Formed suction intake designs have been used in many large vertical pump stations in flood control projects. Space limitations at the Oak Creek Power Plant Expansion Project near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, created a unique opportunity to apply this technology to an 800,000-gpm cooling water system upgrade for the entire Oak Creek Power Plant. The primary function […]
Siemens GT Packages Bound for U.S.
Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract to supply four simple-cycle gas turbine packages for the Cleveland County generating plant near Grover, North Carolina, U.S.A. The plant will be able to generate approximately 720 MW at the summer peak and is scheduled to come online in early 2012. The Siemens scope of supply encompasses four […]
Emerson and MPSA Form Alliance
Emerson Process Management has announced the formation of an alliance with Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas Inc. (MPSA). The alliance, which combines Emerson’s experience in power plant automation and control with Mitsubishi’s experience in gas and steam turbine design and service, applies to North American and Latin American turbine retrofit projects supporting W251, W501D5, W501D5A and […]
COAL ASH MANAGEMENT
Best Management Practices for Coal Ash Ponds The unfortunate coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Kingston Fossil Plant that occurred on December 22 has heightened national awareness of the problems associated with utilities’ coal ash surface impoundments if they are not properly maintained. Regulations governing coal combustion waste disposal vary considerably from […]
Long-Term Maintenance Contract for Alstom
Alstom has signed a 20-year long-term maintenance contract valued at US$399 million with Algerian O&M Co. SPA for the Sharikat Kehraba Terga (SKT) power plant located in Terga in northwest Algeria. The contract scope includes planned and unplanned maintenance activities including parts and supervision services for the three GT26 gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and […]
International Organization to Push Renewable Energy
Seventy-five countries from around the world joined a new political agency dedicated to the acceleration of green energy this January, but several notable nations—including the U.S., Canada, Australia, UK, Japan, and China—were not among them. The nations founded the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Jan. 26 in Bonn, Germany. The agency, which started operations […]