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Rolling out the smart meters? The EU’s changing energy landscape
Murray Hartley, senior manager of Arthur D. Little’s Energy & Utilities Practice in the UK, takes a critical look at the potential for smart metering in Europe and discusses the logistics of how such a change-over could take place and at what cost.
UHVDC unlocks the potential of hydropower
New ultra high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission technology is helping power generation companies unlock the tremendous potential of hydropower by enabling the creation of power ‘superhighways’ that can deliver vast amounts of electricity over very long distances.
Dynamic balancing of the grid
Balancing is a key function of any grid system operator, but maintaining grid stability is neither straightforward nor cheap.
Achieving flexible baseload down under
Two gas fired combined-cycle power plants recently entered operation in Australia.
A forced outage: emergency repair of an overheated generator
How do two companies, 12 hours apart, pull together to repair an overheated generator in the most effective and time-efficient way? This feature describes a particular emergency response to a forced outage, and describes step-by-step how the repairs were carried out.
Long distance link brings power to Delhi
India’s transmission network, like its generation sector, has suffered from chronic underinvestment.
Breaking down the barriers to low-carbon power
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is UK-based Limited Liability Partnership between international industrial companies with a strong focus on energy, and the UK government.
Nuclear power: phasing out the phase-out?
With the German parliamentary elections taking place on 27 September this year, Paul Breeze examines the political options for the prospective candidates concerning the country’s nuclear phase-out policy.
Algae: putting carbon dioxide in a bind
German utility RWE Power has initiated a cutting edge project that is investigating the use of marine microalgae to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) produced during lignite combustion.
Germany making great strides in wind energy
Despite being knocked off the wind power top spot by the US last year, Germany is not defeated.
Nuclear power: Is Germany out of step with Europe?
This month’s issue has somewhat of a German flavour. We feature three articles that tap into the zeitgeist of the power industry in Germany: clean coal, wind power and, last but not least, nuclear power.
Carbon emissions: to trade, or not to trade?
With emissions falling amid the economic downturn, the price of carbon in Europe recently dipped below €10/tonne.
INTERNATIONAL
GE Energy has signed a contract for nearly $1bn to supply more than 30 Frame 7EA gas turbines for the Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) Riyadh Power Plant 10 (PP10).
EUROPE
Two of Europe’s largest electricity utilities, EDF of France and Italy’s Enel have signed two agreements on the development of nuclear energy, particularly in Italy, which has been nuclear-free for more than 20 years.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Foster Wheeler Italiana has been awarded, by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, a contract for the front-end engineering design and technical services for a new gasification island, based on Shell technology, to be built in South Korea.
AMERICAS
Exelon Corp’s CEO John Rowe has warned that government efforts to wean the US economy from carbon-based energy could wind up wasting money and creating a political backlash if plans are not fully thought through.
COMPANIES
Swedish utility Vattenfall has agreed to buy 49 per cent of the shares in Dutch peer Nuon and to buy the remaining stake in the coming six years, the two firm said in a joint statement.
GensetRoundup
Leeds, UK-based specialist generator manufacturer Newton Derby has been awarded a £1.15m ($1.67m) contract to supply two new generators to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
Equipment Roundup
Integrated power solutions company, Scorpion Power Systems, has provided six state-of-the-art generators to leading electrical cable producer, Prysmian, for six new mobile High Vacuum Cable Oil Degasification Plants, which are to be used to degasify cable electrical insulating oils.
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