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Dogger Bank wind farm producing power
21 December, 2023
The Dogger Bank wind farm, with an eventual installed capacity of 3.6 GW, is being constructed in UK waters 70 nautical miles (130 km) off the coast of Yorkshire and in three 1.2 GW phases known as Dogger Bank A, B and C. As of 7 October, power from Dogger Bank A’s first wind turbine was being transmitted to the UK’s national grid via Dogger Bank’s HVDC transmission system, the first use of HVDC for a UK wind farm.

UK ups CfD strike prices to attract bidders
21 December, 2023
Responding to the failure of the UK’s 2023 CfD (Contracts for Difference) auction to attract any bidders whatsoever from the offshore wind sector, the government has raised the maximum bid prices, aka strike prices, that offshore wind and other renewables projects can receive in the next auction, Allocation Round 6, to be held in 2024.

8.6 GW of new gas power in 2023
21 December, 2023
As of mid October, ten new natural-gas-fired power plants had come online in the USA in 2023, totalling of 6.8 GW of installed capacity, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. By the end of 2023, the EIA expected another six natural-gas-fired power plants, totalling 1.8 GW of additional generating capacity, to come online, bringing the total 2023 capacity addition to 8.6 GW. The additions include both combined cycle and simple cycle facilities concentrated near the Gulf Coast and Appalachia natural gas producing regions and in Florida. In 2022, a total of 11 natural gas-fired power plants came online, adding 5.6 GW of capacity. Total natural gas-fired capacity additions increased in both 2022 and 2023 after consecutive declines in the prior three years.

Gas with carbon capture at Decatur
21 December, 2023
Broadwing Energy, a subsidiary of Houston-based ‘energy transition company’ Warwick Carbon Solutions, is building an innovative natural-gas-with-carbon-capture power plant in Illinois. One of its roles will be to help meet the energy needs of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and lessen ADM’s carbon footprint.

Multibillion $ hydrogen hub launch in the US
20 December, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, “a key pillar of Bidenomics”, the US Department of Energy has announced up to $7 billion in potential funding to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen. Funded by the Biden Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal investment would be matched by recipients to leverage a total of nearly $50 billion.

Another 1800 MW of PV for MBR solar park
13 December, 2023
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a contract with Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) to build and operate the 1800 MW of photovoltaics comprising the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, described as the world’s largest single site solar facility.

NeuConnect on track
13 December, 2023
Aerial photos released 13 September show the latest construction progress on the €2.8bn NeuConnect project – the new 725 km 1.4 GW subsea HVDC link between the UK and Germany that will connect two of Europe’s largest energy markets for the first time.

UK’s Eastern Green Links 1 and 2: preferred suppliers named
29 November, 2023
Transmission system upgrade, with the aim of getting clean power from where it’s generated to where it’s needed, is a sine qua non of the energy transition, not least in the UK, where preferred converter and cable suppliers have recently been named for the proposed Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) and Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) HVDC connections.

First electricity from the world’s largest WtE facility
29 November, 2023
With first electricity provided to the UAE grid this summer, Hitachi Zosen Inova and its partner BESIX (Belgium) report attainment of another commissioning milestone for the Dubai waste-to-energy facility – said to be the world’s largest plant of its type.

EIB strengthens support for REPowerEU
24 November, 2023
Recently announced loans provide examples of how the European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting REPowerEU.

Synchronous condensers to enhance grid stability in Ireland, Finland and Scotland
23 November, 2023
Siemens Energy is delivering a hybrid grid stabilisation system – consisting of synchronous condenser (with flywheel) plus 160 MWh battery – to Shannonbridge B in Ireland. According to Siemens “this is the first time these two technologies have been combined into one, single grid connection”, with the aim of stabilising the grid and helping to make better use of renewables.

DTE’s CHP plant for Ford drives automation to the next level
16 November, 2023
The DTE Energy combined heat and power plant at Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn research and engineering campus requires minimal supervision with only one person present for operations and maintenance most of the time.

Combination of stressors key to testing perovskite cells
16 November, 2023
Perovskite solar cells should be subjected to a combination of stress tests simultaneously to best predict how they will function outdoors, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

EDF, Meridiam and SIFCA develop West Africa’s largest biomass power plant
16 November, 2023
Located in the Aboisso municipality, around 100 km east of Abidjan, the 46 MW power plant will use agricultural waste. It forms part of the 2014-2030 National Action Plan for Renewable Energy established by Ivory Coast, which has set a 45% target for renewables in its energy mix by 2030.

Hydrogen firing in gas turbines and its impact on HRSGs
15 November, 2023
Hydrogen firing in gas turbines is currently attracting huge interest, but it is important not to neglect its potential implications for heat recovery steam generators and associated equipment such as bypass stacks.

50Hertz signs major contracts with NKT and Prysmian
14 November, 2023
On 29 September, 50Hertz signed “project and framework contracts” with NKT and Prysmian for the production and installation of 3500 km of submarine and land cables, with an option for an additional 2700 km – contract volume some 4.6 billion euro.

Digitalisation and DSOs: increasing complexity is the mother of invention
09 November, 2023
The increasing decentralisation of the distribution grid and the transition to an all-electric future for homes, businesses and cars present new challenges for distribution system operators (DSOs) in managing and balancing the grid. Out of this necessity comes the need for invention, with digitalisation evolving to help solve the problem of asset visibility on the network.

Corrosion: Why we need to understand it better
08 November, 2023
Adapting existing fossil fuelled power plants for operation on lower carbon fuels – and thereby helping protect the vast amount of capital investment the existing fleet represents – requires a deeper understanding of the mechanisms driving corrosion. This has been a focus for research carried out by Cranfield University in the UK. It has also collaborated with the US Department of Energy in assessing high temperature corrosion issues that could arise in the operating conditions envisaged for future power generation technologies.

Repowering Japan's Futtsu power plant
03 November, 2023
GE Vernova has announced the successful start of commercial operation of the repowered Futtsu power plant Group 4, Chiba, Japan, with an installed capacity of 1.5 GW. A “flange-to- flange” replacement has been carried out, ie, replacement of an older engine from inlet flange to exhaust flange. At Futtsu Group 4, three GE 9HA.01 gas turbines have been installed in place of three GE 9H machines, which entered service over the period 2008- 2010. The 9H gas turbines at Futtsu were the first GE H class units to be deployed in Asia. The GE H class employed steam cooling of gas turbine components (rotating as well as stationary), but this approach was dropped in favour of the all-air-cooled HA.

Valmet to supply bubbling fluidised bed boiler to Göteborg Energi
02 November, 2023
Valmet is to supply a biomass fired power plant to Göteborg Energi AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. The new plant, to be in operation by 2025, will produce power and district heating from renewable and recovered sources.