Steam and gas turbine technology - Page 1

Start of commercial ops at H-Class Three Rivers plant
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 by GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has announced the start of commercial operation for Competitive Power Ventures’ 1.2 GW Three Rivers Energy Center in Goose Lake Township, Illinois....

RWE plans H2-ready CCGT in Weisweiler
Tuesday, August 01, 2023 by RWE plans to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants at its own former power plant sites in Germany by 2030 to help achieve the goal of phasing out coal. It has awarded the...

300 MW Biblis grid support PS inaugurated
Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by On 9 May RWE and GE officially inaugurated the Biblis power plant, which started operations with Germany’s transmission system operators in early March. The plant uses 11 units of...

Aeroderivative GT to support Czech energy transition
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by GE has secured a contract from UCED Group, the energy division of Czech investment group CREDITAS which is focused primarily on long-term investments in established industries. GE...

Largest engine ever to run on H2 blend
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 by The technology group Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully tested the capabilities of a Wärtsilä engine running on 25 vol% hydrogen-blended fuel. The tests, which were...

Taiwan’s Tung Hsiao power plant adds 180 MW
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by GE has announced that the Taiwan Power Company (TPC)’s Tung Hsiao Power Plant in Miaoli County has safely and successfully started grid-connected trial runs in January 2023 using six...

Mitsubishi No. 1 in global gas turbine market in 2022
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by Mitsubishi Power, a brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, achieved the number one market position in 2022 with a global gas turbine market share of 33% by MW, according to McCoy...

GE’s GTs to power Kazakhstan’s first CHP plant
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 by As part of modernisation of the Kazakhstan power infrastructure, Aksa Energy is to build a combined heat and power plant to supply the Kyzylorda region.

190 MW grid-balancing peaker plant for Texas
Tuesday, February 07, 2023 by Wärtsilä is to supply the generating equipment for a new 190 MW power plant to be built in the USA. The order was placed by Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), based in Austin,...

Mitsubishi Power order of H-25 GT for Chang Chun Petrochemical
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 by Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has received an order for an H-25 gas turbine from the Taiwanese firm Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. The 30...

IMechE Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 by Following the successful return to a live, in-person format last year, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2023 on 15-16 March...

A continental first – power using H2 blended fuel
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 by On 16 November Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egypt’s minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, announced the successful operation of a GE LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine...

GE receives H-Class GT order from Eneva
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 by GE has secured an H-Class gas turbine order from Eneva, the largest private natural gas operator in Brazil. GE will supply a 7HA.02 gas turbine for Eneva’s new Azulão reserve power...

ACWA Power announces investment in Silk Road Fund
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 by ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya combined cycle gas turbine facility in Uzbekistan.

GE awarded funding to develop decarb technologies
Tuesday, August 02, 2022 by GE Gas Power has secured $4.2 million in federal funding from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding is part of the ARPA-E OPEN...

First phase of Tampa coal-to-gas upgrade completed
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 by Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has completed the first phase of its coal-to-gas modernisation strategy at the existing 50-year-old coal-fired Big Bend power station in Florida. It...

Third M701JAC unit started up at 5.3 GW GTCC in Thailand
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 by Mitsubishi Power, a power industry brand of MHI, has commenced operations of a third M701JAC gas turbine unit installed at a Gulf SRC plant in Chonburi Province, Thailand. It is the...

Anyang CHP starts commercial operation
Wednesday, March 02, 2022 by On 28 February GE today announced the start of commercial operations at GS Power’s Anyang combined heat and power plant unit 2-2 in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea....

GE’s HA fleet passes the million hours mark
Tuesday, August 03, 2021 by GE is celebrating the achievement of several significant landmarks for its H-class heavy duty gas turbine fleet which has secured more than 50 customers across 20 countries,...