With low gas prices and renewable generation boosting demand and capacity factors for combined cycle plants, plant operators are being called upon to squeeze out every last megawatt from their…
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The 400-MW coal-fired Sunbury Power Plant in Snyder County, Penn., retired in 2014, will be replaced with a three-unit, 1.1-GW combined cycle plant, private equity firm Panda Power Funds announced…
Courtesy: Siemens Owner/operator: Cengiz Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. The 600-MW Cengiz Enerji Samsun Combined Cycle Plant was constructed in only 23 months and produces electricity at a thermal efficiency…
Courtesy: Siemens Owner/operator: Panda Power Funds A market desperate for new capacity. A highly challenging financing environment. A grid with rapidly expanding intermittent wind generation. ERCOT needed solutions. Panda Power…
Courtesy: Hajr Electricity Production Co. Owner/operator: Hajr Electricity Production Co. Take one of the largest gas-fired plants in the world. Add 50C (122F)–degree heat and frequent heavy sand storms. Then…
U.S. wind power is becoming more widespread and costs are generally on the decline, but the sector is troubled by policy uncertainties, a new report from the Energy Department says.…
Steam turbine technology took a leap in June as Siemens revealed a 10-MW prototype that uses magnetic force to suspend a rotor weighing several tons. The innovation means that instead…
Courtesy: SaskPower There was no debate among our editorial team when it came to selecting the most interesting and worthy project worldwide for this year’s top award. Boundary Dam Power…
Despite wind power’s going “mainstream,” original equipment manufacturers and end users struggle to pin down quality standards for ever-evolving wind turbine component technologies. As more utilities embrace wind power, the…
As part of a remedy package to appease the European Commission, Alstom will accept $331 million less than the original $13.63 billion purchase price offered by General Electric (GE) to…