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Front cover: The TetraSpar floating wind
foundation concept, employing tubular steel components, promises significantly lower costs. See pp 15-16. Photo: Stiesdal
Regulars
04 World news 39 Power plant products 41 Classified 42 Contacts
Energy markets 10
What to expect in 2022 Should we be worried? Perhaps a little, suggests Jean-Paul Harreman, director of EnAppSys BV
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Brazil’s energy transition
Renewables gold rush likely to continue
Jamie MacDonald-Murray, chairman, Lisarb Energy, looks at energy trends in Brazil
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Floating offshore wind
TetraSpar Demonstrator in deep water
The TetraSpar Demonstrator, “the world’s first fully industrialised floating offshore foundation”, is now in operation off the coast of Norway
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Digitalisation
China’s big opportunity to boost wind production and profits China’s wind energy sector should embrace premium digital solutions now, says ONYX Insight
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Grid stability and resilience
National Grid ESO’s inertia initiative: an update
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Syncons+flywheels in SA grid
GE Research and Prolec GE claim world first for flexible transformer
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Energy storage
Molten NaOH: hot news from Denmark
Caustic soda would not seem to be a good candidate material for molten salt energy storage. But Danish start-up, Hyme, thinks it could be a game-changer
30 Power from waste
Avertas Energy: Australia’s first large-scale thermal WtE plant 31
Power from biomass
CHP piston engine operated for over 500 h on Fast- Pyrolysis Bio-Oil: a world first
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fracture mechanics tell us? Existing natural gas pipelines may be suitable for H2
Hydrogen Life expectancy of pipelines repurposed for H2
but integrity needs to be assessed, with fracture mechanics potentially having an important role to play
Siemens Energy to build “Renewstable” H2
hybrid in French Guiana
Flame sensors, an enabling technology for the hydrogen economy
MAN ES engines: getting ready for H2
MAN Energy Solutions aims to be ready for the hydrogen economy, when it arrives
36 Piston power
Annual listing of largest recip- based power plants worldwide
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