Business
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Coal
Thermal Coal—Now and Next
Joe Mease and Bryan Benoit, Grant Thornton LLP After serving as a primary source of electrical power generation for the last half-century, bankruptcies throughout the American coal mining industry in 2020 serve as the proverbial canary in the mine for the once dominant black nuggets found across the U.S. from the Appalachians to the Powder River Basin. […]
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Press Releases
New Generation STORMAJOR® combines SAMSON Mobile Material Feeder with Outloading Boom
Hong Kong (China) / Ely (UK) / Rheinberg (Germany), November 2020 AUMUND Asia Ltd, located in Hong Kong China, is acting in the Asia Pacific Area and sells AUMUND, SCHADE and SAMSON equipment in all kinds of key industries such as Cement, Mining & Minerals, Chemical and Fertilizer Industry, Ports & Terminals and many others […]
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Press Releases
Esco Tool’s New COHOG® Clamshell Split-Frame Machine Features Indexable Beveling Tool Modules
A new clamshell split-frame machine for beveling and end prepping tube and pipe that features a new indexable module with a double-edge insert bit has been introduced by Esco Tool. HOLLISTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Esco Tool has introduced a clamshell split-frame machine for beveling and end prepping tube and pipe that features […]
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Press Releases
GE Announces the Opening of a New Aeroderivative Turbine Center in Perth, Australia
New Perth Aeroderivative Services L2 facility and Tooling Store underscores GE’s commitment to provide local, flexible and faster support for aeroderivative power plant operators in Australia, which provide a total of over 2,300 MW, powered by GE’s aeroderivative technology With the first-of-this kind workshop in Australia, GE better positions itself to perform planned and unplanned […]
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Top Plant
Darlington’s First Refurbishment: A Model for Nuclear Construction
The successful refurbishment of Unit 2 at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station marked a pivotal milestone for Ontario Power Generation’s 10-year, C$12.8 billion overhaul of the plant’s four CANDU
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Power
How the Clean Energy Transition Is Intensifying the Energy-Water Nexus
Decarbonization is posing a fundamental dilemma that could have widespread serious implications for the power sector: the clean energy transition, if not properly managed, could increase water stress, or be
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Power
Australia Launches Gas Strategy to Revitalize Power Sector
In a bid to spur economic activity and thwart a COVID-19–related downturn, Australia’s government in September set out a strategy to reset domestic power and gas priorities to tamp down power prices and
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Fuel
JERA Planning to Shift Coal Power Fleet to 100% Ammonia
Japanese firm JERA, a joint venture between TEPCO and Chubu Electric, on Oct. 13 issued a roadmap to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. The move is notable for the company whose business includes a sizable
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O&M
How to Examine Generators with Visual Inspection Robots
Inspecting generators has always been a time-consuming and expensive job, yet one that needs to be done at regular intervals. An impressive new visual inspection robot can save owners many days of unnecessary
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Commentary
Smart Energy Communities Can Make Our Grid More Human-Centric
For nearly a century, the grid has been one, solid, hulking, inflexible machine. Now, with the rise of technologies like microgrids, distributed renewables, battery storage, and vehicle-to-grid applications, we can reimagine the grids that enclose our communities to be like those fictional spaceships.