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Virginia Officials Oppose Construction of Data Center Complex With Gas-Fired Power Plants

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:32:20 +0000

A planning commission in a Virginia county has voted unanimously to recommend denial of a rezoning application from Balico LLC, an industrial developer seeking to build multiple natural gas-fired generation […]

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New Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand Features Doosan Škoda Power Technology

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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:10:14 +0000

Doosan Škoda Power has successfully completed the Rayong project in Thailand (Figure 1). The company delivered a 20-MW steam turbine, including a generator, condenser, and other accessories, to the newly […]

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Russia Hits Ukrainian Power Stations with Christmas Day Attacks

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:10:16 +0000

DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, reported power outages across large areas of the country after Russia fired missiles against DTEK power stations in strikes on Christmas day. DTEK said […]

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:20:12 +0000

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […]

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Attarat Power Plant Unlocks Domestic Energy Source for Jordan

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:49:59 +0000

Oil shale doesn’t fuel a lot of power plants around the world, but in Jordan, it’s a vital option, offering energy security and independence. The success of the Attarat Power Plant in capitalizing on this

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Experience Shows Wet Compression Is Safe to Use on Gas Turbines

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Credit to Author: Drew Robb| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:56:25 +0000

Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the compressor. Some claimed that this led to blade erosion, pitting, […]

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Forced Outage Parametric Insurance Solutions for CCGTs

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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:29 +0000

Combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants started appearing on a larger scale in the late 1990s and have since then been a very efficient supplier of baseload and lately […]

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Marnie Surfaceblow: What Helped Make Marnie, Marnie

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Credit to Author: Una Nowling, PE| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:09 +0000

Negativity can push you off your course in life. This is when Marnie first pushed back. “Any signal, Maya?” asked Marnie Surfaceblow, vice president of Surfaceblow & Associates International, as she

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New Gas-Fired Power Plants Proposed in Southeast Texas

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:32:27 +0000

Entergy Texas filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) for approval to build two natural gas power plants—one in Jefferson County and the other in Liberty […]

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GE Vernova Seals Deal for 1.7-GW Combined Cycle Plant in China

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:22:11 +0000

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GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Harbin Electric announced that Chinese State Development & Investment Corp. Ltd. (SDIC) Jineng (Zhoushan) Gas Power Generation Co. Ltd. has ordered two GE 9HA.02 […]

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