POWERnews November 27, 2019
Siemens Delivers World’s First HL-Class Gas Turbine to North Carolina Site
Siemens has delivered its first-ever HL-class gas turbine to Duke Energy’s Lincoln County Combustion Turbine generation station, located near Denver, North Carolina. The HL-class gas turbine was derived from proven…
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State Regulators Warn of More Delays at Vogtle
A filing by Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) staff and consultants on Nov. 22 said Georgia Power’s expansion of the Vogtle nuclear power plant is falling further behind schedule. The…
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What’s Driving Wholesale Power Price Changes? Not What You Think
Falling natural gas prices tamped down annual U.S. wholesale power prices over the last decade by $7/MWh to $53/MWh—to a much higher degree compared to the impact of wind and…
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In Case You Missed It

EDF Will Bail on Three Nuclear Plants, Exelon Holds the Bag

Exelon Generation said EDF Group—a French integrated electricity company—is exercising a put option to sell its 49.99% interest in the R.E. Ginna, Nine Mile Point, and Calvert Cliffs nuclear energy…

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300-MW Natural Gas Allam Cycle Power Plant Targeted for 2022
Testing continues at NET Power for a much-watched project that is demonstrating production of low-carbon natural gas power. The project is using a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycle, and its…
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6 Takeaways from POWERGEN International 2019
The POWERGEN International exhibition and summit—one of the world’s largest power-industry events with more than 750 exhibitors—was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov.…
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Report: Global Coal-Fired Generation Down 3%
A report from a UK-based online journal that covers climate and energy policy said that coal-fired power generation worldwide will fall by 3% this year, to about 54% of global…
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Experts Share Insight on the Industry at Recent Power Event [PODCAST]
POWER was at the POWERGEN International exhibition and summit, which was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 19–21, 2019. Among the experts we met with at the show were Paul…
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Dependable Renewable Energy for the Power Grid

Equipment Showcase: Boilers, Burners, Combustion

History of Power Plant Renovation and Modernization in India

Innovative Technology Captures Energy from Waste Heat

Is Small Beautiful? Maybe Not When It Comes to Wind Power

Operating HRSGs with Elevated Feedwater pH

Stranded Nuclear Asset Provides Opportunity for Seawater Pumped Storage

When the Storm Strikes, Will You Be Ready?

Industry Press Releases
Wärtsilä and EGE Haina sign natural gas power plant commissioning project and long-term service agreement in the Dominican Republic

ABB wins contract to upgrade Copel hydroelectric power plant in Brazil

INNIO and HanseWerk AG Pool Their Technological Expertise for Innovative Hydrogen-Fueled Combined Heat and Power Plant in the 1-MW Range

FPT Industrial Displays Power Source of the Future Concept at Power-Gen International

New Siemens Gamesa DD Flex concept increases capacity on its largest offshore wind turbine to 11 MW

Convergent Announces the Completion of 21 MWh of Energy Storage Projects at Two Shell Facilities
 
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