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Front cover: Visualisation of Broadwing
Energy, Decatur, USA, a proposed gas fuelled combined cycle cogen plant with integrated CO2
capture.
See pp 16-17. Image: Low Carbon Infrastructure/Broadwing
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Focus on the USA Coal revisited
The Trump administration’s enthusiasm for what it describes as “beautiful” coal is reflected in a number of initiatives emerging from the US Department of Energy
Regulars
04 World news 12 Market forces 46 Power plant products 50 Contacts
Broadwing: CCS world first The 400 MW Broadwing Energy project hopes to pioneer commercial-scale CCS integrated with combined cycle, “creating a blueprint for reliable, low-carbon electricity in the US”
Net Power pivots to GT+CCS Net Power, up to now associated with development of the oxy-combustion-based Allam–Fetvedt cycle, is now focusing on gas fired power plants with integrated post combustion capture
18 Volume 45 | Number 9 Grid stability
Why real-time stability measurement matters Measurement is the key to unlocking capacity safely
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What real grid events reveal about modern power system vulnerabilities
As the Iberian blackout has shown, there remains a persistent gap between how power systems are planned and studied, and how they actually operate during disturbances
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Transformer life extension
A new approach to estimating the remaining useful life of LV transformers
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Oktogrid has developed a data driven approach to estimating remaining useful life of distribution transformers
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Gas turbine developments
Could a delivery backlog derail a GT boom?
What gas turbine OEMs are doing to meet data centre demand
Gas turbines, decarbonisation and alternative fuels
Report from ETN Global’s 12th International Gas Turbine Conference, Brussels
Germany’s plans for new H2 ready gas-fired power plants
The German government plans to hold long anticipated auctions next year
Alpiq’s San Severo upgraded H-Class CCGT to replace coal at Kozienice Xcel opts for open cycle F class
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Coal-to-gas conversion
Engineering a gas-fired future for Spain’s Aboño 2
Plant life extension, emissions reduction and cleaner, more flexible generation – just some of the key benefits of a coal-to-gas conversion
42 Energy storage
The batteries on our roads: the hidden asset that could drive Europe’s energy transition Former EV batteries could provide almost all of Europe’s grid-scale energy storage
Wärtsilä claims new safety benchmark Grid forming in the Nordics Transformer failure at Waratah GigaBattery Boxberg 400
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