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IDGTE Visits Clarke Energy’s Knowsley Headquarters
Clarke Energy’s Knowsley Headquarters hosted the Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers (IDGTE) advisory council/trustee board meeting on the 21st of September 2017. The IDGTE is a unique organisation with a history dating back to 1913 and is dedicated to ‘serving the industry by encouraging the sharing of knowledge and advancing the design, development, manufacture, ...
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Improve Gas Turbine Engine Reliability with Cool Valves and Piping
Presentations and discussion at meetings of the gas-turbine users groups, such as the 7F, often call into view problems owner/operators are having with the liquid-fuel systems on their dual-fuel engines—in particular, unreliable starts and unreliable fuel transfers from gas to oil. A couple of years ago, the sure solution for some users rarely called to operate on oil was to disable or ...
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Solar Turbines Partners with Chevron on Hydrogen-fueled Gas Turbine Engine
Chevron and Caterpillar-owned Solar Turbines are working together to adapt a low-emissions turbine engine partially fueled by hydrogen. Blending hydrogen with traditional fuels to power the engine could help reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Results from the collaboration could inform the potential of lower carbon turbine intensity operations in the future. “We believe this ...
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New £35m Aerospace Centre to be built at Cranfield University
A new Aerospace Integration Research Centre is to be built at Cranfield University with co-investment partners Airbus and Rolls-Royce, following the award of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The Centre will provide dedicated space and specialist equipment to address future grand challenges which face the aerospace sector. Responding to the Witty report ...
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NREL’s industry growth forum brings together energy innovators
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 24th Industry Growth Forum this week attracted more than 500 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and policymakers to Denver. The three-day forum highlighted clean energy industry technology and business developments. As part of the forum, NREL also hosted the Partnership Accelerator, a unique program designed to ...
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GE Signs Deals to Build Power Plants in Indonesia and Maintain National Rail Fleet
GE (NYSE:GE) announced today the signing of four infrastructure projects valued at over $1 billion in the presence of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, during his state visit to the United States. Three of the projects will be in the power sector and contribute an estimated 3 GW in capacity towards the country’s plan to provide more than 35 GW of additional power by ...
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GE Launches New Distributed Power Business in Latin America
Distributed Power Combines ecomagination Qualified Product Lines—Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines Business Focused on Meeting Demand for On-Site Power Systems that are Easier to Finance, Faster to Install and More Efficient GE Has Deployed Distributed Power Solutions for Key Projects for Oil and Gas Majors and Heavy Industries in the Latin ...
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GE and Fina Enerji Fuel Wind Energy Growth in Western Turkey
GE (NYSE: GE) will provide 43 wind turbines to Turkish energy developer Fina Enerji for four new projects in western Turkey, the two companies announced today at the first annual Turkish Wind Energy Congress. All four wind farms will contribute to Turkey’s energy independence while supporting the country’s investment in domestic renewable energy. The four Fina Enerji projects will ...
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GE Empowers Kennedy Renewables to Develop Company’s First Wind Project
Next month, Kennedy Renewables’ Little Raith Wind Farm will be fully operational in Fife, Scotland. Little Raith, powered by GE (NYSE: GE) wind turbines, marks the culmination of a new relationship between GE and Kennedy Renewables resulting in an important milestone for Kennedy: the company’s first wind project. “We couldn’t have done this without GE,” said Brian ...
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GE Launches New Distributed Power Business, Announces $1.4 Billion Investment to Meet World’s Need for on-Site Power
GE Targets Global Energy Shift to Faster, More Affordable and Efficient on-Site Power Growing Investment to Go into Gas Engine, Turbine Technology, Products and Services for Customers GE White Paper, “The Rise of Distributed Power,” Predicts Distributed Power will Grow 40 Percent Faster than Global Electricity Demand Between Now and 2020 GE (NYSE: GE) Vice Chairman John G. Rice ...
