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Connected Plant
A Holistic Model for Industrial Gas Power: Dearborn Central Energy Plant
DTE’s new Central Energy Plant will energize a flexible and high-tech revamp of Ford Motor Co.’s Research and Engineering campus in Dearborn, Michigan. Because it goes beyond the envelope of modern
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Fuel
The 470-MW Floating Powership That Buoyed Ghana
Karpowership’s 470-MW floating power plant deployed at two locations in Ghana demonstrated how robust an impact the innovative “plug-and-play” electricity delivery model can have on a power-hungry country’s economy and society.
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Top Plant
Upgrades and Interconnection Make Gas-Fired Plant a Winner
The Termica Milazzo cogeneration combined cycle power plant completed an extensive upgrade and integration project with a nearby refinery in Sicily, Italy. The successful project, which spanned about three
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T&D
Did You Know There Are 60,000 U.S. Citizens Who Lack Access to Electricity?
I think most people know that there are a lot of people around the world who don’t have access to electricity. The International Energy Agency has said the number is about 860 million with the majority of
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Coal
Power Plant Decommissioning Tips to Save Time, Money, and Hassle
All power plants have a finite useful life. Thus, there will come a time at every facility when the unit must be retired and the decommissioning process undertaken. Decisions must be made on who will do the
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Distributed Energy
Gearing Up for Grid Integration
The growing adoption of distributed energy resources presents another challenge for utilities and grid operators as they design and plan for how electricity is produced and delivered. The past few years have
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Fuel
A High Energy Potential: Power-to-Heat
Though a lesser discussed power-to-x solution, power-to-heat technologies are already mature, commercially available, and market competitive. And they are already making an impact on the power sector. Much
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Nuclear
Philippines Taking New Look at Nuclear Power
It’s been nearly 35 years since the Philippines mothballed the country’s only nuclear power plant, declaring the 621-MW Bataan facility would not be commissioned despite the country spending $2.3 billion
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Hydrogen
Swedish Companies Jointly Explore Hydrogen-Based Production of Steel
Swedish energy company Vattenfall, mining company LKAB, and steel manufacturer SSAB in September started the world’s first pilot plant to produce “fossil-free” steel in Lulea, Sweden (Figure 3). As part
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News
Renewables Could Drive Recovery in Latin America
Countries in Latin America did not feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic until several weeks after Europe and the U.S., but the impacts of the coronavirus when it arrived were swift on the region’s