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Super cool in Detroit
20 December, 1998
The US Department of Energy has awarded a contract for the world's first high temperature superconductor (HTS) power cable system in an electric utility network. The HTS cables will triple the power throughput of the copper cables they will replace in the Frisbie Station in Detroit.

Going supercritical: once-through is the key
20 December, 1998
As large gas turbine combined cycle plants reach the 60 per cent thermal efficiency landmark, heat recovery steam generators are moving into the realm of supercritical steam conditions. New boiler designs favour the high-pressure once-through mode, leading to more compact design and lower costs. J F Galopin, CMI, Belgium

IGCC: poised for growth?
20 December, 1998
The use of gasification for power generation has been waiting in the wings for years – a technology for the future that many utilities feel is complex, too expensive and unproven. Recent experience on both sides of the Atlantic nevertheless reinforces its relevance to power generation – as a means of using coal and low value feedstocks in the cleanest possible way. But to be truly competitive using coal alone, natural gas prices need to rise or bigger turbines need to be used.

Know your acronyms – or else
20 December, 1998

Siemens restructured, investors enamoured
20 December, 1998

Banking is no fun for non-banks
20 December, 1998

Approval for plutonium fuel
20 December, 1998
NUCLEAR

Urban project wins $25 million loan
20 December, 1998
REHABILITATION

Design starts on Russian reactors
20 December, 1998
NUCLEAR

Toshiba has fuel cell for critical uses
20 December, 1998
FUEL CELLS

Solar investment
20 December, 1998
RENEWABLES

State companies urged to invest in renewable power
20 December, 1998
RENEWABLES

Unión Fenosa and National Power form alliance
20 December, 1998
POLICY

Second nuclear unit nears completion
20 December, 1998
NUCLEAR

Production of fuel cells tested
20 December, 1998
TECHNOLOGY