By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters UK) - German utility E.ON EONG and Denmark's DONG have agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's RDSa stake in London Array, one of the world's largest planned wind farms, lifting a threat it might be cancelled. The companies said on Monday...
As the G8 leaders thrash out new targets for national energy consumption, a report by consultancy Pricewaterhouse Coopers reminded leaders of the need for "bold, early action". And investors such as the perfectly named oil tycoon T Boone Pickens in the US, and Blackstone in Europe,...
West Australian Energy Minister Fran Logan has attacked a major plank of the Liberal opposition's energy plan, labelling the plans ridiculous and ill-conceived.Liberal leader Troy Buswell unveiled the opposition's strategic energy plan for WA as the state deals with a 30 per cent cut to its gas supply arising...
The Burns Harbor Facility, located on about 1,700 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan, is BSC's largest and most efficient plant. BSC considered a number of options to improve the efficiency and upgrade the capacity of turbine #5. Work normally performed during a scheduled. The upgraded turbine and other...
Located in Houston, Texas, the Texas Petrochemicals Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of an emission-reducing octane booster for gasoline. TPC utilizes a boiler system to produce steam that drives two turbines. One turbine powers a generator that produces electricity and the other drives a compressor used in the...
To remain competitive in the rapidly changing global marketplace, Bethlehem Steel Corporation BSC, the second largest producer of steel in the United States, was looking for opportunities to improve the performance of one of the steam turbine generators at their Burns Harbor Facility in Indiana. BSC accomplished three goals with...
Ansaldo Energia is one of the global leaders in the field of energy generation with more than 100 years of experience and an installed capacity of more than 157,000 megawatts in 75 countries. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of products for energy generation, such as steam turbines,...
Roosecote Power Station was opened as a joint venture between Asea Brown Boveri ABB and Lakeland Power. Gas turbine combined cycle systems exhibit significant efficiency advantages over other means of generation. A gas/air mixture is burned to power the turbine and this air has to be aspirated from the external...
The world's first truly stealth vessel was recently launched powered by four TF 50A marine aero derivative gas turbines in a Combined Diesel or Gas CODOG turbine configuration. The Visby-class corvette, also known as the YS 2000 series, was designed and built by Kockums AB at the Karlskrona Shipyard in...
This study uses an example of an actual gas turbine that underwent a burner management programme, the effect of which has improved engine handling over its full load range. During recent years, gas turbine manufacturers have invested heavily to reduce or avoid humming through appropriate burner and combustion chamber redesign....
This case study describes about power generation using Turbo T Oils. Shell has furthered its commitment to helping power generation companies reduce running costs and increase production efficiency over the long term, with the launch of the next generation Shell Turbo T premium quality oil. Turbo T Oils are premium...
SSAB Oxelosund is a member of Swedish SSAB Svenskt Stal AB. The blast furnace blower no. 6 at SSAB Oxelosund had been powered by steam for decades. Despite a thorough maintenance and renovation every third year, signs of gradual wear and reduction in turbine efficiency were discovered. SSAB implemented ACS...
Faith Plating, a leader in vehicle plating, fabricates plastic and steel bumpers for many cars and trucks alongside gleaming exhaust pipes and handlebars for motorcycle manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson. Essential to Faith Plating's operations has been the need for a reliable supply of electricity and hot water. External factors like...
A major city in the Southeastern United States had been using six Philadelphia Gear gas turbine generators to supplement their power grid during times of peak usage. The generators were in use for nearly 30 years and had never undergone a complete oil change. Adding to the problem, the city...
Load growth in one western state has been two to three times the national average for the past eight years. Additional power is clearly needed. But public demand dictates that the new power be generated in a non-polluting manner. Wind power seems to be a good prospect. The pilot wind...
Savannah Electric Company, a division of Southern Company Services, the largest electricity producer in the United States, has installed Munters TURBOdek evaporative cooling on eight turbines at its McIntosh plant in Rincon, Ga. Munters TURBOdek increases turbine output by cooling the inlet air. Cooler air is more dense, providing a...
Tenaska, an international power development company based in Omaha, Nebraska, placed orders for a Westinghouse 501F gas turbine generator and a Deltak fired HRSG for their Cleburne, Texas site. In response to Tenaska's need to maximize power production and maintain acceptable CO levels during summer peaks, Coen presented a two-step...
Sharing best practice is the keystone to Shell's success. With expertise, developed during years of operating turbine systems and supporting customers operating power plants, combined with a lubricant range that is consistent world wide. Shell is committed to raising industry standards through training, innovation of products and design of expert...
Traverse City Light & Power dedicated the first utility scale wind turbine generator in Michigan. The wind turbine is a Vestas model V-44, 600 kW generator and has a blade diameter of 144 ft. on a 160 ft. tower. The wind turbine has a variable blade pitch mechanism which can...
TVA Nuclear operates two different types of nuclear power plants, one using pressurized water and the other boiling water. A nuclear plant works in much the same way that a TVA dam or fossil-fuel plant does, in that large turbine blades are used to operate a generator to produce electricity....
