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New cable laying vessel, Nexans Aurora, moored at Nexans’ Halden cable manufacturing facility, Norway. See p28.
Regulars
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Update: Eskom Striving for recovery, but huge challenges remain
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The frequent need for load shedding remains an issue for South Africa
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Hydrogen The tipping point: are we there yet?
Nearly, says consulting company Delta-EE 16 Energy storage
Australia’s next big battery A 150 MW/150 MWh battery is part of a plan to repurpose the Hazelwood lignite plant site
How to unlock investment in long- duration storage
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Microgrids
Bringing supply security to remote regions
Recent projects in Colombia and Zimbabwe demonstrate the benefits of microgrids
Focus on Asia South Korea pivots to gas And embraces H class technologies
Coal still king in China “China’s influence on coal markets is difficult to overstate”, says the IEA
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Data centre power The case for CHP
Why trends in data centre location and scale make CHP a viable option
Rolls-Royce powers Romania’s hyperscale project
A future for fuel cells 27 T&D
Firsts for HVDC Light Recent projects illustrate the benefits of advanced VSC based HVDC technology
Cable laying: Nexans Aurora goes to great lengths, and depths
Recent contracts will make full use of the capabilities of Nexans’ new cable laying vessel
Algorithms to deal with heat pump peak loads
ZSW has developed algorithms to reduce peak loads on the grid due to expected future widespread deployment of heat pumps
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Turbine technology Integrating CCUS with CCGT The integration of carbon capture and storage with combined cycle technology is attracting increasing attention
Vanquishing varnish To defeat varnish, you must first understand it
Singapore seen as central to GE repair technology development
JAC turbines to power UAE’s largest power plant
Senoko upgraded
Using TOMONI to improve performance at Joetsu 1
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