Thermal power

Gas power plant

Afghanistan's First New Gas-Based Power Production Plant Started Commercial Operations

Located in Sherberghan, Afghanistan — the epicenter of the nation’s gas region — the power plant is owned and operated by Bayat Power, Afghanistan’s largest…

Gas turbine engine

Ansaldo Energia Wins New Orders In Worth Half A Billion Euros

Ansaldo Energia will supply the main components of four AE94.3A gas turbines for China Datang Group and will supply two AE64.3A gas turbines for State Power Inv…

CCS

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $43 Million to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $43 million in funding to develop carbon capture and sto…

Ormat Targets Addition of Around 100 MW in Geothermal Capacity by End of 2021

11 Nov 2019With 6 geothermal projects, Ormat Technologies is planning to add around 100 MW in geothermal power generation capacity in Nevada, California and Gua…

Thermal Plant

Siemens Overhauls Turbine at 794-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Hungary

Siemens has worked with owners to complete a major overhaul at an Hungarian gas-fired power plant. The German-based power manufacturer collaborated with MET Ass…

Thermal Plant

A 1320MW Power Project Completed Successfully under The China Pakistan Economic Corridor

The 1,320MW power project is a priority project under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and lightening up to 4 million Pakistani homes.

CCS

Stanford University Studys Suggests Carbon Capture Can Cause More Harm Than Good

All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon.

New Technology

NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology

ARPA-E has challenged researchers to innovate a storage technology that can be deployed in almost any location and charge and discharge electricity, at a low fi…

Gas turbine engine

Two High Efficient Air-Cooled Gas Turbines Are Underway in Malaysia by GE

General Electric Company (GE) believes gas-powered generation will compliment renewable energy (RE) in line with the government’s aspiration to increase to use…

Virtual power plant

Virtual Power Plants Could Solve One of Renewable Energy's Most Vexing Challenges: The Weather

By supplying electricity from renewable sources even when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, virtual power plant technology could help tackle the…

Geothermal Demonstration Projects to Be Deployed in France and Iceland

To boost the market penetration of geothermal power in Europe, the MEET Project was established to demonstrate the viability of Enhanced Geothermal Systems with…

DEEP Advances Field Work for First Geothermal Power to Saskatchewan Grid

DEEP Earth Energy Production Corporation commenced work on the second well for its Saskatchewan geothermal power project in early October, CEO Kirsten Marcia to…

Combined cycle power plant

Siemens To Upgrade Steam Power Plant In Vietnam To Combined Cycle Power Plant

Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This project wil…

Biomass Power Plant

EU Biomass Subsidies Contribute to Forest Destruction

A new report has found EU subsidies for biomass energy channel nearly €7bn per year into unsustainable and destructive energy sources.

Carbon capture

Comparing 10 Carbon Capture Methods on Costs,Scalability,Permanence,Cleanness

The idea has resurfaced on the wave of circular economic thinking, triggered by climate concerns and with a view towards incentivising carbon capture. But opini…