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Front cover: 120 MW power plant, Calabar,


Nigeria, employing Bergen gas engines. See our round-up of piston power news and annual league table of largest facilities, pp 24-28.


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Supercritical carbon dioxide


Working fluid of the future? An important imminent development is the entry into operation of the USDOE funded 10 MWe STEP Demo sCO2


of the oxycombustion sCO2 Regulars


04 World news 38 Power plant products 42 Contacts


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pilot plant facility. The potential Allam–Fetvedt Cycle


is also attracting considerable interest Ukraine


Looking beyond the war Ukraine is of course currently focused on emergency restoration but already its leadership is talking about the country’s potential to be a renewable energy powerhouse for Europe after hostilities end


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Improving grid stability


Projects progress in Ireland and Germany 20


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Energy storage


E2S looks to India RWE prioritises storage


Renewable Power Capital enters UK battery storage market in Eelpower JV


Arenko’s optimal performance


Rolls-Royce battery system to stabilise Dutch grid


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Saft to build New Zealand’s first big battery


First-of-a kind demonstration of heavy-fluid hydro


developments Hyme Energy’s first-of-a-kind CHP retrofit, in Bornholm


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Piston power


Annual league table of largest reciprocating-engine-based power plants worldwide


Recip suppliers look to hydrogen Grid-balancing: a growing market Recips to replace CCGT in Japan Wärtsilä takes hit on Olkiluoto 1 and 2 Bergen to supply 120 MW power plant MAN ES engines for Irish power plants Next generation Jenbacher 3F launched


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Green ammonia Powering the energy transition Green ammonia is being increasingly recognised as a cost effective way of transporting green energy over long distances, and also as a potential fuel


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Biomass and waste B&W and NRG Korea look at using


BrightLoopTM for biomass-to-hydrogen


B&W wins UK WtE contract Decarbonising Swiss WtE plants Aker Carbon Capture for Runcorn CCS


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Wind power Dutch offshore tenders


Vestas V236-15.0 MW for Korean floating wind


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Digitalisation and satellite comms


Massive IoT, massive opportunities


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