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Front cover: Commissioning is underway
at the Dubai waste-to-energy mega plant being constructed by Hitachi Zosen Inova and BESIX. See p20. Photo: HZI
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Heat recovery steam generators
Hydrogen firing in gas turbines and its impact on HRSGs
Regulars
04 World news 44 Power plant products 50 Contacts
Hydrogen firing in gas turbines is currently attracting huge interest, but it is important not to neglect its potential implications for heat recovery steam generators and associated equipment such as bypass stacks
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Transmission & distribution
Digitalisation and DSOs: increasing complexity is the mother of invention
How digitalisation is evolving to help distribution system operators manage and balance the grid
UK’s Eastern Green Links 1 and 2: preferred suppliers named
50Hertz signs major contracts with NKT and Prysmian
digitalisation
DTE’s CHP plant for Ford drives automation to the next level The DTE Energy CHP plant at Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn research and engineering campus requires minimal supervision with only one person present for operations and maintenance most of the time
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Power from waste & biomass
First electricity from the world’s largest WtE facility
Valmet to supply bubbling fluidised bed to Göteborg Energi
Aker Carbon Capture awarded French EfW feasibility study
EDF, Meridiam and SIFCA develop West Africa’s largest biomass power plant
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Corrosion Why we need to understand it better
Adapting existing fossil fuelled power plants for operation on lower carbon fuels requires a deeper understanding of the mechanisms driving corrosion
NeuConnect on track
Fugro’s ROAMES® helps Energy Queensland manage its assets
Synchronous condensers promise improved grid stability for Ireland, Finland and Scotland
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Another 1800 MW of PV for MBR solar park
Combination of stressors key to testing perovskite cells
Caelux announces $12 million funding for perovskite innovation
Combining CSP and pyrolysis
China Energy couples PV with the pastoral
Arctech shines in Uzbekistan 37 42
Wind turbine technology Why lubricants matter
Focus on Europe EIB demonstrates support for REPowerEU
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