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Micro Grid Focus 2013 Will Focus on Asia’s Islands on June 27-28 in Hainan, China
Renewable Energy Association of Hainan Province and CBI BIZ announced a call for papers, and will raise special symposium topics for the Micro Grid Focus 2013. The conference is scheduled for June 27th-28th at Pullman Sanya Bay Resort & Spa in Sanya City of China’s island province Hainan. Gathering senior engineers and managing directors, the Micro Grid Focus 2013 will cover microgrid ...
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ASTM Aviation Fuel Standard Now Specifies Bioderived Components
Renewable fuels can now be blended with conventional commercial and military jet (or gas turbine) fuel through requirements in the newly issued edition of ASTM D7566-11, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons. The revised standard was approved July 1, 2011. Through the new provisions included in ASTM D7566, up to 50 percent bioderived synthetic blending ...
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Frost & Sullivan Award Recognises Turbomach for its Pioneering Product Endeavours
LONDON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the cogeneration market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Turbomach with the 2011 European Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award. The company's high quality, innovative, efficient, easy to integrate and cost-effective cogeneration technologies have enabled end-users to adapt rapidly to changing technological ...
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Making Way for Biodiesel
A major revision to ASTM International’s standard D396, Specification for Fuel Oils, sets performance specifications for higher amounts of biodiesel blends in conventional fuels. The new grade of B6-B20 could have a significant impact on the heating oil industry while also helping to meet growing consumer and regulatory demand for cleaner-burning low-carbon fuels. The revised standard will ...
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Global Market for Natural Gas-Fired Electricity to Grow Over 20% in 5 Years to Reach $42 Billion in 2017
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 31, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Welding equipment and consumables is gaining momentum as growing investments continue to meet large demands in the power industry. Global Information, Inc. is pleased to present two new reports that explore and examine opportunities for welding equipment and consumables in the gas-fired electricity generation and renewable power industries. ...
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Doosan Heavy Expands Cooperation on Eco-Friendly Hydrogen Energy Business
Partnering with KEPCO E&C on commercialization of ammonia- fueled gas turbine power plant Pursuing development of fuel cells, 100% hydrogen-fueled and dual-fuel power plants together with KOMIPO and JC Energy Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is actively seeking to expand cooperation in the development of eco-friendly hydrogen energy technologies. Doosan Heavy announced on ...
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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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TVA Replacing Natural Gas Units, Supports Solar Growth
The nation's largest public power utility continued its path to a cleaner energy future as the Tennessee Valley Authority completed its environmental review and is moving forward with building new lower-emission, natural gas-fueled combustion turbines at shuttered coal plants in Tuscumbia, Alabama and Paradise, Kentucky. The new units will replace capacity from retiring CT units elsewhere on the ...
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Electric Buses and Taxis Poised for Huge Gain: 870% Growth Projected Through 2022
It is a popular myth that electric vehicles are a losing venture, but the reality is that electric vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers have been profitable for over a century. Now, with the market for electric buses and taxis poised to explode over 870% in the next decade, having accurate market data and analysis will be essential to companies seeking to compete on the global stage. ...
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ASTM D975 - 11b Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
This specification covers seven grades of diesel fuel oils suitable for various types of diesel engines. These grades are: Grade No. 1-D S15; Grade No. 1-D S500; Grade No. 1-D S5000; Grade No. 2-D S15; Grade No. 2-D S500; Grade No. 2-D S5000; and Grade No. 4-D. The requirements specified for diesel fuel oils shall be determined in accordance with the following test methods: flash point; cloud ...
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Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2012-2022
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2012-2022 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0881498/Electric-Vehicle-Charging-Infrastructure-2012-2022.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Clean_Vehicle This report covers the full picture of how electric vehicles by land, water and air will ...
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Siemens Awarded Multiple Orders in the U.S. for Its Power Plant Automation (SPPA) Controls System
Siemens Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical (IC&E) North American group in Alpharetta, Georgia has been awarded several "first time" key project orders in the areas of alternative fuel generation, migrations of existing traditional generation, and the provision of new innovative technology for machinery vibration monitoring and protection. These U.S. projects will showcase the world ...
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DLR, REWAG and Aurelia Turbines to push forward the use of hydrogen as a fuel
The German Aerospace Center DLR and Regensburger energy and water supply REWAG start pushing forward the use of hydrogen as an energy source with Aurelia Turbines. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the capability to burn hydrogen fuel in a high efficiency gas turbine for distributed generation applications. Under the MoU, the three will contribute their ...
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GE to Increase Tanzania’s Installed Power Capacity by 15 Percent, Significantly Improving Reliability and Fuel Efficiency
New Facility Owned by Local Utility Tanesco Supports Government’s “Big Results Now” Initiative With Addition of This Project, All GE Units in Tanzania Now Will Provide More than 30 Percent of Total Electric Power in the Country GE to Supply Four LM6000-PF Dual-Fuel Aeroderivative Gas Turbines to Jacobsen Elektro AS, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contractor ...
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FlexEnergy Announces New President and Chief Operating Officer
Today, FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com), a technology company based in Irvine, California, which designs and manufactures innovative systems capable of producing continuous energy with near-zero emissions from a broad range of fuel sources, announced that the board of directors has appointed Jay Mitchell as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer. He brings to FlexEnergy his ...
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FlexEnergy Names Jay Mitchell Chief Executive Officer
IRVINE, Calif., April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com) announced the appointment of Jay Mitchell as Chief Executive Officer. Mitchell most recently served as FlexEnergy's President and Chief Operating Officer. Joseph Z. Perry, who has served as Chief Executive Officer since April 2009, will remain a FlexEnergy advisor and shareholder. Mitchell commented, ...
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Pyrolysis Oil from Biomass Could Be Early Alternative to Fossil Oil in Transition to Society Fuelled by Renewables
Pyrolysis of biomass—thermochemical decomposition of wood or organic waste at elevated temperatures and with minimal presence of oxygen—could be an "interesting" option in a transition to replacing today's fossil oil with renewable alternatives, according to a Bio4Energy expert on the thermal conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. Thus far, however, lack of knowledge about the ...
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Campbell Soup Company and Ch4 Biogas, L.L.C. Create Ohio’s First Commercial Biogas Power Plant
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) today announced a partnership with CH4 Biogas L.L.C. (CH4), to create Ohio’s first commercial biogas power plant to generate renewable electricity. Campbell will direct waste generated from its soup, sauce and beverage production in Napoleon, Ohio, diverting 35 to 50 percent of its current waste away from Henry County landfills. The anaerobic digester will ...
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NREL to Lead One Exascale Computing Project, Support Three Others
Scientists at the Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead an effort to model the complex and turbulent flow of wind through large wind plants as part of DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP), which is gearing up U.S. computational capabilities to prepare for the next generation of supercomputers. NREL will also provide support to three projects related to ...
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