March 13, 2019

ERCOT Warns of Intensified Summer Supply Crunch (UPDATED)
Grappling with a historically low planning reserve margin of 7.4%, owing to a mass of coal plant closures, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is forecasting record electric use…

High-Purity Boiler Water pH Measurement
Water quality monitoring and control are two of the most critical operations that power plants employ to protect assets, such as boilers and steam turbines, from corrosion by assuring the correct addition…

Energy Secretary Wants to Fast-Track U.S. LNG Export Projects
Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. continue to rise, as the use of natural gas for power generation increases in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan,…

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Financial and Gas Turbine Blade Troubles Plague GE Power

GE Power’s financials spun out further on a dismal trajectory during the fourth quarter of 2018, plagued by slack market demand for products and services, technical glitches of a flagship…

The Line Blurs Between Small Cogen Plants and Large Combined Cycles
When U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), he unintentionally ignited the worldwide deregulation of electricity markets, which in turn began…

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Microturbines Useful in Commercial and Industrial Applications
Gas turbines come in a variety of sizes. While large combustion turbines seem to get the bulk of the publicity, with the likes of Siemens, GE, and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems making the most noise…

UAE Adds Gas Power to Its Mix and Renewables Abroad
The January agreement between GE and Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. for a 1.8-GW combined cycle power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is part of the country’s commitment to increasing its power generation…

Building Puerto Rican Resiliency with LPG-Fueled Engines
After Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico in ruins, the ProCaribe liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) hub continued to operate, ensuring vital energy resources were available even in the wake of this…

An Inside Look at a State-of-the-Art Training Facility [PODCAST]
Royce Peters, senior technical coordinator for the Carpenters International Training Center (ITC) in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a guest on The POWER Podcast. The ITC is the largest and most-comprehensive…

Industry Press Releases

MHPS J-Series Gas Turbine Passes 750,000 Hours of Reliable Operation

Wärtsilä delivers power plant on fast track to help Bahamas Power and Light improve system reliability

Brüel & Kjær Vibro installs their 3rd generation monitoring system at the Huntly power station in New Zealand

Sorgenia Turns to GE to Digitize Its Gas Power Plant Fleet in Italy

SKF Pulse™: Machine Monitoring Made Easy

A historic milestone has been achieved by Doosan Škoda Power: its first steam turbine is heading to the United States

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