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Front cover: Eren Enerji’s ZETES 2 unit 3
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Energy storage
Indoor BESS: a bad idea that should go away
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Re-establishing nuclear generation, post Fukushima 14
Power plant upgrade
Improving performance and reducing emissions at ZETES 2 unit 3, Turkey
Poor combustion was among the problems addressed in a major upgrade of a supercritical power plant on the Black Sea
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How fast starts impact HRSGs The growing need for combined cycle plants to be able to start quickly and get power to the grid rapidly has significant implications for heat recovery steam generators
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Turbine technology Callide C4 incident
A fine of $9 million has been levied for errors leading to catastrophic failure at Callide C
First LM6000VELOX in operation Gas turbine upgrades in Iraq HL gas turbines for Taiwan
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Siemens Energy partners with R-R SMR Toshiba steam turbine for Patuha 2 Doosan Škoda steam turbine for Rayong
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Renewables PV wins out over CSP at Ivanpah
UK projected to miss Clean Power 2030 targets by 32 GW
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Transmission & distribution
Improving grid stability In the UK, Denmark and Brazil
Flywheel safety and the future power system An ABB perspective
Achieving the EU’s ‘70% Requirement’
Advanced power flow control technology can increase capacity of the existing grid and help TSOs address a formidable challenge
Healthy future for digital transformer performance monitoring
Experience at one of Europe’s largest hospitals has demonstrated the practical benefits of a new digital transformer performance monitoring system
Transforming electricity distribution with VPPs As the power and utility sector undergoes rapid transformation to embrace sustainable and resilient energy systems, virtual power plants (VPPs) are emerging as a pivotal technology
HTS update Moving forward in USA and Germany
Utility response to the ever growing wave of DERs How can utilities realise the full potential of distributed energy resources, both in front of and behind the meter?
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