Credit to Author: Jackie Hu| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:22:13 +0000
In the era of cloud computing, the immense potential of planned predictive maintenance (PPM) cannot be denied. Access to a broad range of application programming interfaces could revolutionise critical component […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:00:00 +0000
Power plants depend on hundreds of valves and many different pumps to carry out operations 24/7. Good maintenance procedures—including routine tasks and predictive maintenance—are critical to keeping these
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:12:00 +0000
If you were paying attention to the power industry during the early 2000s, you may remember a large spike in the U.S. gas turbine fleet at the time. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:20:20 +0000
Solar energy is a clean and environmentally friendly source of energy. It can also help in reducing the global carbon footprint and mitigating the impacts of climate change. Due to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:27:46 +0000
The demand for electricity generated from renewable sources is increasing rapidly as the world transitions to cleaner energy sources. The Energy Information Administration earlier this year said about 21.5% of […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 16:13:12 +0000
There is a continued push in the power generation sector to make the industry more efficient through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data science. Several companies […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Mukesh Chatter| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 15:48:14 +0000
The world is moving toward renewable sources for electricity generation in an attempt to reduce fossil-fuel reliance. But wind and solar can’t provide a consistent flow of power 24/7, and […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:55:26 +0000
On the east side of Greenville, South Carolina, sits a 413-acre site with more than one and a half million square feet of manufacturing space and another 70,000 square feet […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:37:03 +0000
Major French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) said it will again extend maintenance outages at some of its nuclear reactors by several months, meaning France will continue to import power and putting more strain on the country’s supply of electricity. EDF has returned some nuclear units to service in the past several weeks, but […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Beddick| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:05:11 +0000
As a result of legislative actions across the U.S., acquiring permits for greenfield natural gas-powered plants has increasingly become a challenge. In New York, for example, state officials denied permits for two proposed natural gas-powered plants because they were seen as hurdles to achieving greenhouse gas emissions goals. In 2020, the New Mexico Public Regulation […]
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