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Hydropower Horizons: Pioneering a Pelton Turbine Breakthrough

Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 hydropower facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine. Revolutionizing 140-year-old Pelton technology,…


South Korea’s First ‘K-Gas Turbine’ Begins Commercial Operation

Marking a significant inroad to establish a South Korean foothold in the world’s gas turbine technology market, heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility this summer began commercial operation of its first…


Restoring Power Plants to Dependable Peak Efficiency

Two peaker plants in the southern U.S. found the experience and know-how of a seasoned rotating equipment services provider indispensable during a control system upgrade and a generator rewind project.…


Trial Operation of Innovative Horizontal Pelton Hydropower Turbine Underway in Austria

A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the 140-year-old…


Marnie Surfaceblow—Combined Cycle Plants: Know Your Limitations and Keep Your Plant Both Online and Operating Efficiently

Long-time POWER readers may remember Marmaduke Surfaceblow, a fictional character whose engineering escapades were brilliantly portrayed in hundreds of stories published within POWER magazine’s pages over more than 30 years…