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Air cooling in a dry state
05 November, 2002
Two Reliant CCGT projects in Mississippi and Pennsylvania have been engineered for air cooling rather than water cooling, a decision that has speeded up the permitting process and helped to conserve water supplies. Roger Spears, Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Completing Mexico's Monterrey III ahead of schedule
05 November, 2002
Iberdrola Energía Monterrey's new 1000 MWe combined cycle plant has set new benchmarks for project implementation in the Mexican power sector.

Three V64.3A units for San Pedro de Macorís
05 September, 2002
Using three identical combined cycle modules has proved advantageous at the San Pedro de Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic W. Fischer, Siemens Power Generation, Erlangen, Germany

Turbulent times for FGD
05 July, 2002
A sieve tray is at the heart of the innovative and highly efficient Flowtrac wet flue gas desulphurisation technology.

Genset is ready-to-wear
05 July, 2002

Live maintenance
05 June, 2002

ECO demonstrates the attractions of multi-pollutant control
06 May, 2002
Following successful pilot testing, the first commercial demonstration installation of Powerspan's Electro-Catalytic Oxidation multi-pollution control system is underway at the R. E. Burger coal-fired station. The multi-pollution approach, with one installation reducing SO2, NOx, mercury and particulates promises a number of advantages. Phillip Boyle, Powerspan Corp, New Durham USA

GT10C targets the 30 MW gap
06 May, 2002
An upgrade of the proven GT10B, the new 30 MW GT10C gas turbine will be commercially available in June 2002. With the emphasis very much on robustness and reliability rather than novelty, the first GT10C is currently under test on a new rig in Finspong. James Varley

Canadians opt for vertical HRSGs at Brighton Beach
06 May, 2002
Brighton Beach Power Station (BBPS) is being developed by ATCO Power Canada Ltd and Ontario Power Generation, Inc, as a new natural gas-fired combined cycle generation facility. To be built at the site of the former J C Keith generating station near Windsor, Ontario, Canada, the plant will have vertical gas-flow natural circulation heat recovery steam generators. These are popular in Europe and Asia, but are not commonly used in North America.

Kipevu 2 - right first time
06 May, 2002
Successful independent power projects are primarily dependent upon being built on time, within budget, and achieving all performance targets. The recently inaugurated 74 MW Kipevu 2 diesel power project in Mombasa, Kenya, can truly claim success on all fronts. Graham Dilliway, PowerConsult International, Horsham, UK (jgd@powerconsult.net)

Hybrid power for Mexico City
05 April, 2002
The 300 MWe oil-fired Valle de Mexico plant is being repowered with three new GT11N2 gas turbines plus HRSGs. The existing boiler and steam turbine will be retained, so that when operating in "hybrid" mode the plant's generating capacity will be 550 MW.

UK talks up renewables, but retains nukes option
22 February, 2002
The proportion of UK electricity generated by renewables should be increased to 20 per cent in 2020 while the option for new investment in nuclear power should be kept open according to a think tank report for the government

UK talks up renewables, retains nuke option
05 February, 2002

Alholmens: the world's largest biofuelled plant (part 1)
01 January, 2002
The Alholmens Kraft biomass-fired CHP plant, with a boiler steam capacity of 550 MWt, has just entered commercial operation. Located at UPM-Kymmene's huge Wisaforest pulp, paper and saw mill complex, close to Pietarsaari on the west coast of Finland, fuels include bark, sawdust, wood chips and peat, with coal as reserve.