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JERA builds new coal but aims for zero carbon Although it aspires to zero CO2 emissions by 2050, JERA, the Tepco/Chubu Electric 50:50 joint venture that provides about 30% of Japan’s electricity, has recently commissioned a new...
Aeroderivatives take off at Colorado Springs and Biblis GE has received an order from community-owned Colorado Springs Utilities for six of its LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbine packages to help the utility bridge the gap and power...
Indian coal power: a pathway to reduced emissions A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre* recognises a continuing role for coal as an affordable, secure and dispatchable power source for India’s growing economy (although with...
A new role for Moorburg? Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall and municipal energy company Wärme Hamburg are jointly developing a plan for the production of hydrogen from wind and solar power...
Aggreko takes hybrid mine power to new heights A hybrid of PV and diesel gensets will power a new mine in the Andes
Gearing up for a new platform Recent orders, notably in December from the USA for fifteen V162-6.0 MW machines and from Finland for eight V162-6.0 MW turbines to be supplied to the Rasakangas wind project, take...
Innovations that underpin the clean energy transition The first issue of Modern Power Systems, published January 1981, included a guest editorial from Floyd L. Culler, then president and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute....
Uncertain future for combined cycle The combined cycle plant has been the power industry’s workhorse for a decade, and has evolved to fill a niche in a power portfolio with large proportions of renewables. But are its...
Energy carrier and commodity: how to make it happen? Low cost green hydrogen can only be produced where renewable resources are plentiful, eg North Africa. Hydrogen transport by pipeline to Europe would be much more cost effective...
Drones + AI: winning combination for a German DSO Over the summer of 2020, German distribution system operator, Netze BW, has worked with Sharper Shape to explore a new approach to asset inspection, combining AI with drone-based...
De-risking the UAMPS project and uprating the NuScale module Big steps for small reactors in the USA
The 8 January ‘system separation’ On 8 January 2021 at 14:05 CET, the 50 Hz synchronous area of continental Europe experienced a rare occurrence: due to outages of several transmission network elements in a very...
Hydrogen makes headway in the USA Projects being undertaken by GE and Mitsubishi Power in the USA will see increasing proportions of hydrogen being used in fuel for gas turbines
Start of a global industry? Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental, and Rusheen Capital Management, a private equity firm, have formed a development company, 1PointFive, to finance and...
The pathway to renewables and the role of liquid air To accommodate a growing share of intermittent renewables in the energy mix, while also maintaining grid stability, will require a major expansion of energy storage capacity. Among...
Remote mine sets the gold standard with energy storage and renewables Gold Fields and its independent power provider, EDL, have achieved renewable energy penetration up to 85% (under favourable weather conditions) at the Agnew gold mine in...
How HVDC will revolutionise the European, and in turn global, energy market The power sector in Europe and beyond is being transformed by the growth of renewable energy and the move towards a single energy market. HVDC (high voltage direct current) has a...
Success for Hitachi Zosen Inova Energy from waste projects employing Hitachi Zosen Inova technology are progressing in the UK and Russia
Longship launched, full steam ahead for capture & storage Among recent encouraging developments in the CCUS area, one of the most significant is the positive final investment decision taken, after considerable deliberation, by the...
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