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BERWICK, Pa., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected Unit 1 from the regional power grid early Thursday (5/9) at the start of a scheduled outage to install turbine modifications. The modifications are the first phase of a long-term plan that is expected to resolve the turbine blade issues that have affected plant operations in recent years. "Our conservative approach to resolve the issue by carefully monitoring blade performance...
Power Stations Nearing Completion, But Construction Starts Slow on Uncertainty LONDON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 20 gigawatts (GW) of gas- and coal-fired power station capacity is presently under construction in West Europe, despite stagnant demand and below-cost wholesale power prices, the latest Platts power generation analysis shows. Platts Powervision, a plant lifecycle and market environment tracking tool, shows 8.7 GW of gas-fired capacity and 11.9 GW of coal-fired...
- 14.9-megawatt, Connecticut facility will produce electricity for about 15,000 homes BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch today joined officials from Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest energy companies, and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) to break ground at the largest fuel cell power project in North America. Dominion Bridgeport Fuel Cell, which is being built downtown alongside Interstate 95 and...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online When thermoelectric power plants convert water to steam to turn large turbines and create energy, they’re left with plenty of what’s known as “waste heat.” This waste heat has to go somewhere and either flows up into the atmosphere or back into the rivers or ponds where these factories source their fresh water. To better understand where this waste heat goes and how it affects the environment, scientists from the...
Conducting 500MW NERC CIP conversion project ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group GTS has introduced new conversion and compliance services for operators of US power stations and is currently conducting its first conversion under the program. The services--North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) conversions and recurring compliance services--integrate the NERC compliance program and power plant operations...
BERWICK, Pa., April 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators safely shut down the Unit 2 reactor at PPL Corporation's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania early Saturday (4/13) to begin a planned refueling and maintenance outage. While the reactor is shut down, workers will replace about 40 percent of the uranium fuel and complete a large number of equipment maintenance tasks and upgrades. Workers also will inspect the unit's turbines and replace several pieces of...
SEC-SPX JV to Supply Cooling Equipment to Four Chinese Power Plants CHARLOTTE, N.C. and SHANGHAI, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPW) today announced that its strategic joint venture with Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Electric) has received new orders for dry cooling systems for four power plants in China totaling more than $80 million. Since its inception in January 2012, the joint venture has received 11 dry cooling orders in China totaling just...
HOUSTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- An owner of a large fleet of combined-cycle power plants in the US has awarded Wood Group GTS a contract to install 15 ECOMAX(®) systems, an automated combustion tuning technology. Twelve units have already been installed and the remaining units are scheduled to be installed later this year. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
TTS will be presenting its achievements, services and products for the power generation industry and potential customers Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 05, 2013 Turbine Technology Services Corporation (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, will be exhibiting at the Spring 2013 edition of the Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF), one of the most acclaimed events in the power engineering industry. TTS will be exhibiting at CTOTF...
State-of-the-art facility to be one of the most efficient natural gas-fueled power plants in the U.S. FREDERICK, Md., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bechtel announced today that the company has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the Panda Temple II Generating Station, a 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Temple, Texas, south of Dallas. This is the third power facility to be built by Bechtel and consortium partner...
