February 14, 2018

NRG Sells Renewables Assets, 3.6 GW of Louisiana Coal and Gas Power Plants
NRG Energy, in a bid to shed $7 billion in consolidated debt, is selling the bulk of its renewable assets and development platforms along with several coal and natural gas…

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Overcoming CCR Challenges: Solutions for Ash Pond Wastewaters
Learn more about water treatment related to coal combustion regulations (CCR). Issues covered include the types of contaminants that are typically found in ash basins, what treatment options are available to manage the dewatering of the basin prior to closure, and how to manage a plants water streams after a basin has been closed.
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Battery-Gas Turbine Combination Provides Power Plant Flexibility
With a broadening portfolio of generation technologies and rapidly changing demands, effectively combining and integrating diverse technologies is important to a reliable power grid.

AEP, American Power Giant, Sets Goal to Slash Carbon Emissions 80% by 2050
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power generators, will pursue a strategy to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60% from 2000 levels by 2030, and…

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Efficiency Improvements Mark Advances in Gas Turbines

Engineers from several companies have worked on upgrades to the technology, including designs that emphasize faster starts, quicker ramp-ups, increased efficiency, and better performance in a tight global

Modernize Gas Turbine Controls with an Eye on the Future
Although it may seem as if gas turbines have only recently become the technology of choice for new U.S. power plants, a lot of gas turbine units have been in service for decades. Control systems have evolved

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Direct-Use Power Generation to Outpace Retail Sales Through 2050
After decades of lethargic power demand—and negative growth in 2017—U.S. electricity use is expected to grow steadily through 2050, driven by a healthy economy and increasing efficiency, the U.S. Energy…

Turbophase Dry Air Injection Optimizes Aero-derivative Combustion Turbines
Turbophase enables combustion turbine owners and power grids to increase flexibility, power, and efficiency, which is critical at a time when dispatch of renewable energy is growing. Combustion turbines

Test Your Knowledge: Gas Turbine Failure Modes
The number of gas turbines operating around the world is growing steadily. In this environment, the number of power sector workers new to gas turbines is also expanding, and a…

Industry Press Releases

EthosEnergy awarded rotor exchange contract in Germany

Utilities ill-equipped to face increasingly disparate cybersecurity threat

GE Power’s 6F.01 Gas Turbines Achieve Commercial Operation at Huaneng Guilin Gas Distributed Energy Project

Voith Turbo Supplies 100th BHS Turbo Gearbox to Siemens

PRUFTECHNIK Establishes New Calibration Laboratory for Vibration Sensors

MHPS J-SERIES GAS TURBINE 2017: A YEAR OF MILESTONES