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Front cover: Vogtle unit 4 (nearest) and


unit 3, with units 1 & 2 in the background. Unit 3 achieved commercial operation at the end of July. See pp 17-18. Photo: Georgia Power


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Update Renewable energy for Europe from the Gulf and Morocco The idea of importing renewable energy to Europe from warmer (and windy) places further south, is not new. Can recent initiatives, Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline and Xlinks (Morocco–UK HVDC link), succeed where previous ones have failed?


Regulars


04 World news 10 Market forces 42 Contacts


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Gas turbine technology


Bringing grid stability to Germany


Four new TSO-controlled 300 MW open cycle gas turbine based power plants are at various stages of completion in southern Germany


15 Volume 43 | Number 7 Wind power


Headwinds, onshore and offshore


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A prosperous and successful wind power sector is essential to achieving the energy transition, but, somewhat surprisingly, in view of the burgeoning demand for renewables, it is currently facing some serious challenges, both onshore and offshore


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Nuclear power Vogtle AP1000 project: the end is in sight, at last Georgia Power’s ambition and that of its parent company, Southern Company, to build two AP1000 units at the Vogtle nuclear power plant site has survived massive cost and schedule overruns, to say nothing of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of its main contractor and technology provider, Westinghouse. But Vogtle 3 is now in commercial operation and unit 4 is not far behind


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Energy storage


Mega batteries, pumped storage in China, supercritical carbon dioxide, hydrogen storage in porous rock, high-density hydro, lithium–iron–phosphate


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Geothermal power Becoming a hot topic


Smart metering


Smart meter roll-out, where have we got to?


29 Focus on Asia Flange-to-flange at Futtsu


Sinopec takes the lead on green hydrogen


World’s largest hydro–solar and salt–PV facilities


Formosa 2 in commercial operation


Bringing carbon capture to Indonesian gas fuelled power plants and green ammonia to fuel Indonesia’s coal-fired plants


India could become a global wind power supply chain powerhouse


35 Piston power


Collaboration between OEMs and lubricant suppliers is key The case of ExxonMobil and INNIO


Long term service agreements for improved reliability


MAN ES engines in Borneo will run on CNG


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