In This Issue
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GasCollaboration Brings the Energy for Pennsylvania Community
It took a team effort, led by Kiewit as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, to overcome numerous challenges and build a 1,000-MW natural gas-fired facility that has sparked a
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Full CoverageStanton Energy Reliability Center Hybrid Supplies Power When Southern California Needs It Most
Stanton Energy Reliability Center is a unique hybrid power station that includes two GE LM6000 gas turbines, each integrated with a battery energy storage system. The station provides reliable and stable power
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Top PlantIngenuity Boosts Efficiency at Colombian Gas Power Plant
The 1993-built 610-MW Prime Termoflores gas plant in Barranquilla, Colombia, set out to boost its efficiency and ramp up performance to provide reliable backup to the region’s volatile, hydro-reliant power
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GasSustainability and Efficiency Are Key Considerations at the West Riverside Energy Center
The West Riverside Energy Center is a two-unit combined cycle power plant located near Beloit, Wisconsin. Alliant Energy’s state-of-the-art facility has several important sustainability and efficiency
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NewsGas Turbine Technology Advances That Could Boost Their Future Relevance
Gas turbines have grown into a hallmark of the modern power system for their high efficiency, reliability, operational flexibility, fuel flexibility, and low-emission power options. But if gas turbines are to
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CommentaryGetting to Net-Zero GHG Emissions Will Take More Than Closing Coal Plants
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, next month. The roughly two-week-long event will bring together delegates from around the world with a goal
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Offshore WindDynamic Export Cables Help Unlock Potential of Offshore Wind Power
The need to boost renewable energy production and infrastructure has never been higher. Offshore wind power is a crucial part of achieving net-zero emissions and has tremendous potential. As more and larger
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HydrogenEnvironmental and Permitting Considerations for Decarbonizing with Hydrogen
Many experts believe hydrogen will play a key role in the effort to decarbonize the world’s energy supply. However, current hydrogen production methods release a lot of carbon dioxide, and carbon capture
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NewsWater Intake Reliability in the Age of Environmental Uncertainty
Thermal power plants need a continuous supply of cooling water to operate, but as the natural environment changes, more and more screen blockages are occurring at cooling water intakes. Maintaining intake
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CoalAddressing the Increased Need to Decommission Power Plants in a Sustainable Manner
Coal-fired power plant decommissioning and remediation work is not typically a utility company’s core business. That’s why having the right partner and implementing a sound plan to ensure both
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GeneralShow Preview – Experience POWER
POWER magazine is again hosting its Experience POWER event, with the 2021 edition taking place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Experience POWER is the only live
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GeneralShow Preview – Distributed Energy Conference
The 2021 edition of the Distributed Energy Conference, hosted by POWER magazine, will take place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. This year’s event is co-located
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CommentaryDigitalization and Decarbonization: Optimizing Humanity’s Largest Machine
Burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation is by far the largest contributor to greenhouse gases, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Renewable power generation is taking off, but more than 60% of North American energy generation is still carbon-based. The percentage is even higher in other parts of the world. Optimizing the […]
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Distributed EnergyDER Orchestration Helps Utilities with Challenges of Grid, Decarbonization
Renewable energy and distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar and wind, electric vehicles (EVs), battery storage, heat pumps, and new types of controllable load devices, may well prove to be the single most-disruptive influence in the history of the electric grid. Renewables have quickly become the world’s second-largest source of electricity generation, and DERs challenge […]
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Legal & RegulatoryAvoiding an ‘American Nightmare’—Cybersecurity Initiatives in the Power Sector
Cyberattacks on the U.S. energy system threaten our national security and way of life. While the sources of such risks may be debatable, the threats are real and the potential consequences are grave. Former
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CommentaryWhy Now Is the Time to Push for Carbon Neutrality
In March 2021, we reached an important milestone in the push for carbon neutrality across industries. A report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), a UK-based non-profit, found more than 21% of
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O&MEffect of Eddy Grooves on Tilting Pad Journal Bearings
Tilting pad journal bearings are used in turbomachinery such as turbo compressors, turbo gears, gas turbines, or steam turbines. There is an ongoing and growing customer demand for bearings with increased
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Distributed GenerationElectrification of Everything—Digital Circuit Breakers Support DER Adoption
The continued push toward electrification creates a need for technologies that provide a way to integrate distributed energy resources (DERs) into the power grid, certainly at the residential level where
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Distributed PowerUpgrading a Campus Energy System as Part of a Carbon-Reduction Effort
Educational institutions increasingly are upgrading their physical utility infrastructure to become more efficient in their use of energy while addressing the reliability of the energy supply on their campus
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BusinessPOWER Digest—October 2021
Vattenfall Inaugurates Scandinavia’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm. Vattenfall on Sept. 6 said it inaugurated the 604-MW Kriegers Flak facility, a new offshore wind farm that is located in the Baltic Sea, 15 to
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InfographicsThe BIG PICTURE: Battery Storage Expansion
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) June 2021 electric generator inventory suggests 260 battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are now operational in the U.S., representing a total nameplate capacity of 2,673 MW. Another 12,914 MW from 212 BESS projects are in various stages of planning or construction, with more than 10 GW readying to begin operations […]