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First Gas Turbine Upgrade Blending GE and Alstom Technology Unveiled

March 25, 2019 admin 0 Comments alstom, Business, Gas, gas turbine, ge, gt26, gt26 he upgrade, International, news, Plant Design, Technology, uniper

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:43:37 +0000

GE introduced its GT26 HE (high efficiency) gas turbine upgrade on March 25 by announcing Uniper would be the first to install the new technology at the company’s Enfield Power Station in London, England. “We’re proud to launch our new GT26 HE upgrade with Uniper—it’s the most advanced solution we’ve ever introduced on a GT26 […]

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Trump Ended War on Fossil Fuels, but Focus Needed on CCS [PODCAST]

March 22, 2019 admin 0 Comments barry worthington, carbon capture and storage, CCS, climate change, Coal, energy efficiency, Environmental, Fossil Fuels, Gas, geothermal, International, news, Nuclear, power podcasts, Renewables, Solar, Technology, the power podcast, united states energy association, USEA, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:21:15 +0000

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies that helps increase understanding of the world’s energy issues. Barry Worthington has been the executive director of the USEA for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen the association grow from a two-person, […]

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Siemens, Mitsubishi Discuss Merger of Turbine Units

March 21, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, Coal, Gas, gas turbines, GERMANY, International, Japan, job cuts, merger, mitsubishi heavy industries, mitsubishi hitachi power systems, news, Nuclear, Renewables, siemens

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:37:38 +0000

A German business magazine reports that Siemens is exploring options for its struggling gas turbine business, and could look to form a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Manager Magazin on March 21 said Siemens “wants to accommodate the large turbine business of the Japanese Mitsubishi Group and in the future hold only a […]

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Cyberattack Debilitates Major Aluminum and Hydropower Producer

March 19, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, Cybersecurity, cyberx, Dragos, Hydro, hydropower, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot power, indegy, International, lockergoga, news, Norway, notpetya, nozomi, ransomware, Renewables, wannacry

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:05:53 +0000

Norsk Hydro, a major global aluminum producer that is also Norway’s third-largest producer of hydropower, has been stricken by an extensive cyberattack—reportedly ransomware—that forced its entire global network offline. The company powers its sizable aluminum production operations with 20 hydropower plants concentrated in Telemark, Røldal-Suldal, Sogn, and Vennesla, producing a total 10 TWh per year. […]

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POWER Notebook: ‘Coal on Way Out’, Theme Parks Embrace Renewables

March 17, 2019 admin Business, Coal, disney, distributed energy, Gas, h-100 gas turbine, International, Japan, mitsubishi heavy industries, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, theme parks, turbines, vistra energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:13:55 +0000

The chief executive of Vistra Energy Corp. last week said coal is not likely to regain market share in the U.S. power market. Curtis Morgan, in a panel discussion March 14 at the CERAWeek event in Houston, Texas, said “coal is on its way out. More and more plants are being retired.” It’s not the […]

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U.S. Will Build Nuclear Plants in India

March 13, 2019 admin AP1000, brookfield asset management, Business, India, International, news, Nuclear, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 02:40:12 +0000

The U.S. has agreed to build six nuclear power plants in India, according to a joint statement from the two countries issued March 13 in Washington, D.C. The countries held two days of talks this week, discussing international security and nuclear cooperation. The talks involved Andrea Thompson, the U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control […]

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Myhrvold Pushes Advanced Nuclear at NRC Conference

March 12, 2019 admin International, light water reactor, nathan myhrvold, news, NRC, Nuclear, reactor technology, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:34:15 +0000

Nathan Myhrvold, the long-time polymath idea man for Bill Gates, his former boss at Microsoft, on March 12 told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) annual regulatory information conference, “Energy is the fulcrum that gives leverage to human ingenuity.” Nuclear, he said, must be a large part of providing that leverage to the world. Myhrvold, speaking […]

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VIDEO: Progress and Challenges to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi

March 11, 2019 admin accident, cleanup, daiichi, disaster, fukushima, International, news, Nuclear, progress, Technology, tepco, Uncategorized, video

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:18:48 +0000

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the Japanese utility that took on the behemoth task of controlling and decommissioning the six-unit Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture after the March 11, 2011, accident, recently released a video showing progress at the site. Source: https://www4.tepco.co.jp/en/news/library/archive-e.html?video_uuid=t820ghcq&catid=61795 The disaster began as a 15-meter (49-foot) tsunami inundated and disabled the […]

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Energy Secretary Wants to Fast-Track U.S. LNG Export Projects

March 11, 2019 admin Asia, Business, cheniere, Dominion, export terminals, Gas, International, lng, lng exports, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Power Demand

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:09:41 +0000

Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. continue to rise, as the use of natural gas for power generation increases in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, and Mexico. Data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shows that four U.S. LNG export facilities combined to ship 483 LNG cargoes in 2018, a […]

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POWER Notebook: Wyoming Moves to Save Coal Plants

March 10, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, edf energy, hunterston, International, Kingston, Legislative, news, Nuclear, scotland, tennessee valley authority, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 22:28:08 +0000

A Wyoming bill designed to keep coal-fired power plants operating in the state was signed into law by the state’s governor last week, one of several developments worldwide that impacted the power generation landscape in early March. Also in the U.S., the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) defended its hiring of a contractor that led the […]

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