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Making better use of the grid
31 March, 2023
Amir Cohen, founder & CEO of EGM (Electrical Grid Monitoring, Inc), argues that ‘multi-sensing’ technologies deployed on the current grid, accurately analysing many parameters in real time, could greatly increase grid capacity and improve performance, reducing the need for spending on new infrastructure.

Recip suppliers look to hydrogen
29 March, 2023
Rolls-Royce has conducted successful tests of a 12-cylinder gas variant of the mtu Series 4000 L64 engine running on 100% hydrogen fuel. The tests, carried out by the Power Systems business unit, showed very good characteristics in terms of efficiency, performance, emissions and combustion.

RWE prioritises storage
23 March, 2023
RWE reports that “Germany’s first megabattery” is complete. It has a capacity of 117 MW (128 MWh), and consists of 420 blocks of lithium-ion batteries located at two power plant sites, with 49 MWh at Lingen (Lower Saxony) and 79 MWh at Werne (North Rhine-Westphalia), “intelligently linked” to RWE’s run- of-river power plants on the Moselle River.

Working fluid of the future?
22 March, 2023
Over the last two decades, there has been a significant R&D effort directed at power generation cycles with supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid. Due to the unique properties of CO2 at pressures and temperatures above its critical point, it is possible to design compact turbomachinery with high efficiency for diverse applications ranging from nuclear power to waste heat recovery. An important imminent development is the entry into operation, expected shortly, of the USDOE funded 10 MWe STEP Demo sCO2 pilot plant facility on the campus of Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA, with project participants including GE and GTI Energy. The potential of the oxycombustion sCO2 Allam–Fetvedt Cycle (with its inherent carbon capture capabilities, eliminating the need for expensive chemical process plant add-ons) is also attracting considerable interest.

Massive IoT, massive opportunities
15 March, 2023
Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control, a satellite focused, IoT and M2M connectivity and critical communications provider, examines the opportunities and challenges of massive IoT, and how satellite communications can plug the critical gaps in connectivity

Dutch offshore tenders encourage innovation
08 March, 2023
In December 2022, it was announced that Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, was winner of the permit for the Hollandse Kust (west) Site VI offshore wind farm, following assessment of the applications received by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and an independent expert committee.

Hyme Energy’s first-of-a-kind CHP retrofit, in Bornholm
08 March, 2023
Hyme Energy’s molten hydroxide salt based energy storage technology is to be deployed in 2024 at a CHP plant in Rønne, the main city of the Danish energy island, Bornholm.

Powering the energy transition
01 March, 2023
Green ammonia is being increasingly recognised as a cost effective way of transporting green energy over long distances, and also as a potential fuel. It is relatively easy to liquefy and has a much higher volumetric energy density than liquid hydrogen. Ammonia (albeit grey) also has the advantage of already being a globally traded commodity, with a mature transport infrastructure.

Arenko’s optimal performance
01 March, 2023
Arenko has signed a second contract with Vattenfall to optimise a new co- located 20 MW/45.5 MWh battery asset in Northumberland, north east England.

Renewable Power Capital enters UK battery storage market in Eelpower JV
01 March, 2023
Renewable Power Capital (RPC), the pan-European renewable energy investment platform backed by CPP Investments, has entered the battery storage market in Great Britain, working with Eelpower, the UK specialist battery storage company. The new joint venture will acquire, build and operate utility- scale storage projects and is targetting to build up to 1 GW of storage, with a current pipeline of 240 MW to be built over the next 24 months.

E2S looks to India
24 February, 2023
A 250 kWh pilot thermal energy storage unit being supplied by E2S Power to India Power Corporation has passed factory acceptance tests and will be delivered to India in the first quarter of 2023.

Looking beyond the war
23 February, 2023
Ukraine is currently focused on emergency restoration but already its leadership is talking about the country’s potential to be an energy powerhouse for Europe after hostilities end. Janet Wood reports.

Mammoth DAC project in Iceland moves to due diligence
22 February, 2023
The world’s largest commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) project (capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air), is “being contemplated” in Iceland, says Ramboll, which has recently been selected by DAC technology developer Climeworks to carry out a due diligence study.

Projects progress in Ireland and Germany
16 February, 2023
With installation of a synchronous compensator in Q4 2022, ESB says it has completed stage one of its Green Atlantic @ Moneypoint project, which aims to transform the Co Clare Moneypoint coal plant site in Ireland into a “renewable energy hub.”

How MITI is helping to solve SOFC problems
09 February, 2023
Mohawk Innovative Technology and Velo3D are collaborating on the application of 3D printing to SOFC anode offgas recycle blowers, and achieving huge cost savings.

IRA aims to give CCUS a boost, but will it take off?
01 February, 2023
Why the Inflation Reduction Act should provide a much-needed boost for the development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects in the USA

Carbon capture begins at NTPC power plant
25 January, 2023
A 20 t/day demo carbon capture facility is in operation at NTPC’s coal fired Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Gas turbines and decarbonisation
18 January, 2023
The view from Finspång

GNA II on target for 2025
12 January, 2023
Construction is underway at the GNA II LNG-fuelled combined cycle power plant in Brazil, with commercial operation planned for January 2025. Under a contract placed earlier this year, SENER has similar scope on GNA II to what it had on GNA I, which entered operation in 2021. This scope focuses on basic and detailed engineering and aims to achieve complete multidisciplinary integration between GNA I and GNA II, which will have a combined installed capacity of some 3 GW, and the associated LNG terminal. The facilities are located in the Port of Açú, State of Rio de Janeiro.

At the turning point?
12 January, 2023
The global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook. For the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped.