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The city wide microgrid supplying the city of Berbera in Somaliland, home...
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Ammonia co-firing to be demonstrated at Hekinan JERA and IHI have embarked on a joint project aimed at demonstrating ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal fired power plant in Japan
Yakutia SMR plan progresses Meeting the energy needs of remote mining communities is a key driver behind the development of small modular reactors (SMRs). One project that seems to be gathering pace is a plan...
Mitsubishi Power sees GTCC opportunities Europe With the establishment of a new business unit, Mitsubishi Power is aiming to increase its combined cycle presence in Europe, emulating its success elsewhere. James Varley spoke to...
Bushfire risk: get it covered With the increasing risk of wildfires from bare electrical lines, Australia’s DNOs are turning to covered conductors to protect communities. This is proving to be a cost-effective way...
Eliminating SF6: an agreement between rivals A landmark cross-licensing agreement between Hitachi ABB Power Grids and GE points the way towards a new global standard for SF6-free HV technology, employing fluoronitrile gas...
Developing Vindø, a proposal for the world’s first artificial energy island Ramboll is providing high-level support to the Vindø consortium on master-planning for what could be the world’s first artificial energy island, which is expected to be realised by 2030
Gas engines cure power supply reliability problems at Puerto Rico hospitals Experience in hurricane-prone Puerto Rico has demonstrated the benefits of gas fuelled distributed generation in safeguarding power supplies to critical emergency...
Small modular HRSGs for flexible power and FLNG An update on John Cockerill Energy’s recent small-HRSG experience, in Ghana and Cameroon.
Biogas power in Japan and Finland Among recent biogas projects being undertaken by Weltec Biopower are two 250 kW plants located in Japan and a 250 kW facility near Turku in southwestern Finland
Taking the best path to superconducting HVDC As shown by the EU Best Paths project, which saw the design, optimisation and manufacture of the first 3-GW-class superconducting cable system, superconducting HVDC links now represent...
CCUS becoming a commercial reality in China? Responsible for nearly 15% of the world’s energy-related CO2 emissions, China’s vast fleet of coal power plants has long been regarded as a priority target for carbon...
DAC: needless extravagance or the sine qua non of net zero? At the current rate of emissions, less than seven years remain before the world exceeds the carbon budget associated with 1.5 degrees of global warming. Since this ambitious target...
MAN ES to partner with Highview on Carrington CRYOBattery Highview Power will deploy MAN ES turbomachinery technology for its CRYOBattery long-duration energy storage project
Mass impregnated (MI) cable: why it is still king of long distance HVDC High voltage direct current (HVDC) mass-impregnated (MI) cables have been deployed in long-distance subsea power transmission projects for many decades. While a competitor has emerged...
Industrial strength CO2 based systems for Esbjerg The Danish port city of Esbjerg is to decarbonise district heat supply using what MAN Energy Solutions describes as its first “cross-sectoral” ETES heat pump system
Cleaning up in Alberta Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) to commission a novel sCO2 based waste-heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta....
Why CHP? Anders Stuxberg, specialist in power plant process integration, Siemens Energy, makes the case for gas turbine based combined heat and power
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...
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