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GE, Taiwan Power Sign Five-Year Wind Turbine Service Agreement
GE (NYSE: GE) and Taiwan Power Company have signed a five-year, full service agreement (FSA) covering 26 GE 1.5-megawatt class wind turbines operating throughout Taiwan. Under the agreement, valued at nearly $11.4 million, GE will provide a full scope of services including planned and unplanned maintenance, repairs and spare parts. The agreement guarantees fleet availability of greater than 95 ...
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From 1 – 3,000: Count on GE Gas Turbine Reliability
As GE Sells Its 3,000th E-Class Gas Turbine, the First—Sold in 1971—Remains in Operation 40 Years of Innovation: GE Builds on Reliable Architecture, Engineered to Evolve and Provide Bottom-Line Benefits for Customers In 1971, the first dot matrix printer was introduced to the marketplace. That same year, the first E-class gas turbine from GE (NYSE: GE) began operation. The ...
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GE Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Tapped for Independent Power Project in Myanmar
GE (NYSE: GE) aeroderivative gas turbine technology has been selected for one of the first projects in Myanmar since the U.S. government recently lifted sanctions on U.S. investment in the country. A fast-track project, the new natural gas-fired power plant facility will enter commercial service no later than the second quarter of 2013 and will produce about 100 megawatts to help meet ...
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GE FlexEfficiency* 60 Truck Tour: a Journey into the Future of Power Generation
GE’s (NYSE: GE) FlexEfficiency 60 Truck Tour today begins a journey into the future of power generation. Over the next four months, the 4,000-mile tour will stop in 25 North American cities, showcasing the economic and environmental benefits of GE’s latest and most advanced energy technology. A custom-designed, 18-wheel tractor-trailer is loaded with ...
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Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Project Now in Service with GE 2.5-Megawatt Wind Turbines
CEZ Group’s 600-megawatt Fantanele/Cogealac wind park, Europe’s largest onshore wind project, now is in full operation and is producing enough cleaner energy to power more than one million Romanian households each year. The project utilizes 240 GE 2.5-megawatt wind turbines, including the 1,000th 2.5-megawatt (MW) class machine installed by GE worldwide. The final wind turbine for ...
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GE 9F 3-Series Gas Turbines to Power New Projects in Bangladesh
GE (NYSE: GE) has received contracts totaling $89 million to supply Frame 9F 3-series gas turbines for two new power plants that will produce 675 megawatts of power to help expand Bangladesh’s power generation capacity. The projects will be the first in the country to feature GE’s advanced class gas turbine technology, delivering power with high efficiency, availability, reliability ...
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GE Marks MENA Launch of New Distributed Power Business at ecomagination Center in Abu Dhabi
Distributed Power Combines ecomagination Qualified Product Lines—Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines Business Focused on Meeting Demand for on-Site Power Systems That are Easier to Finance, Faster to Install and More Efficient GE Has Deployed Distributed Power Solutions for Key Projects for Oil and Gas Majors and Heavy Industries in the MENA ...
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GE Developing Wind Blades That Could Be the “Fabric” of Our Clean Energy Future
In a move that could put wind energy on equal economic footing with traditional fossil fuels, GE (NYSE: GE), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), will begin work on a project that could fundamentally change the way wind blades are designed, manufactured and installed. With most of the cost of electricity for ...
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Utilizing the Excess Coal-fired Boiler Talent in the U.S.
The U.S. is not building new coal-fired power plants and will be shutting down nearly 70,000 MW of existing power plants. There is uncertainty regarding the remaining 190,000 MW depending on clean power regulations. The result of this shrinkage is a large excess of coal-fired boiler talent in the country. Two options for beneficial use are to channel this talent into: Other types of power ...
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GE Expands Distributed Power Presence in Brazil’s Offshore Sector
GE Builds on Energy Technology Leadership in Latin America’s Offshore Sector GE to Provide Four LM2500+G4 Aeroderivative Gas Turbines for New Floating Production Platform Agreement Marks the Latest with Floating Production Systems Supplier MODEC Expanding its role as a leading energy technology supplier for Brazil’s offshore oil and gas sector, GE’s (NYSE: GE) Distributed ...
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