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Front cover: Visualisation of 300 MW of


electrolyser capacity to be installed at RWE’s Lingen (Emsland) power plant site. See p 31. Image: RWE


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Focus on Europe EU electricity market redesigned


Following publication in the EU Official Journal on 26 June 2024, key legislation revising the design of Europe’s electricity market came into force 20 days later, on 16 July 2024


14 Regulars


04 World news 10 Market forces 38 Power plant products 42 Contacts


Update A reset for UK power? The Labour government hopes governance restructuring and political will can make the UK a ‘green energy superpower’


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Turbine technology developments


Decarbonisation pathways for gas turbines


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Arabelle 75in LSB: going to new lengths in LP half speed blade development The two Arabelle steam turbine trains at Hinkley Point C in the UK, currently under construction, will each be capable of producing an astonishing 1770 MW (gross). A key contributor to this unprecedented power output is the deployment of 75in last stage blades in the LP modules, the longest LSBs ever made. The size of the LSBs, coupled with strict limits on their weight, posed significant challenges for the development team, requiring new design tools and manufacturing processes


Hydrogen ready combined cycle plan supports coal phase-out


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Steam turbine upgrade: more power to Loviisa


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CCUS


Carbon capture for combined cycle Calpine has emerged as a pioneer in the application of carbon capture to CCGT plants


Carbon capture: from niche to pivotal


A Technip Energies perspective 26


Nuclear power Key US projects underway This summer has seen start of construction on key nuclear power projects in the USA


31 Power-to-X


RWE presses on with the Lingen hydrogen hub RWE is investing in hydrogen infrastructure


32 Energy storage


Second life battery energy storage: realising the potential Findings from a decade of experience with repurposed EV batteries


On the up: US utility-scale battery power


Spain goes with the flow Fast work by RWE


Wärtsilä to deliver Eraring stage 2 35 Geothermal power


O&G drilling expertise dramatically improves performance Techniques adapted from the oil and gas industry, notably precision directional drilling and use of fibre optics downhole, is helping to de-risk geothermal development


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