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Nuclear
Only Nuclear Power Plant in U.S. Northwest Set to Add Generating Capacity
The only commercial nuclear power plant in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is set for a $700-million upgrade that would add nearly 200 MW of generation capacity. The Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Washington, with a current capacity of 1,207 MW, will undergo an extended power uprate that will be done during the plant’s next three biennial spring refueling outages in 2027, 2029, and 2031.
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Webinar
How to improve performance and reduce emissions when a major hardware upgrade is not financially viable
Sponsored by:Improving the performance of your fleet is always top of mind. And today, reducing emissions is added to the list of concerns. However, a hardware upgrade to improve performance and emissions may not be a financially viable option in the near term for many power plants. To learn how to optimize plant performance and meet […]
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Gas
Years in the Making, GE’s Recent GT26 Gas Turbine Upgrade Exceeds Expectations
GE recently announced the completion of the first implementation of its GT26 High-Efficiency (HE) upgrade for the GT26 gas turbine fleet. The work was done at Uniper’s Enfield Power Station (Figure 1) in north London. The upgrade was installed to improve the performance and extend the maintenance interval of the combined cycle plant, according to […]
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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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Instrumentation & Controls
Burns & McDonnell Selected by NYPA for Major Control System Modernization Project at One of Largest Hydropower Facilities in North America
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Burns & McDonnell will serve as engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contractor for an extensive $134 million electrical control system upgrade and modernization project for the New York Power Authority’s 2,525-megawatt (MW) Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant. The control system project is a crucial component of a recently announced $1.1 billion Next Generation Niagara […]
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Gas
Siemens to upgrade steam power plant in Vietnam to combined cycle power plant
• Electrical capacity increased to approximately 1,200 megawatts • Fired with regasified liquefied natural gas instead of oil • Fifty percent lower CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour produced Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This […]
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Gas
GE Completes Gas Turbine Upgrade Ahead of Schedule at Tanzania’s Songas Ubungo Power Plant
BADEN, SWITZERLAND—August 27, 2019—This week, the SSA Gas Power systems & Power services team announced they have successfully completed upgrades to the entire GE fleet of three LM6000PA and one LM6000PC gas turbines at the Songas Ubungo Power Plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Ubungo power plant provides more than 20% of the grid connected power in […]
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Connected Plant
Fully Digital Nuclear I&C Upgrade Gets ‘Unprecedented’ NRC License
A fully digital nuclear reactor instrumentation and control system (I&C)—the first of its kind in the U.S.—at a Purdue University research reactor in West Lafayette, Indiana, has been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Upgrades to digitalize Purdue University Reactor Number 1 (PUR 1)—a pool-type12-kWt reactor (that runs at 1 kW) originally built in […]
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Plant Design
Comparing Gas Turbine Life to Turbine Control Life: What You Need to Know
Turbine control manufacturers often suggest retrofit projects are the only viable strategy to resolve control system end-of-life or obsolescence issues. But do plant operators really need to upgrade turbine
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Press Releases
Siemens to boost power output and efficiency at Al-Sadder power plant in Iraq
Siemens’ digital services to maximize power plant’s performance Assets will generate more power and supply electricity to an additional 100,000 homes Project supports Iraq’s goal of meeting electricity demand In line with Iraq’s goal to improve the efficiency and availability of the country’s power plants, Siemens will provide inspection and upgrade services for two power […]
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