As part of the addition of two new high efficiency units to the Tanjung Jati B coal-fired power plant in Central Java, Indonesia, Clyde Bergemann was entrusted with the delivery of the bottom ash handling systems. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), supplier of the ultra-supercritical pressure boilers, opted for DRYCONTM, Clyde Bergemann’s class leading […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide Senate Subcommittee Rejects Trump’s ‘Unrealistic’ DOE Budget Request In negotiating the Senate’s fiscal year 2018 (FY18) Energy and Water (E&W) Development Appropriation’s bill, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development, had […]

Gas Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job DOE Won’t Increase Regulation on Gas to Boost Coal, Perry Says The Trump administration wants to revitalize the coal industry, but they will not do so by imposing regulation on the natural gas industry, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry told reporters […]

GE’s record-setting 9HA gas turbine technology will be heart of new 780 megawatt (MW) Tambak Lorok facility GE Power Services to provide multi-year service agreement for 15 years GE Capital to work with PT Perusahan Listrik Negara (PLN) to secure debt financing for the power plant project PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB) deploys Predix*-based Asset […]

Renewable*Connect® to provide solar and wind energy for convention center and City’s drinking water facility Minneapolis (July 18, 2017) –  The Minneapolis Convention Center and one of the City’s two drinking water campuses will be powered, in part, by local solar and wind energy from Xcel Energy’s Renewable*Connect program. Hundreds of other Minnesota electric customers, […]

Strategic partnership to augment customers’ ability to stop breaches and proactively detect and mitigate security risks SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 18, 2017 – CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced a joint Services go-to market partnership with Dragos, the renowned Industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity experts. Today, CrowdStrike Services offers industry-leading cyber readiness assessments, […]

Power News Don't miss these POWER magazine resources: Post Jobs | View Jobs | Buyers' Guide NRG’s New Plan: Sell Assets, Change Focus, Raise Cash NRG Energy said it will sell as much as $4 billion in assets as it seeks to lower its debt and cut costs after a revolt by activist investors unhappy […]

Coal Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Improved Maintenance Strategy and Excellent Planning Turns Coal Plant into a Top Performer Southern Co.’s Plant Scherer was chosen as the 2017 Powder River Basin Coal Users’ Group Plant of the Year based on a rigorous selection criteria, including safety, fire […]

Although President Trump has been promoting a pro-coal energy agenda, there are four things killing coal that the administration may not be able to remedy. That was the message Bill Ritter Jr. delivered to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power and Energy Conference & Exhibition attendees during his keynote address on June 27. Ritter […]

Combination creates a leading global industrial, commercial and infrastructure services company KENNESAW, GA and WAUKESHA, WI, June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (“BEIS”) and Safway Group (“Safway”) have completed their previously announced merger effective today. Brand Industrial Services, Inc. (“Brand”) will be the new name for the combined company. With […]

Instrumentation and process control are essential aspects of the manufacturing line in the Minerals industry and many process variables are used for proper control. Moisture measurement & control has countless benefits on the manufacturing line including: higher quality final product, consistency of the final product, reduced energy costs from downtime, less waste, plant production efficiency […]

The Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) at an open meeting on June 21 unanimously passed a motion instructing its counsel to prepare an order pursuing potential solutions regarding the Kemper County Power Generation Facility. In a press release, the MPSC said the “Kemper Facility should operate using only natural gas.” The commission said it wanted […]

A newly released update to the Power Sector Carbon Index, developed by Carnegie Mellon University with the support of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), found that U.S. power plant emissions averaged 955 lb of CO2 per MWh during the first three months of 2017. 1. Carnegie Mellon University Power Sector Carbon Index. The index shows […]

RJM International, the Winchester, UK–based provider of emissions reduction technology and equipment to the global power generation and large combustion plant sectors, announces today that it has signed a Representative Agreement with a local Indian company, Buka Power, based in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Under the terms of the agreement, Buka Power will […]

St. Michael, MN (June 9, 2017) – U.S. Water, a subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. (NYSE: ALE), the leading national provider of integrated solutions for water treatment, celebrates 20 years in business today, June 9th. Thank you to Our Employees and Their Families. Our deepest appreciation to our employees and their families for their dedication and […]

