Half a century later, what did and didn’t happen on Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, continues to fascinate and frustrate.

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The POWER Interview: New Directions for Aeroderivative Gas Turbines at PWPS

July 11, 2019 admin aeroderivatives, battery storage, Business, distributed energy, Energy Storage, Environmental, ft8 mobilepac, Gas, gas turbines, History, International, Ireland, Israel, MHI, mhps, mobile units, news, pratt & whitney, Puerto Rico, pw power systems, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:08:49 +0000

In a recent interview, Raul Pereda, president and CEO of PW Power Systems (PWPS), talked to POWER about the company’s long legacy as a gas turbine manufacturer, advancements in technology it has achieved over the past 60 years, and new applications for its turbines within a transitioning energy system. No one can read a history […]

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A Brief History of GE Gas Turbines

July 8, 2019 admin abb, aeroderivatives, alstom, b-class, baglan bay, bbc, belle isle station, blackout, Business, condensers, Distributed Generation, dln, e-class, EDF, Environmental, f-class, frame machines, France, g-class, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ge gas power, gt13e, gt24, gt26, gt26 he, h-class, h-class system, History, hrsgs, Infographics, International, j-class, lm, Malaysia, market competition, Markets, neuchâtel, NOx, purpa, Renewables, Research and Development, slideshows, steam turbines, Technology, timeline, tit, turbine inlet temperature, uk

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000

July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]

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Centuries-Old Sea Captain Diaries Are Confirming Modern Climate Science

June 28, 2019 admin climate change, climate data, diaries, History, tech-science, whalers, whaling, woods hole oceanographic institution

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:45:59 +0000

Whalers voyaged to locations far beyond established sea lanes, which means their logbooks are filled with rare and valuable weather observations.

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The First Lesbian Porn and 10 Other Revealing Artifacts from Lesbian History

June 14, 2019 admin History, lesbian, LGBTQ, mabel hampton, mary minucci, on our backs, paula gunn allen

Credit to Author: Oriana Leckert| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:26:30 +0000

The Lesbian Herstory Archives also include a Japanese “dyketionary” and a diary documenting what it was like to be queer in 1950’s small-town Ohio.

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THE BIG PICTURE: Siemens’ Corporate History

June 3, 2019 admin Business, Coal, corporate, dynamo, Gas, gas and power, History, Infographics, International, market changes, news, Nuclear, restructuring, siemens, Technology, timeline

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:00:04 +0000

Siemens AG, the global technology conglomerate that today has headquarters in both Berlin and Munich, in May 2019 announced it will spin off its energy units to focus on its digital “core.” The news has stunned many in the power sector, where Siemens has clenched a formidable presence since 1866. But restructuring at Siemens is […]

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One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die

May 9, 2019 admin bernard dargols, d-day, History, Hitler, Holocaust, international news, Latest News Stories, Nazi, news, operation overlord, veteran, war, World, World News, World War

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 00:04:33 +0000

An ever-smaller number of veterans will stand on Normandy’s shores on June 6 for D-Day’s 75th anniversary. Many will salute fallen comrades from their wheelchairs. As each year passes, more firsthand history is lost.

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