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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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$14 Trillion to be spent on Power Plant Equipment and Repairs in the Next 25 Years
Nuclear capacity is slated to increase from 392 GW in 2013 to more than 620 GW in 2040. But its share of global power generation will rise just one percentage point to 12 percent, because almost 200 reactors of the 434 operational at the end of 2013 will be retired, they will need to be offset by new power plants. Total investment will exceed $2 trillion over the next 25 years. The gas turbine ...
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Egypt Selects GE Technology for $300 Million in Electricity Contracts to Power Country’s Growing Needs
GE (NYSE: GE) has signed contracts totaling US$300 million to supply six gas turbines and associated services to the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company for two new combined-cycle power plants near Cairo that will support Egypt’s rapidly growing energy needs. GE and its consortium partner, SEPCO III, have been selected for the expansions of Giza North and Banha ...
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GE Aeroderivative Gas Turbines to provide fast power to Turkmenistan
GE Technology to Provide 360 Megawatts of Power to Help Meet Turkmenistan’s Growing Needs First Project in Country to Use GE’s Aeroderivative Technology to Produce Power Natural Gas Seen as a Key to the Country’s Energy Future Helping to meet Turkmenistan’s growing power requirements, GE (NYSE: GE) will provide its aeroderivative gas turbine technology to ...
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GE, Bangpa-In cogeneration sign aeroderivative service agreement for New Thailand power generation facility
GE to Provide Long-Term Maintenance Services for LM6000-PD Gas Turbines at 110-Megawatt Cogeneration Plant The Plant is One of Thailand’s Small Power Producers Highlighting GE’s (NYSE: GE) technical expertise and regional capabilities in support of the country’s Small Power Producers (SPP) Program, GE and Bangkok-based power plant developer Bangpa-In Cogeneration Ltd., a ...
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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 and Sonelgaz Affiliate, SPE, Sign Contracts Valued at $2.7 Billion to Help Power Algeria
Among GE’s Largest Power Agreements in History; Includes 26 Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines, 12 Steam Turbines and 38 Generators; Long-term JV for New Production Facility in Algeria to Create Local Jobs and Produce More than 2 Gigawatts of Power Generation Equipment per Year; Fast-Track Delivery of 24 Mobile Aeroderivative Gas Turbines to Help Meet Immediate Power Needs of 2013; Wide Range of ...
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50 Million Reasons to Celebrate: GE’s Pioneering F-Class Gas Turbine Hits 50 Million Operating Hours
GE’s Aviation Expertise Led to Breakthrough in Gas Turbine Technology Innovative F-Class Gas Turbines Achieve 1 Million Starts, Set Reliability Records GE (NYSE: GE) is celebrating the record-breaking results of translating aerodynamic engineering into a power generating innovation. By marrying its unique aviation expertise with its heavy-duty gas turbine experience, GE created ...
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GE Aeroderivative Gas Turbines enter commercial operation in Krasnodar Region, Russia; will help provide power during peak times of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its two advanced-technology aeroderivative gas turbines that will help power Krasnodar region and also during the peak loads the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, entered commercial operation on November 5. The units are located at Inter RAO’s Dzhubginskaya thermal power plant (TPP), which features the highest efficiency simple-cycle gas turbine ...
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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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Microgrid for Neighborhoods: How Soon?
Microgrids may be the future of the North American electric grid, but when will that future arrive – especially for the homeowner?A team led by Ontario utility PowerStream is trying to find out with a new test project. “A lot of the microgrid projects that you read about are typically large projects, hundreds of kilowatts, megawatts, running a whole university, a whole hospital, a ...
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Siemens Floating Power Plants Will Support New York's Renewable Energy Strategy
Astoria Generating Company and Siemens signed a contract for the turnkey construction of two SeaFloat power barges to be equipped with eight Siemens SGT-A65 gas turbines. The barges will replace four existing power barges located at Gowanus Generating Station in the Upper Bay of Brooklyn, New York City, resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production.Siemens will preinstall the ...
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Environmental Concerns Compel Use of Gas Turbines for Power Generation in Asia-Pacific, Finds Frost & Sullivan
The Asia-Pacific gas turbine market will sustain its growth momentum as concerns on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions force utilities and independent power producers to opt for environmentally friendly power generation technologies. The availability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplied through both pipelines and shipment will increase gas turbine demand in the long term, although ...
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Brazil energy milestone: GE, petrobras using sugarcane-based ethanol to produce electricity
As further evidence of their commitment to renewable energies, GE (NYSE: GE) and Brazil’s federal energy company, Petrobras, today celebrated the world’s first use of sugarcane-based ethanol in a gas turbine system to produce electricity on a full commercial scale. The operation, at the Juiz de Fora Power Plant, is a significant milestone for Brazil. Ethanol derived from sugarcane in Brazil is ...
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GE’s High-Performing Advanced Gas Path Solution Expanded to 9E, 9F-3 Gas Turbine Fleets and Will Deliver More Power to Growing Middle East Region and beyond
GE’s 9E and 9F-3 Advanced Gas Path Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Upgrade Performance Upgrade Technology Marks First of Its Kind Available in Both Gas Turbine Class Sizes Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) is the First GE Customer to Invest in 9E AGP Technology, Upgrading Three Gas Turbines in Dubai Solutions Developed from Experience, Data-Driven Insights from GE’s Proven 7F-3 AGP ...
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Russia`s Gazprom and E.ON to build gas-turbine power plant in Germany
Investment in climate protection and security of supply Gazprom and E.ON have signed in Düsseldorf a memorandum of understanding on joint construction and operation of a gas-turbine electric power plant in the area of Lubmin in Germany. Lubmin is near the landfall of the future Nord Stream pipeline through which the gas needed for this power plant is to be delivered. According to the ...
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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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Valve Sales Concentrated among 2500 Purchasers
Industrial valve sales exceeded $58 billion last year. Five hundred and fifty-five companies bought 40 percent of the total. 1500 companies accounted for 60 percent of the total. 2500 companies purchased 70 percent of all valves. Sinopec which is the largest oil and gas producer and is also a large refiner and EPC purchased nearly 2 percent of the total. The top five oil and gas companies ...
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SwRI, Industry Collaborators Receive $3.8 Million from U.S. DOE to Develop Concentrating Solar Power Combustor for Solar Plants
Southwest Research Institute and industry collaborators Solar Turbines Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratories, German Aerospace Center and San Diego State University have been awarded a $3.8 million contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel gas turbine combustor for a concentrating solar power (CSP) hybrid gas turbine system. The award was ...
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GE Launches Power Plant with Breakthrough Flexibility and Efficiency to Enable Greater Use of Wind, Solar and Natural Gas on Power Grid
GE (NYSE: GE), whose technology helps to deliver a quarter of the world’s electricity, today announced a first-of-its-kind power plant engineered to deliver an unprecedented combination of flexibility and efficiency. By rapidly ramping up and down in response to fluctuations in wind and solar power, the technology will enable the integration of more ...
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