Are Flexible Generation Plants Performing as Expected? The Lodi Energy Center (LEC) is a 296-MW 1 x 1 combined cycle plant in Lodi, Calif., just north of Stockton and east of the San Joaquin River delta (Figure 1). From the outside, there’s little to distinguish&hellips; Read More
GE Tops 50% Engine Efficiency as Gas Engine Market Heats Up GE Power & Water announced Mar. 5 that it had achieved 50.1% electrical efficiency with its gas-fired J920 FleXtra reciprocating engine during a test run at the Jenbacher facility in Austria. This is the first time a reciprocating engine has… Read More
U.S., Netherlands Harness Waste Gases for Distributed Generation Methane emissions are garnering increasing attention because of their potential impact on the climate. Though far less methane is released to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, methane has 20 to 25 times the&hellips; Read More
A Handheld Fuel Cell Generator After decades of potential but limited deployment, fuel cells are beginning to carve out a role in grid-scale generation (see “59-MW Fuel Cell Park Opening Heralds Robust Global Technology Future” in the&hellips; Read More
Entergy's Ninemile 6 Plant Completes Construction Entergy Louisiana’s two-unit, 560-MW combined cycle plant in Westwego, La., just outside New Orleans, completed construction on Dec. 26, both under budget and several months ahead of its original schedule&hellips; Read More
Choose a single automation platform for all your turbine generators and discover the key to bottom-line savings.
