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SwRI to Design Flameless, Low-Emission Coal Combustion Pilot

August 15, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, Coal, DOE, flameless combustion, Gas, news, oxyfuel, Research and Development, swri, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 14:28:22 +0000

San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) said on Aug. 12 it will get $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and another $760,658 from an assortment of industry giants to design a large-scale flameless pressurized oxy-fuel combustion pilot plant. The announcement is a major boost for the promising, but yet unproven technology, that […]

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How Nuclear Hybrids Could Redefine the Industry’s Future

August 1, 2019 admin arizona public service, Business, desalination, DOE, eastman, Exelon, framatome, hybrids, iaea, inl, International, national laboratories, news, nrel, Nuclear, nuclear economics, ornl, pacific gas & electric, Pakistan, pwrs, Renewables, Research and Development, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s nuclear sector is struggling to stay economically afloat amid a deluge of renewables and natural gas power, and reinvigorating it will require operational flexibility from new or existing

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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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Positive Developments for Small Modular Reactors

July 29, 2019 admin Business, china national nuclear corp., cnnc, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, Plant Design, reactor, Research and Development, Rolls-Royce, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:05:47 +0000

NuScale Power, Rolls-Royce, and China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC)—three companies working on different small modular reactor (SMR) technology—recently announced positive developments for their respective designs. NRC Makes Progress on NuScale Design Review Portland, Oregon-based NuScale said on July 22 that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the second and third phases of its SMR […]

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GE Is Speeding Massive Offshore Wind Turbine to Market

July 23, 2019 admin block island, Business, cvow, ge renewable energy, haliade-x, International, mhi vestas, nacelle, netherlands, news, offshore wind, prototype, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens gamesa, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:40:06 +0000

GE Renewable Energy’s mammoth offshore wind 12-MW Haliade-X turbine is on track for an accelerated commercial launch in 2021, the company said as it unveiled the turbine’s first manufactured components on July 22. Haliade-X features a 220-meter (m) rotor and a 107-m blade designed by GE subsidiary LM Wind Power. The turbine design also includes […]

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Fully Digital Nuclear I&C Upgrade Gets ‘Unprecedented’ NRC License

July 11, 2019 admin connected plant, digital, ic, iiot, iiot power, news, NRC, Nuclear, purdue, Research and Development, Technology, upgrade

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:18:42 +0000

A fully digital nuclear reactor instrumentation and control system (I&C)—the first of its kind in the U.S.—at a Purdue University research reactor in West Lafayette, Indiana, has been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Upgrades to digitalize Purdue University Reactor Number 1 (PUR 1)—a pool-type12-kWt reactor (that runs at 1 kW) originally built in […]

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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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Coal Unit CCUS Retrofits More Economic Than Many Alternatives, NETL Study Suggests

July 3, 2019 admin carbon capture coalition, ccus, Coal, comanche generating, DOE, Environmental, netl, news, Research and Development, xcel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:37:33 +0000

Adding carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to two Xcel coal units in Colorado that are slated to be retired by 2025 would push up the cost of power if compared with replacement with wind/storage hybrids. But CCUS, which generates revenues, would still work out to be cheaper than other alternatives mandated under the company’s […]

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Japan Will Explore New Avenues for Energy Self-Sufficiency

June 30, 2019 admin Business, Coal, energy policy, Energy Storage, fits, fukushima, Gas, hydrogen, International, iwatani, Japan, meti, news, Nuclear, Renewables, research, Research and Development, Solar, Technology, White Paper, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Japan’s government this June adopted a new energy white paper that suggests the country must rely on a larger share of nuclear and renewables to slash its carbon emissions and meet its target of a 26%

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