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Front cover: Cross-sectional isometric view
of the sCO2 turbine being
deployed at the STEP Demo facility, San Antonio, TX, USA. See pp 14-18
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Q&A
Looking ahead to the World Energy Congress, Rotterdam, 22-25 April 2024
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04 World news 10 Market forces 44 Power plant products 50 Contacts
Supercritical carbon dioxide
A step forward for power cycles employing supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid
Mechanical completion has been achieved at the Supercritical CO2
Transformational Volume 43 | Number 9
Electric Power (STEP) pilot plant, located at Southwest Research Institute’s headquarters, San Antonio, Texas, USA. This 10 MWe pilot, also called STEP Demo, is a complete operating power plant designed to validate power generation technology employing supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid. This promises higher efficiency, reduced costs, and lower emissions. STEP Demo is among the world’s largest test facilities for indirect-fired supercritical carbon dioxide technology
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the USA
Multibillion $ hydrogen hub launch Gas with carbon capture at Decatur 8.6 GW of new gas power in 2023
Wildfire risk: how utilities can mitigate it
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The inspection processes typically used for utility powerline assets are inefficient and inaccurate. Artificial intelligence and living digital twins can be employed to significantly improve asset maintenance and vegetation management
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Hydrogen Banking on H2
PEM gigafactory inaugurated
Mitsubishi Power demonstrates 30% hydrogen in a JAC gas turbine Lhyfe in Lubmin
ACWA breaks ground in Uzbekistan
HYFLEXPOWER world first: gas turbine operation on 100% green hydrogen
Aiming for 100% green hydrogen in DeBary 7E peaker
Hydrogen ready H-class combined cycle CHP for EnBW
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Wind power Commission acts to support the
European wind power industry
Learning from losses: offshore at a turning point Turbulent times
UK ups CfD strike prices to attract bidders
Dogger Bank producing power 38 Diesel & gas engines
Optimising gensets to reduce emissions
Diesel gensets are reliable and flexible workhorses, with low cost of ownership. But their emissions must be reduced. The good news is that a number of options are available, notably conversion to HVO fuel
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Emissions monitoring
How to measure to ever lower limits without spending big
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