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Impressive Milestones Achieved on Chinese Advanced Nuclear Power Projects

December 7, 2023 admin 0 Comments advanced nuclear, Business, China, cnnc, engineering, full coverage, htr-pm, International, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, reactor, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:17:24 +0000

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) announced on Dec. 6 that China’s independently developed high-temperature gas-cooled modular pebble bed (HTR-PM) reactor demonstrator had commenced commercial operation. The HTR-PM project was constructed […]

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What’s New in Coal Power Innovation?

December 1, 2023 admin 0 Comments ammonia, Carbon Capture, ccus, China, Coal, coal power, efficiency, engineering, Environmental, flexibility, full coverage, global coal, iea, India, innovation, International, news, power, Research and Development, supercritical, Technology, u.s., ultrasupercritical

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:15:00 +0000

Despite a dismal outlook for coal, countries with substantial coal fleets are intensifying efforts to develop new technologies and operational capabilities to improve coal power’s environmental impact

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New Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Offering Hits the Market

November 22, 2023 admin aeroderivative, Business, engineering, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, news, pe6000, peaking power, power, proenergy, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:08:42 +0000

PROENERGY, a global peaking-power solutions provider based in Sedalia, Missouri, released a new 48-MW aeroderivative gas turbine designed to quickly respond to gaps in power supply and demand. The PE6000 […]

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Pioneering Hydrogen-Powered Gas Peaking: Inside Duke Energy’s DeBary Project

November 16, 2023 admin Business, debary, duke energy, e-class, engineering, EPA, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge vernova, hydrogen, integrated hydrogen power-to-power, news, peaking power, power, Renewables, Research and Development, sargent & lundy, Solar

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:58:22 +0000

An illustration that shows a potential hydrogen production facility at Duke Energy’s Volusia County solar facility. Courtesy: Duke Energy

In late 2024, a first-of-a-kind, fully functional project spearheaded by Duke Energy, GE Vernova, and Sargent and Lundy could begin demonstrating commercial peaking capabilities of an integrated hydrogen power-to-power system […]

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America’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Makes a Landmark Revival

November 6, 2023 admin Business, bwr, capacity factor, climate change, continuous improvement culture, engineering, entergy, Environmental, full coverage, grand gulf nuclear station, History, Mississippi, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear workforce, organizational management, plant performance, power, Power Demand, power plant upgrade, refueling, Research and Development, Technology, top plant, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:11:06 +0000

Entergy’s Grand Gulf 1—the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the U.S.—has thrived for four decades by cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, achieving record-breaking performance

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National Grid’s Evolution: Branching Out from Deep Roots

November 5, 2023 admin Business, Distribution, energy security, energy transition, engineering, full coverage, History, International, jacobs, Markets, national grid, news, northeast, Renewables, sustainability, Technology, transmission, uk, utility spotlight

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:08:03 +0000

Rooted in the birth of the UK’s energy industry, National Grid’s operations have traversed critical periods of the energy industry’s tumultuous history. While it is today one of the world’s largest

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Advanced Nuclear Fuel with Enrichment Exceeding Historical Limits Approved for Installation at Plant Vogtle

November 1, 2023 admin Business, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, power, power podcasts, Safety, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:22:51 +0000

Southern Nuclear, Southern Company’s nuclear power plant operations business, announced in late September that it had received “first-of-a-kind approval” from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use advanced fuel—accident tolerant […]

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Consortium Exploring Ammonia Retrofit to GE Gas Turbines in Singapore

October 31, 2023 admin ammonia, ammonia gas turbine, Business, combined heat and power, engineering, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, ge vernova, hydrogen, ihi corp., news, power, Research and Development, sembcorp, Singapore, sustainability, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:26:42 +0000

Sembcorp’s Sakra power plant is a cogeneration plant in Pulau Sakra on Jurong Island that opened in November 2001. The plant’s two GE 9F gas turbines produce power for the grid and process steam for chemical and petrochemical facilities nearby. Sembcorp in 2014 opened a second cogeneration facility on Jurong Island, the 400-MW Banyan plant, which features a single GT26 gas turbine unit. Courtesy: Sembcorp

Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries, GE Vernova, and Japanese heavy industry firm IHI Corp. will jointly examine potentially retrofitting two GE 9F gas turbines at an 815-MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant […]

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Enel Sells Entire U.S. Geothermal Power Portfolio to Ormat

October 30, 2023 admin asset transactions, enel, engineering, geothermal, news, ormat, power, Renewables, Solar

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:37:14 +0000

Stilwater is a “triple hybrid power plant” located in Churchill County, Nevada, about 60 miles from Reno, Nevada. It consists of a 33 MW geothermal plant, a 26 MWdc photovoltaic solar plant, a 27 MWdc photovoltaic solar plant, and a 2 MW solar thermal plant. When it came online in 2009, it was one of the world’s first plants to combine the continuous generating capacity of medium enthalpy, binary cycle geothermal power with solar photovoltaic and solar thermal. Courtesy: Enel

Italian power and gas giant Enel Group has agreed to sell its entire geothermal power portfolio in the U.S., along with several small solar plants, to Ormat Technologies for $271 […]

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Siemens-Led Group Completes Test of 100% Renewable Hydrogen in Gas Turbine

October 24, 2023 admin electrolysis, engie, engineering, France, GERMANY, hydrogen, International, Ireland, natural gas, power, renewable hydrogen, renewable natural gas, Research and Development, siemens energy, smurfit kappa, Technology, turbine

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:45:43 +0000

A consortium that includes power industry giants Siemens Energy and ENGIE said it completed what the group called the world’s first operational test of a gas turbine fueled with 100% […]

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