Coal Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Kemper, Now Slated to Start in Late June, Will Need Costly Post In-Service Improvement Projects Mississippi Power’s Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) project is now expected to be in service by the end of June, but the company expects it […]

Kansas City Power & Light Co. (KCP&L) plans to retire five coal-fired generating units at two stations by the end of next year. It will also close, by December 31, 2019, a unit that was just converted from coal to gas last year. The decision is part of “the company’s commitment to a sustainable energy […]

Exelon Corp. said it plans to retire the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant around September 30, 2019, unless policy reforms are enacted in Pennsylvania. The company used a similar ploy in Illinois to pressure lawmakers into passing the state’s Future Energy Jobs bill, which provides subsidies for nuclear power plants. In that case, Exelon […]

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) completed the dome lift at Fuqing Unit 5—the world’s first power plant being constructed utilizing the HPR 1000 (also known as the Hualong One) reactor design—15 days ahead of schedule on May 25. The feat was no small accomplishment. The dome weighs about 340 metric tons and has a diameter […]

CEO Tom Fanning told Southern Co.’s shareholders attending the company’s annual meeting on May 24 that a decision on how to proceed with the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion could take several more months. The Vogtle expansion—one of two new nuclear construction projects underway in the U.S. utilizing Westinghouse’s AP1000 technology—has been in limbo, albeit still in […]

Ohio-based FirstEnergy’s plan for a rescue of its two uncompetitive Ohio nuclear plants took a nosedive May 17, as the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee suspended action on the company’s proposal to charge its customers a fee to subsidize the plants. FirstEnergy’s plan mimics programs adopted in Illinois and New York to create “zero energy […]

Gas Power Direct   Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Inlet Air Cooling Systems Improve Gas Turbine Performance An inlet air cooling (IAC) system offers one of the most cost-effective ways to improve gas turbine (GT) performance—especially during the peak hours of hot summer months. After all, GT output depends on&hellips; […]

Rain and snow has returned to California, ending the record-setting drought with record-setting precipitation. The drought led to forest fires, dead orchards, and brown lawns. It also took a big bite out of ratepayers’ wallets and increased global warming emissions, due to the loss of low-cost, zero-emission hydropower. In a study released April 26 by […]

The First Module’s Fabrication Process Completes a Key Milestone, Continuing to Show Significant Progress SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today General Atomics (GA) reached another key milestone in the fabrication of the ITER Central Solenoid as engineers and technicians at GA’s facility officially completed heat treatment of the first module. The Central Solenoid […]

Agreement Includes Services for Two Additional Pressurized Water Reactors  WILMINGTON, North Carolina—April 26, 2017—Exelon Generation, operator of the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S., has awarded an integrated outage contract to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for the utility’s entire fleet of boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear energy facilities and three pressurized water reactor (PWR) […]

THE NETHERLANDS – Green Pin® introduces the Green Pin Power Sling® Shackle. The Green Pin Power Sling® Shackle lets customers save up to 20% on synthetic- and wire rope costs thanks to its revolutionary design (patent pending). It has an optimal D/d ratio and the widest crown (+10%) in the industry. About the latest Green […]

Natural gas supply and price, along with lower electric demand and the growth of renewables, have been far more responsible for the decline in the U.S. coal industry than environmental regulations, according to a new study by Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and the Rhodium Group, a New York consulting firm. That means […]

GE Power signed a landmark deal to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for 10 power plants with a combined capacity of 11 GW. Sonelgaz SPE, a state-owned utility in charge of electricity and natural gas distribution in Algeria, owns the facilities. The agreement includes technology upgrades designed to enhance energy efficiency—allowing more than 420 […]

Tokyo-April 19, 2017– GE Power and Marubeni Corporation, one of the leading trading companies and power producers in Japan, signed a recent agreement to deploy GE’s Predix based digital power plant solutions at its Nakasode Clean Power Plant (100MW), located in Sodegaura-city, Chiba Prefecture. Installation will start in April 2017 and full operation is slated to begin in […]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects natural gas–fueled electricity generation will exceed all other fuel sources once again this summer, marking the third year in a row that gas has been the leader. However, the EIA anticipates electricity generation from both gas and coal will be less this summer than in 2016. The reason […]