Combined-cycle plants are cycling more, and the components that protect steam turbines during startup, shutdown and trips are under more stress than most plant teams expected. A recent webinar ...
The Sand Lake Energy Center in Florida. Plant maintenance has changed markedly over the last decade. Where baseload operation of combined cycle plants used to be the norm, cycling is now in vogue. In ...
Two years ago, small modular reactors (SMRs) looked like the main growth story for U.S. nuclear power. Today, the head of nuclear sales for Siemens Energy North America sees the momentum shifting. “If ...
After three decades of baseload cogeneration, Florida’s Sand Lake Energy Center now runs a few days a month. Its maintenance manager explains how FMPA is upgrading the gas turbine, cooling tower and ...
Stefano Gianatti, executive vice president of thermal new units, discusses the Pacifico Energy order, gas turbine delivery pressures and the company’s plans for a long-term U.S. presence.
A new analysis from the National Hydropower Association says mandatory licensing conditions for U.S. hydropower projects have increased roughly tenfold since 1980, just as electricity demand enters a ...