Energy Security

  • Switzerland Secures 250-MW GE Gas Power Temporary Power Plant For Crucial Winter Reserve

    The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) will install 250 MW of temporary reserve power—via eight trailer-mounted GE Gas Power TM2500 mobile aeroderivative gas turbine units—to secure critical power supplies this winter. GE Gas Power said the units, which will be located at GE’s Manufacturing Center in Birr, in the Swiss canton of Aargau, near […]

  • A New Breed of Energy Security: HO Clarke Power Plant

    WattBridge, a relatively new independent power producer that evolved out of a non-OEM aeroderivative gas turbine solutions provider, completed its first power facility based on a standardized LM6000 plant

  • NuScale, Last Energy Make Significant Insteps for SMRs in Poland

    NuScale has signed a first task order and a statement of commencement with Polish mining and processing firm KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., kicking off early work for a VOYGR nuclear power plant of up to 924 MWe that the partners could deploy as early as 2029 to support KGHM’s copper and silver production in Poland. […]

  • Germany Halts Closure of Two Nuclear Plants Until April 2023

    Germany plans to keep two of its three last nuclear power plants on standby until mid-2023—beyond their year-end closure deadline—to bolster its energy security through the winter. However, the declaration has prompted confusion within Germany’s nuclear industry, which says nuclear plants aren’t suited to perform as operating reserve. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action […]

  • California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible

    California’s grid operator issued a Stage 3 energy emergency alert (EEA) at 5:17 p.m. PST on Sept. 6, warning it would order rotating power outages to lower soaring power demand and stabilize its grid, if necessary. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) cautiously raised the emergency alert from Stage 2, which it had declared earlier […]

  • Reliability with Protection Systems Incorporating Prediction

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    Emerson

    Join Tom Francisco, Senior Reliability Expert at Emerson, for a practical and insightful webinar focused on advancing reliability in industrial operations through Emerson’s Reliability Solutions portfolio. With over 35 years of reliability experience—including service in the U.S. Navy and 15 years at Emerson—Tom shares real-world strategies for minimizing unplanned downtime and optimizing asset performance. In […]