power generation
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Sustainability
Engineering the Largest Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Plant
As part of the UK’s Humber Zero initiative, VPI Immingham’s gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant will be home to the world’s largest post-combustion carbon capture facility. The Humber region is
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Full Coverage
SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to potentially boost regional reliability, savings, and efficiencies. SPP, which has operated as an RTO since 2004, currently has 110 member companies in its Eastern Interconnection […]
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Trends
Integration of Hydropower and Hydrogen Gains Momentum
In May, U.S. national laboratories Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) partnered with regulated utility Idaho Power to determine the viability of integrating
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Gas
SRP’s Urgent 575-MW Aeroderivative Natural Gas Expansion Gets Arizona Regulator’s Green Light
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) on June 21 issued an amended certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District’s (SRP’s) 575-MW natural gas–fired Coolidge Expansion Project. The measure marks a hard-fought triumph for SRP, which urgently sought the plant’s expansion, arguing it is crucial for near-term system reliability and […]
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Using AI to Optimize the Power Grid
There is a continued push in the power generation sector to make the industry more efficient through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data science. Several companies are working to provide products and services for utilities and other power producers, focused on generation, transmission and distribution, and the way utilities interact with […]
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Webinar
Flexible & Reliable: Optimal performance amid variable power generation
Sponsored by:The operating environment for power plants is challenged by strengthening environmental regulations, fluctuating fuel prices, labor attrition and supply chain disruption. On top of these factors, load demand variations due to renewable generation is changing the way power generators produce power. Though it may not have been designed for it, your plant needs to operate […]
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Press Releases
California Electricity Provider Seeks to Become First Community Choice Group to Own Power Generation Resources
SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2023) — Local clean energy provider, MCE, is taking the first step toward pursuing full or part ownership in turnkey clean energy projects providing 95-100% carbon-free energy. The agency is using a Request for Information process to solicit these projects. If any projects are selected through this process, […]
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Hydrogen
Green Hydrogen: Businesses Should Know the Potential, and the Risks
From the Apollo space missions to the Zeppelin airships, human ingenuity has long dreamed up ways to make the power of hydrogen fly. Now, as the world powers up to reach climate goals in the midst of an energy crisis, the universe’s most abundant element is once again taking up airtime as debate continues over […]
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Interview
The POWER Interview: 3D Printing as a Supply Chain Solution
Issues with the global supply chain have impacted the power generation sector, in much the same way those problems have affected other industries. Sourcing of materials, including spare parts for boilers and turbines, solar panels and other solar-related equipment, and items needed for wind power and other renewable energy sources, has delayed projects worldwide. The […]
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Gas
U.S.’s Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Set Daily Production Records in July Despite High Fuel Prices
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that electricity generated by natural gas–fired power plants in the lower 48 states reached 6.37 TWh on July 21, setting a new record high for a day. In fact, the previous high, set on July 27, 2020, was broken three times during that week in July, first on […]
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