Big Data unlocks potential for “Smart Plants”
Just as smartphones revolutionized everyday life, the prospect of “smart power plants” may hold the same promise for the nation’s energy infrastructure.
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Decarbonization: three technologies to watch
Decarbonization: is the global economic recovery presenting an opportunity to fast-forward the energy transition?
Decarbonizing gas turbines via hydrogen fuel
Siemens gas turbine engineers targeting field demonstrations by 2023 with 100% “green” hydrogen fuel, produced with surplus renewable energy.
Integrating Hydrogen production & storage
Mitsubishi Power has been selected as the green hydrogen production and storage integrator for three more projects totaling more than $3 billion, using two new standard packages.
Additive manufacturing injects life into legacy turbines
Siemens uses Additive Manufacturing to upgrade 25-year-old gas turbines to enhance performance, operating flexibility and service life.
Coal to gas conversions, profitably
TransAlta is converting its Sundance and Keephills coal fired plants to natural gas, with Emerson leading the design, procurement, installation and commissioning in the replacement of the full automation system for the converted projects. The conversions are part of a strategy that will see TransAlta transition to clean energy by 2025.
Keeping up with the cyber threat
The rapid adoption of connected power generation, transmission, distribution, and end-use assets are enabling utilities to move away from centralized power generation technologies, and towards distributed energy. But it is a shift that opens utilities to cyberattacks.
Orot Rabin combined cycle plant banks on 9HA technology
Israel Electric Corporation the largest generator and supplier of electricity in the country, recently ordered a second GE 9HA.01 advanced gas turbine for Orot Rabin as part of a strategy aimed at meeting growing power demand with gas fired generation.
Working toward 100% hydrogen
Siemens has committed to gradually increasing the hydrogen capability of its gas turbines to at least 20% by 2020, and 100% by 2030. The first goal has already been achieved, with projects in place involving two SGT-600 turbines at Braskem in Brazil.
O&M in high risk locations
Power demand is not restricted to safe and stable locations. Power plants also operate in locations where there is a high risk, be it man-made or natural hazards. Carrying out operation and maintenance on large, static power plants under such circumstances can be challenging, and dealing with these challenges requires planning and preparation one wouldn’t consider in secure locations. How does one deal with such challenges? GTW has been examining the issue.
