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The Energiewende: ten questions and answers
13 June, 2017
The Energiewende in a nutshell: 10 Q&A on the German energy transition provides a handy snapshot of where the Germans have got to in their pioneering efforts to dispense with both fossil and nuclear power and switch to renewables. The overview, summarised below, has been produced by Agora Energiewende, which describes itself as a “think-&-do-tank”, and is a joint initiative of the Mercator Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.

BENSON low mass flux vertically-tubed evaporators in the power market
13 June, 2017
A status update by Martin Effert & Jan Brückner, Siemens, Germany

Learning from Martigues
13 June, 2017
The recovery from the 5 February 2015 steam turbine fire at the Martigues 5 and 6 combined cycle plants in the South of France, and restoration of the site to full health – 18 months later – was the subject of a very interesting presentation by Antoine Pfister and Andrés Sanchez Roa at the UK IMechE’s Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2017 conference, Birmingham, UK, 22-23 March.

The Stable Salt Reactor: Transforming the promise of the molten salt fuel concept into a viable technology
23 February, 2017
For six decades, use of molten salt nuclear fuel has been synonymous with the fuel also being the coolant, with reactor fuel emitting beta and gamma radiation at many kW per litre levels as it passes around a pumped chemical engineering based system outside the reactor core. The challenges are obvious to any engineer. There is however an alternative that leaves the molten salt fuel in the reactor core, where arguably it belongs. By Ian R Scott, Moltex Energy, UK

EU ‘must shut all coal plants by 2030’ to meet climate pledges – new study
15 February, 2017
The European Union will overshoot its Paris climate change pledges collectively by a huge margin unless its coal emissions are completely phased out within 15 years, a stress test of the industry has found.

Review: gas turbine compressor washing
27 January, 2017
Compressor washing, both on-line and off-line, is vital for maintaining gas turbine performance. But what is the best cleaning agent and how often should it be done? Meherwan Boyce, Boyce Consulting Group, and Francisco Gonzalez, Cheniere LNG O&M Services, review techniques and report on the results of recent tests in the field. It turns out that plain demineralised water performs just as well as soap solutions.

Doosan Skoda Power projects in Denmark and Jordan
27 January, 2017
Doosan Škoda Power reports that its scope of supply for HOFOR’s new CHP plant at the Amagerværket site (BIO4) in Copenhagen will include the complete turbine hall, comprising DST-S10 steam turbine (rated output 150 MWe), generator, heat exchangers, oil system, feedwater tank, steam and heat pipework, power and signal cabling, steel structures, bridge crane, fire protection system and lighting. Doosan Škoda Power will also be responsible for assembly of the turbine hall equipment including commissioning and subsequent guarantee measurements.

Macquarie ‘could be poised to asset strip UK Green Investment Bank’
11 January, 2017
Greenpeace says that it has uncovered evidence of a potential preparation for ‘asset stripping’ of the UK-based Green Investment Bank.