Renewables
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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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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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Hydro
Understanding Open-Channel Flow Equations for Hydro Applications
Chezy and Manning developed equations that are used to determine the average volumetric flowrate in open channels. This article explains a laboratory method that was developed and tested to further identify
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News
POWER Digest [November 2020]
UK Expands Offshore Wind Targets, Sets 1 GW Target for Floating Wind. The UK on Oct. 6 raised its target for offshore wind power capacity by 2030 from 30 GW to 40 GW. To help the nation meet its commitments
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Coal
Black & Veatch: No More Coal Construction
Black & Veatch is ending the company’s participation in coal-based power market design and construction, saying it will allow the company to focus on clean energy technologies. The engineering and construction giant’s announcement Oct. 29 comes just more than a month after another major energy company, General Electric, said it would exit the new-build coal […]
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Press Releases
Sun shines bright in Alliant Energy’s Iowa Clean Energy Blueprint
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (October 29, 2020) – Today, Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) introduces the Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa, a path for accelerating their transition to cleaner energy for customers. The Blueprint outlines the company’s plans to increase the use of renewable resources, including solar power, add more battery storage and build out the connected […]
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News
Vineyard Wind Secures Transmission Agreement With ISO-NE
Vineyard Wind has announced a transmission agreement with ISO New England (ISO-NE) to deliver power to the system operator’s grid when the Vineyard Wind 1 project comes online. The 800-MW offshore wind farm, located about 15 miles off the cost of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, is expected to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm […]
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Press Releases
Construction Begins on CenterPoint Energy’s Solar Farm in Southwestern Indiana
Burns & McDonnell Delivering Utility’s First Turnkey Solar Project Evansville, Indiana (Oct. 27, 2020) — After successfully completing the engineering phase earlier this year, Burns & McDonnell will begin the construction of a 50-megawatt (MW) universal solar array in Troy, Indiana, to service electric customers in CenterPoint Energy’s Indiana Electric territory. When combined with the […]
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Press Releases
CS Energy Worked with Danville Utilities to Launch 14 MW Solar Project in Virginia
Region’s largest solar project will provide clean energy to thousands of residents DANVILLE, Va., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Danville Utilities, in partnership with CS Energy LLC, Navisun LLC, and TurningPoint Energy, has completed a 14 MW DC utility-scale solar project in Danville, Virginia. The renewable energy project is the city’s largest solar development to date. […]
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Press Releases
GE supplying steam turbine for Australia’s new waste-to-energy plant
East Rockingham utility-scale waste-to-energy (WtE) plant will be equipped with GE Steam Power’s 35-MWe turbine, part of GE’s renewable steam power technology portfolio The new WtE plant will convert non-recyclable waste into reliable and dependable electricity for the Australian grid while lowering the overall annual CO2 footprint by 300,000 tons – the equivalent of taking […]
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