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Mitsubishi Generators for Virginia Powerplant to be fuelled by Shale Gas

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) will supply three 1×1 M501JAC powertrains for a 1600 MW combined cycle power plant in the state of Virginia, USA. When completed in 2022, the Chickahominy Power Station will provide electricity in support of expected regional growth. Balico, LLC, Gemma Power Systems, and MHPS have partnered on the project. Virginia is experiencing substantial regional ...

Mar. 11, 2019

By Global Media Publishing Ltd.

EVAPCO-BLCT project wins Best Gas Fired Project of the Year

Congratulations to EVAPCO-BLCT as their project, Exelon's Wolf Hollow, was awarded Gas Project of the Year by the editors of Power Engineering and Renewable Energy World magazines. Built in Granbury, Texas, Exelon’s 1,000-MW Wolf Hollow gas-fired combined cycle plant began producing power in December 2016. The Wolf Hollow plant is one of two twin facilities designed and built in Texas for ...

Dec. 21, 2017

By Evapco Inc.

Saudi Arabia to build 1 GW of CSP by 2023; Namibia to tender 150 MW plant

Saudi Arabia to build 1 GW of CSP capacity by 2023 Saudi Arabia plans to build 1 GW of CSP capacity by 2023, according to the government's newly created Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO). Saudi Arabia's National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) has set a target of 9.5 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2023 as the country looks to diversify away from hydrocarbon resources. ...

May 3, 2017

By New Energy Update

Namibia tenders for up to 200 MW; Abengoa starts insolvency

Solar thermal news you need to know. Namibia's first CSP plant could reach 200 MW State-owned Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) tendered in November for a new impact assessment to build the country's first CSP plant which could see as much as 200 MW of capacity built on an unused coal plant site. According to the tender document, NamPower wants the new CSP plant's capacity to be between 50 ...

Dec. 2, 2015

By New Energy Update

Department of Energy Offers $2.1 Billion Conditional Commitment Loan Guarantee to Support California Solar Thermal Power Plant

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $2.1 billion loan guarantee to support Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe Solar Power Project, sponsored by Solar Trust of America, LLC. The concentrating solar thermal power plant includes two units comprising a combined 484 megawatt (MW) generating capacity, an eight-mile transmission line and associated ...

Apr. 18, 2011

By US Department of Energy

World Bank eyes MENA projects; Eskom backs South Africa plant

World Bank requests MENA CSP market update The World Bank Group has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from consultancy firms to prepare a status report on CSP in six markets: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The 2016 CSP Review will cover all segments of the technology and update previous studies to reflect market developments, policy changes, and climate mitigation ...

Jan. 26, 2016

By New Energy Update

Ormat Technologies Secures $20 Million Contract for its Product Segment Backlog

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that its subsidiary entered into a supply contract with Norske Skog Tasman Limited of New Zealand ("Norske Skog") to supply a new geothermal power plant that is to be constructed in the Kawerau Geothermal Field in New Zealand. The contract is valued at a total of approximately $20 million and delivery of the power plant is expected to be ...

May 12, 2011

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Coal-fired Power Generators have lots of “Clean” opportunities

In many Asian localities coal will be the only near term solution to create electricity, prosperity and health. In Japan, the U.S. and Europe coal will continue to provide much of the electricity for decades to come. Coal can be greener than any other form of generation. An example would be a system which uses 70% coal and 30% biomass and is producing CO2 which is injected to enhance oil ...

Apr. 1, 2017

By The McIlvaine Company

Los Angeles Moves Forward with Cleaner Power from GE

GE Technology Eliminates Ocean Water for Cooling, Reduces Emissions, Improves Reliability GE’s Advanced Gas Turbines Support Renewable Energy with Fast Startup The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is losing the weight of old technology and exercising its right to use a more environmentally friendly approach. The utility is upgrading the Scattergood Generating Station ...

Feb. 10, 2014

By General Electric

Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Fifth U.S. Patent for Its Green Engine

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Patent Allowance on the centrifugal condenser of the Company’s heat regenerative external combustion engine. The patented centrifugal condenser, comprised in part of 40 stacked aluminum plates with over 60 sq.ft. of total surface space, ...

Jun. 8, 2010

By Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc.

Best Geothermal Presentations of 2012 Announced

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding presentations from the global geothermal community for 2012. The judging was made in each of the technical sessions held in early October at the 36th GRC Annual Meeting inReno, the world’s largest annual geothermal event. The judging criteria included the technical content, the quality of the visual aids and the ...

Dec. 5, 2012

By Geothermal Resources Council (GRC)

Hybrid Power Plant Combines 3 Clean Energy Sources in One

October 24, 2016 -- Enel Green Power North America’s Stillwater plant, outside the desert town of Fallon, Nevada, came online in 2009 as a conventional geothermal plant and later added solar panels. After adding concentrating solar power in 2015, it became the world’s first triple hybrid renewable energy plant. Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National ...

Oct. 24, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

DOE selects projects to conserve freshwater at coal-fired power plants

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 10 projects aimed at developing advanced technologies and concepts to minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption by coal-based power systems. By improving the environmental performance of coal, America's most abundant energy resource, the projects will strengthen national energy security and help provide clean, affordable, abundant ...

Jul. 29, 2008

By US Department of Energy

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