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Taiwan’s huge offshore wind programme gets underway
16 November, 2018
The Taiwanese government has set up an ambitious programme that should see over 4 GW of offshore wind capacity installed by 2025. Large sites developed by Ørsted will be a major part of that programme. Staff report

20 000th Jenbacher gas engine delivered with ceremony
15 November, 2018
A production milestone for Jenbacher gas engines was marked by a ceremonial handover to German food manufacturer Milchwerke Oberfranken.

Alcad storage to supply corrosion protection
15 November, 2018
Alcad, a manufacturer of nickel-technology battery solutions for industrial power backup, has supplied battery systems to form the heart of a solar-powered cathodic protection scheme at Qatar Petroleum’s Dukhan Gas Field.

Novel high-performance storage enters final construction phase
15 November, 2018
On 26 September Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its electric thermal energy storage (ETES) facility in Hamburg–Altenwerder. The facility can store up to 30 MWh of energy and boasts maximum scalability at a low investment cost. The pilot facility is currently in the final construction phase, and all of the storage facility’s buildings and main components have already been completed.

First synchronisation of phase III of the world’s largest CSP
28 October, 2018
In September the 150 MW Noor Ouarzazate III solar tower power plant accomplished first synchronisation with the Moroccan grid. Ouarzazate III is the third phase in the Noor Ouarzazate complex, the world’s largest solar CSP plant. Staff report

US wind power – a sea change in the offing
28 October, 2018
Approval has been sought by Dominion Energy to build two 6 MW wind turbines off Virginia’s coast. The $300 million project, considered to be the most advanced of several embryo projects, would be first to be constructed in a federal lease area. Leonard Sanford

Incentivising energy efficiency
28 October, 2018

Nuclear in China – where now?
28 October, 2018
Completion of the world’s first EPR and AP1000 reactors marks a major milestone for China, but the country’s ambitious nuclear expansion programme is no longer on track. Steve Kidd examines why.

CFB fuel flexibility in practice, at Zabrze and Naantali
28 October, 2018
Fortum has inaugurated its new 75 MWe/145 MWt multi-fuel CHP plant in Zabrze, Poland, which employs circulating fluidised bed boiler technology supplied by Sumitomo SHI FW under a full turnkey plant construction contract (see MPS, August 2017, pp 28-30).

Keeping track of GKM’s 260 cranes and hoists
26 October, 2018
The GKM coal fired plant in Germany uses some 260 crane systems and hoists of various types and manufacturers, for a range of tasks including coal handling and conveying, lifting of equipment and maintenance. Each of these cranes and hoists – from a simple chain pulley to the Kone-supplied 300 t turbine hall crane – requires a yearly safety-related check (UVV) as well as maintenance.

Eelpower buys 20 MW battery storage unit
17 October, 2018
Eelpower Limited has acquired the recently-completed 20 MW Rock Farm battery storage scheme from Anesco for an undisclosed sum. Eelpower is an independent provider of flexible energy services and has multiple long-term Firm Frequency Response (FFR) contracts from the National Grid. The acquisition of Rock Farm is one of a number that Eelpower plans to complete between now and 2022 to deliver 1 GW of storage capacity, at an estimated cost of £500 m.

Enwave wins bid to build solar storage array
17 October, 2018
An energy production and trading scheme designed for the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide will incorporate one of Australia’s largest rooftop solar arrays to provide energy to businesses and homes within the growing precinct.

Wärtsilä delivers its first engine/storage hybrid
17 October, 2018
Wärtsilä has delivered its first engine plus storage hybrid installation worldwide and its first EPC energy storage project in Europe, to Sinergy Kft, subsidiary of ALTEO Group, in Budapest, Hungary. The order was booked in Q1 2018 and the project was successfully commissioned on 22 August this year.

The world’s first half million volt DC transmission line gets an upgrade
19 September, 2018
The historic New Zealand HVDC link, now rated at more than 1200 MW, is to be upgraded with new components and a new control system.

Wärtsilä helps Hawaii on its way to 100% renewables
19 September, 2018
Wärtsilä has signed a “maintenance and operational advisory agreement” covering Hawaiian Electric’s 50 MW Schofield generating station, located on the island of Oahu, about 40 km from Honolulu. “The agreement will help the utility to maximise the availability and efficiency of the power plant”, says Wärtsilä.

Renewing India
19 September, 2018
India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies. The government is committed to improving rural electrification and investing in renewable resources to improve sustainability. But without the associated investment in supporting infrastructure and technology, the future vision of a secure and sustainable energy market at an affordable price may not be fully realised.

Report from Manjung 4, where coal generation still makes sense
19 September, 2018
By James Varley

Next steps for GE services: Cross-Fleet and AGP expansion
18 September, 2018
GE has recently unveiled Cross-Fleet, an initiative aimed at provide upgrade services to other OEM’s gas turbine fleets, as well as announcing expansion of its Advanced Gas Path offering, to 6B machines. James Varley reports from Baden.

Supercritical CO2 and the flexible future of fossil fuels
17 September, 2018
sCO2-FLEX is an EU funded project that brings together key academic and industrial stakeholders to demonstrate how supercritical CO2 could contribute to Europe’s climate change and energy transition goals by making fossil-fuelled power production more capable of supporting a smarter and more flexible energy market.

Time to invest in car parks?
17 September, 2018
While retailers grapple with the future of the energy supply business, equal turmoil in the business of generating and transmitting power was evident at the Electrify Europe event, 19-21 June in Vienna*. Absent from the exhibition floor were all the large scale turbine manufacturers – Siemens, GE and the like – and even the reciprocating engine specialists, such as Aggrekko and Wärtsilä, were not exhibiting. That reveals the state of the market, where the surge in renewables and distributed generation has made large power plant pretty much uninvestable – at least in Europe. The meeting buzzed with rumours that Siemens might sell its large turbine business to a Chinese company.