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Indonesia: MAN gensets to provide offgrid power for Martabe Gold Mine
MAN Diesel & Turbo has struck a contract with the Indonesian energy company PT Sumberdaya Sewatama to deliver and install four MAN 18V32/40 gensets for an industrial power plant (24MW). Once fully...
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Steps towards achieving a decarbonized energy system
The electrical grid of tomorrow will require substantially more wind and solar power. Yet integrating intermittent renewable energy with energy-on-demand generation, as well as agile power T&D...
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Tri-fuel gas turbines help electrify Ghana
Amandi Energy, together with consortium partner GE, is preparing to start construction works for a 200MW power plant in Aboadze, Ghana. The facility's tri-fuel 9E.04 gas turbines will be initially...
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Scrutinizing the economics of the clean energy transition
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is the most pressing challenge in the global energy industry, says Jantine Zwinkels, Consultant at Royal HaskoningDHV. Throwing in a word of...
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National Grid, DNV GL develop new gas billing methodology
Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, has awarded National Grid’s gas distribution arm together with DNV GL a £4.8 million, three-year contract to improve the way gas bills are calculated. The new billing...
View ArticleWärtsilä’s LNG-to-Power concept helps prop up ‘wind chasers’
LNG-to-energy solutions, notably for distributed power, have made Wärtsilä one of the biggest supplier of gas- and liquid fuel-fired power stations in the 5–600 MW range. Such baseload and/or grid...
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Electrification allows for cost and efficiency savings
With new electric devices being developed at a rapid rate, electricity will make up about 25% of final energy consumption by 2040, according to IEA estimates. Brushing climate concerns aside, Richard...
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More cogeneration for Berlin Marzahn by 2020
Bringing more Combined Heat and Power (CHP) to the Marzahn district in eastern Berlin, Siemens has won an order to build a gas-fired combined-cycle power plant with district extraction on behalf of...
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LNG supply via ‘virtual pipeline’ enables decentralized power gen
Shell, Total and others are advancing small-scale LNG-to-power projects across Southeast Asia. An ultra-shallow draft LNG carrier by Philippines-based Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. (AG&P) will...
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Rolls-Royce profit & free cash flow seen recover in H2-2017
Reflecting “higher volumes of large engines sold at a loss”, and several other one-off cash items, Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East has stressed the British manufacturer needs to do more to “ensure we drive...
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Tanzania fosters rural, mini-grid power supply
Decentralized power generation is high on the agenda in Tanzania, with the Rural Energy Agency (REA) pleading support for individuals or companies that intend to supply ‘mini-grid electricity’. This...
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Breaking hydrogen out of water through renewable energy
"With increasingly low clean energy costs, renewables-based hydrogen production could once again be competitive with steam methane reforming (SMR)," says Cédric Philibert, senior energy analyst at the...
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Indonesia: 35GW capacity addition would cost more than $70bn
Indonesia consumes half as much electricity as Britain, despite being four times as populous. Eager to step up electrification, President Joko Widodo promotes private ventures that seek to add 35GW of...
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Seamless wireless power grid for ‘smart cities’ like Durban
Durban, one of South Africa’s busiest port cities and a major manufacturing hub, has asked ABB to help connect more substations and remote terminal units (RTUs) across an industrial area of around 16...
View ArticleWärtsilä 34DF engines comply with EPA Tier-III emission standards
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Wärtsilä with an emissions compliance certificate for its 34DF dual-fuel engine family. The EPA Tier III, and the corresponding EIAPP...
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Duke Energy to invest in cleaner power generation, grids
Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy has said her company will invest $11 billion to generate cleaner energy through renewables and natural gas, and expand power and gas infrastructure. "We have set a new...
View ArticleAnalysis: UK subsidy change puts plans for decentralized power at risk
Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, is reviewing incentive schemes for small gas, diesel-fired power plants – a withdrawal of subsidies could make developers scrap 2,000 MW of planned capacity. Operators...
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Visionary Render cuts Design Time at GE Power
ActiveWall and Virtalis’ Visionary Render (VR) software has revolutionised processes at GE’s Swiss manufacturing site as it allows engineers to access and experience a real-time, collaborative, and...
View ArticleMAN Diesel & Turbo expands cooperation with Mitsui Engineering
German engineering firm MAN Diesel & Turbo and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding are intensifying their technical collaboration. The aim is to jointly offer propulsion and energy solutions,...
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LCOE – an inadequate metric to measure the grid-value of power plants
Levelized cost of energy (LCOE), a common metric for project costs, measures a power plant’s lifetime and operation-cycle and amortizes these costs over an assumed lifetime. Yet, EIA analysts pointed...
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