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Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

February 3, 2023 admin Business, fast-start, full coverage, Gas, International, lcra, news, Plant Design, power, Power Demand, power grid, reciprocating engines, texas, wartsila, wartsilla engines

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:13:53 +0000

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid. A peaker plant is one that is typically used only for brief periods during times when the demand for power approaches or surpasses the amount of […]

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Wärtsilä’s “Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future” Report Emphasizes That COP27 Presents A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity To Lay Foundations For Africa’s Clean Energy Future

October 30, 2022 admin africa, clean power, mozambique, NIGERIA, Solar energy, South Africa, wartsila, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:30:01 +0000

Wärtsilä, a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets, has just released a new report titled Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future. In the report, Wärtsilä notes that as the transition picks up speed in developed and emerging countries, a lack of access to capital is stalling traction in […]

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Netherlands Commissions Country’s Largest Energy Storage System

October 7, 2022 admin battery energy storage system, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Energy Storage, gems digital energy platform, gridsolv quantum, netherlands, news, Solar, wartsila, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:35:38 +0000

An energy storage system (ESS) co-located with solar and wind power assets is now online at a research center in the Netherlands. The project, commissioned in a ceremony on Oct. 6, is a 24-MW/48-MWh that includes equipment from the Wärtsilä technology group. The GIGA Buffalo battery installation is at the Wageningen University & Research test […]

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Clearway, Wartsila Partner on Five Large Solar-Plus-Storage Projects

July 11, 2022 admin California, clearway energy group, coolwater generating station, daggett, Energy Storage, gridsolv quantum, Hawaii, renewable energy, Solar, wartsila

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:02:08 +0000

A series of large solar-plus-storage installations is set for deployment in California and Hawaii, with Clearway Energy Group and Wärtsilä announcing five sites where the companies will install solar photovoltaic (PV) resources along with battery systems. The projects announced July 11 include 500 MWac/2-GWh of power in total, installed at solar power sites operated by […]

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Wärtsilä’s VP Of Storage Andy Tang Talks Microgrids & Maximizing Renewables

June 24, 2022 admin batteries, California, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, grid storage, INTERVIEWS, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, marine energy, microgrids, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, wartsila, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:52:44 +0000

Andy Tang, Wärtsilä’s global VP of energy storage and optimization, talks microgrids, optimizing battery safety and revenue, and flexible fuels.

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Much-Watched Reciprocating Engine Hydrogen Pilot Kicks Off at Michigan Power Plant

June 1, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, decarbonization, Environmental, EPRI, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, International, news, reciprocating engines, rice, Solar, Technology, wartsila, wec energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:32:45 +0000

A landmark project to test fuel blends of up to 25% volume of hydrogen mixed with natural gas in reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICEs) has launched at WEC Energy Group’s 56-MW A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan. If successful, the pilot—one of the first of its kind in the U.S.—could provide key insight into how […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

A new natural gas-fired power plant project being developed by Wisconsin-based WEC Energy Group will use seven Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines. The Finland-based technology company on May 24 announced the equipment order, with the engines expected to be used at a planned 128-MW facility located near Wausau, Wisconsin, that would be built at the site […]

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Wartsila Engines Will Power New Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant

May 28, 2022 admin 50sg, Gas, gas engines, hydrogen, Michigan, natural gas, news, wartsila, wec energy group, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 22:48:12 +0000

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Wind Power Returns To Oceangoing Cargo Ships, Finally

October 15, 2019 admin clean power, clean transport, co2 emissions, Finland, maersk, norsepower, renewable energy, Shipping, vplp, wartsila, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:10:05 +0000

Wind power finally comes home to roost in the maritime industry as cargo ships set sail with high tech renewable energy on board

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Heavy Hauling: Moving 300-Ton Gas Engines from Europe to Michigan

September 2, 2019 admin Business, Gas, martin bencher group, natural gas, news, O&M, perkins stc, umerc, upper peninsula, wartsila

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Two new power plants in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) came online earlier this year, supplying power for customers of Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. (UMERC), a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group. WEC

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