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Front cover: EnBW’s Stuttgart-Münster site,
with new “hydrogen-ready fuel-switch” power plant in the foreground. This employs two SGT-800 gas turbines. See p 24. Photo: EnBW.
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Methanol A huge opportunity for Europe
12 Update Fusion revisited
Regulars
04 World news 39 Power plant products 42 Contacts
Updated Arthur D. Little perspective on fusion energy, assessing its current status, and looking at the path to commercialisation
QI stellarators: a better way to approach fusion?
16 Gas turbines
Boom in orders leads to a three-year-plus delivery backlog
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Maximising the reliability of gas turbines is paramount. How TMMonitor can help
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HRSG design DrumPlusTM
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Data centres Heroes or villains?
The data centre infrastructure industry is at a reputational crossroads
NERC analysis of a large load loss incident and its data centre implications
A new incident review by North American Electric Reliability Corporation demonstrates the risks posed by the increasing integration of voltage-sensitive large loads, such as data centres, into the US Bulk Electric System
EPRI data centre flexibility initiative expands into Europe
London Array PPA for Telehouse
Cypress Creek and Meta sign 505 MW PV agreement
AI and the unfolding energy crunch: a Schneider Electric perspective
Pembina & Kineticor JV for Alberta CCGT-plus-data-centre complex
AI and energy: an IEA perspective
Analysis of the growing connections between energy and AI
32 + diverter damper:
a faster way to switch from simple to combined cycle The combination of NEM Energy’s DrumPlusTM HRSG design and a diverter damper can facilitate switch-over from simple to combined cycle, for certain gas turbine types
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Hydrogen Getting H2
Wind power
Blades for cutting edge floating wind technology
ZF looks to a collaborative and high powered future with its 30 MW test rig
34 -ready in Stuttgart,
but not expecting to run on hydrogen until the mid 2030s
Instrumentation & control Automation upgrade at Pursiala
36 Recip round-up
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