Research and Development – Thinking Port

India’s Coal Future Hinges on Advanced Ultrasupercritical Breakthroughs

June 6, 2019 admin a-usc, bhel, biomass, boiler, Business, climate change, Coal, dadri, Economic Growth, Environmental, Fuel, hele, igcar, igcc, India, indigenous programs, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, ntpc, Power Demand, Renewables, Research and Development, sipat, supercritical, supply chains, Technology, test loop, ultra supercritical, usc

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:49:47 +0000

India is striving to conserve coal and slash its carbon emissions. The country which depended on coal for 56% of its total capacity of 356 GW as of May 2019, wants to reduce coal’s share to 45% of a planned capacity expansion to 480 GW by the end of 2022. During that period, it will […]

The post India’s Coal Future Hinges on Advanced Ultrasupercritical Breakthroughs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

How China Is Improving Coal Technology

June 6, 2019 admin 13th five-year plan, a-usc, anyan, binchang, boilers, bulian, Business, cfb, China, china energy, climate change, Coal, coal gasification, Coal Mining, coal yards, double reheat systems, Environmental, Fuel, fuyang, hele, International, low-nitrogen, news, pingshan, plasma oil-free ignition, Renewables, Research and Development, shenergy power, supply chains, Technology, ultra supercritical, usc, zhoushan

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:37:46 +0000

In China, though specific achievements are hard to pinpoint owing in part to a dearth of public or internationally available information, coal technology developments appear to be advancing more rapidly than anywhere in the world. China’s efforts to foster technology advancements are in the country’s national interest, said Mi Shuhua, executive vice president of China […]

The post How China Is Improving Coal Technology appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

How the U.S. Is Investing in Advanced Coal Technologies

June 6, 2019 admin a-usc, Business, carbon capture costs, ccus, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, coal technology, coalfirst, comtest project, DOE, Environmental, EPRI, Fuel, Gas, hele, longview, Markets, modular coal, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, turk, ultra supercritical, usc, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:42:21 +0000

The U.S. is investing heavily to ensure its future coal-fired power fleet will be cleaner, more efficient, and more flexible, experts said at the 9th International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies in Houston on June 4. The conference—which is taking place this week in the U.S. for the first time—is spearheaded by the IEA Clean […]

The post How the U.S. Is Investing in Advanced Coal Technologies appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

POWER Digest [June 2019]

June 3, 2019 admin ansaldo, Business, Coal, engie, eskom, Gas, hydrogen, International, netherlands, news, Nuclear, Ørsted, Renewables, Research and Development, rosatom, salinia impreglio, shin kori, snowy hydro, Solar, Technology, vver-1200, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ansaldo Leads Research Initiative for Low-NOx High-Hydrogen Retrofit Solution. The Dutch government has awarded six partners—Ansaldo Thomassen, Delft University of Technology, OPRA Turbines, Vattenfall

The post POWER Digest [June 2019] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

Storing Energy in Salt—Vattenfall Testing Technology at Berlin Plant

June 3, 2019 admin Berlin, Business, chp, Energy Storage, GERMANY, International, news, Renewables, Research and Development, reuter, salt, saltx technology, thermo-chemical energy storage, vattenfall

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Swedish power company Vattenfall is testing a technology that stores energy in salt, with a goal of proving whether the process would be useful for storage of renewable energy such as from wind and solar

The post Storing Energy in Salt—Vattenfall Testing Technology at Berlin Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

The POWER Interview: GE Unleashing a Hydrogen Gas Power Future

May 30, 2019 admin Business, climate change, CO2, DOE, Environmental, Gas, ge, goldmeer, hydrogen, hydrogen gas turbine, igcc, Markets, news, NOx, Research and Development, scr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 22:04:11 +0000

Since the 1940s, when General Electric (GE), launched its gas turbine operations, the company has pioneered and commercialized a lengthy list of gas turbine technologies, large and small. As the decarbonization movement gains pace and more renewables flood the landscape, the company’s gas turbines have taken on new crucial roles to provide dispatchability and flexibility. […]

The post The POWER Interview: GE Unleashing a Hydrogen Gas Power Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

Nuclear Power Needed for Clean Energy Future

May 30, 2019 admin clean energy, climate change, Environmental, iea, International, international energy agency, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear power in a clean energy system, report, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 14:37:37 +0000

“Without action to provide more support for nuclear power, global efforts to transition to a cleaner energy system will become drastically harder and more costly,” Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), wrote in his foreword to the IEA’s recently released report titled Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System. The report […]

The post Nuclear Power Needed for Clean Energy Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

Industrial Gas Turbine Demand Grows [PODCAST]

May 16, 2019 admin Business, distributed energy, distributed power, Gas, gas turbine, holland energy park, industrial gas turbine, International, Markets, news, Plant Design, Research and Development, sgt-800, siemens, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:05:36 +0000

When it comes to gas turbines, size matters. Although the market for large, heavy-duty gas turbines has been challenging in recent years, demand for industrial gas turbines—generally units with output ranging from about 5 MW to 100 MW—has been growing, according to Reed Lengel, product line manager for SCC-800 solutions with Siemens Energy. “When you […]

The post Industrial Gas Turbine Demand Grows [PODCAST] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

EIA: Gas, Renewables Outpacing Coal for Power Generation

May 10, 2019 admin biomass, Business, Coal, DOE, EIA, ercot, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydropower, michael bloomberg, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, Sierra Club, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:54:21 +0000

The percentage of coal-fired generation in the U.S. electricity mix will continue to decline, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said May 9, with gas-fired generation accounting for at least 40% of the nation’s power this summer and output from renewables continuing to rise. EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) said coal-fired units will produce only […]

The post EIA: Gas, Renewables Outpacing Coal for Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

EMP Threat Real but Limited, EPRI Says in Much-Anticipated Report

May 2, 2019 admin Business, Cybersecurity, DHS, DOE, emps, EPRI, ferc, gmd, grid resiliency, hemp, Legal & Regulatory, news, nuclear detonation, Physical security, Plant Design, power sector, Research and Development, Smart Grid, solar storms, T&D, Technology, Trump

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 13:35:50 +0000

Depending on the hazard field, electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) resulting from detonation of a nuclear weapon at high altitude or in space could cause significant damage to electronics on the bulk power system and even prompt a regional voltage collapse, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says in much-anticipated findings from its three-year study on high-altitude […]

The post EMP Threat Real but Limited, EPRI Says in Much-Anticipated Report appeared first on POWER Magazine.

← Previous