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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

Adding CCS to CCGT 11 January, 2023 GE Gas Power has signed an MoU with Korea’s DL E&C and its subsidiary, CARBONCO, to jointly develop a roadmap for integrating post combustion carbon capture technology in...

Simply Blue and Marine Power Systems launch PelaFlex floating wind project 05 January, 2023 Marine Power Systems (MPS) is partnering with Simply Blue Group to develop a project proposal for the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round run by Crown Estate Scotland.

Energinet and Gasunie put backbone into H2 collaboration 04 January, 2023 European Hydrogen Backbone, what it might look like, illustrating the potential hydrogen connection between Denmark and Germany.

The IRA will accelerate green hydrogen adoption 22 December, 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act aims to systematically supercharge the energy transition, and it gives clean H2 a starring role

Supporting legacy equipment in the absence of OEM support 21 December, 2022 The case of Eskom’s coal plant boiler feed pump gearboxes with variable speed fluid drive couplings

The Inflation Reduction Act: what it means for clean energy 15 December, 2022 It is estimated the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) could more than triple US clean energy production, with about 40% of the USA’s energy coming from renewables by 2030, with some 550 GW...

Synchronous condensers restore grid inertia in two major European projects 14 December, 2022 The global transition to renewable energy is reducing the availability of system inertia vital for the stable operation of power grids. Synchronous condensers are well proven...

Making distributed generation future-proof 08 December, 2022 How Siemens Energy’s steam turbine transformed AVR’s waste-to-energy capabilities

What lessons can we learn from past projects? 07 December, 2022 How basic precautions can greatly reduce the risks of technical failure for future power CCS projects

World first for Lhyfe at Saint-Nazaire 30 November, 2022 Hydrogen production on a floating platform

Taking on the world 29 November, 2022 Chief executive Mary Quaney wants to grow Mainstream Renewable Power to be a renewables version of the oil and gas ‘majors’. The company is stepping up, but the industry faces...

Waste-to-wheels in Germany 23 November, 2022 A “waste-to-wheels” study by Tractebel, focusing on the Rhine-Main region in the centre of Germany, shows that waste-to-energy plants could be a cost-effective way to produce...

Peterhead switching role 16 November, 2022 Peterhead in Scotland is the planned site for an innovative HVDC switching station that will be the key enabler for a proposed multi-terminal, multi-vendor HVDC system for offshore...

Chile’s high hopes for hydrogen 10 November, 2022 Chile has aspirations to become a major player in the hydrogen economy, and is well placed to be an exporter of cheap green hydrogen thanks to its enviable potential for renewable...

Achieving fusion, and what next for First Light? 09 November, 2022 Having attained the major milestone of achieving fusion with its novel projectile-based technology, First Light Fusion is now looking to the next key steps, including a...

SMRs: a question of when, not whether? 04 November, 2022 The momentum behind small modular reactors continues to build worldwide

Tenerife PV project leads the way 02 November, 2022 E.ON and Adeje, a municipality in the south west of the island of Tenerife, are establishing an innovative energy community called “Adeje Verde” – said to be the first of its kind...