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Boosting power plant performance with advanced process control
Coal fired power plants have come a long way in terms of greater efficiency and reduced emissions.
Sun shines on turbine makers
Unlike photovoltaic power systems that rely directly on sunlight, solar thermal power plants generate electricity from the heat transmitted by the Sun; they are much more efficient.
Ignore BoP systems maintenance at your peril
The maintenance of balance of plant systems can often be overlooked in favour of the major equipment.
Key takeaways: What’s the beef with Russia’s power reforms?
Alina Bakhareva, an analyst with global research and consultancy organization Frost & Sullivan, attended this year’s Russia Power conference and exhibition.
The smooth operator: Mechanical carbon
Mechanical carbon materials have been used to make components for rotating equipment for more than 100 years, and new materials are continually being developed to meet ever more demanding mechanical applications.
The trouble with biomass: impacts of co-firing
One of the most cost-effective ways of reducing carbon dioxide emission levels from coal fired power plant is to co-fire carbon-neutral biomass with coal.
Planning for Peak Performance: Maximizing Power Outages
Colin Findlay of service valve solution provider Seven Unival outlines the importance of planning to ensure you make the most of forced as well as scheduled power plant outages.
Looking through the prism of condition monitoring
US-based InStep Software installed the eDNA real-time data historian and PRiSM online condition monitoring software at the Al Hidd power plant in Bahrain, in the Middle East.
Gas turbines: weathering the economic storm
Recent research by market analysts Frost & Sullivan suggests that the global gas turbine market will be relatively resilient despite the economic slowdown and persisting credit problems in global financial markets.
Deal or no deal for Areva T&D?
The T&D market is clearly in the ascendancy, and the future of the industry is looking bright, with governments, regulatory bodies and major industry players all focused on the development a grid system that can match the world’s changing generation and consumption landscape – commonly referred to as the Smart Grid.
Biofuels: Potential being realized?
There are indications that interest in biofuels is growing as many countries strive for domestic energy security, and try to minimize the environmental impact and the effect of variable fuel costs on generating electricity.
INTERNATIONAL
Global electricity consumption will fall this year for the first time since 1945, according to the International Energy Agency.
EUROPE
Siemens has secured an order for a much delayed turnkey construction of a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power project in the Rotterdam Europoort in the Netherlands.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Japan plans to offer loans to power producers in the US and Australia that buy integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plants from Japanese manufacturers, according to a government document.
COMPANIES
Austrian power supplier Verbund is to buy 13 hydroelectric plants on Bavaria’s Inn River from German energy provider E.On, the company has said.
Genset Roundup
Melbourne, Australia-based clean energy company Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (CFC), a global leader in fuel cell development, has officially launched a new modular generator product.
Equipment Roundup
Belzona Polymerics Limited, providing solutions to industry for over 55 years through the design and manufacture of polymer repair composites and industrial protective coatings, has announced a proven solution to prevent the detrimental effects of erosion corrosion within heat exchangers.
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