Power Plant Equipment Articles & Analysis

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) this week announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco 18 LLC’s (Sunwealth) Project Polo. The loan guarantee will finance the deployment of up to 1,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS) located ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The French government has launched its first call for tenders for renewable or low-carbon hydrogen under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, marking a crucial milestone in the country’s journey towards industrial decarbonisation. Set to close in March 2025, the initiative targets electrolytic hydrogen projects ranging from 5MW to 100MW, with financial support awarded in proportion ...

By Clarke Energy

Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering announce a strategic partnership aimed at advancing solar power plant technology to meet rising global energy demand. The collaboration will establish the CAL-NEXT Center for Solar Energy Research that will drive a leading-edge research program and a planned state-of-the-art solar test field. Nextracker has contributed a $6.5 ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Clarke Energy is proud to announce the completion of its latest collaboration with Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes) for the Ken’s Bore Power Station, approximately 200kms southwest of Karratha. Part of the Ashburton Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, this project underscores Clarke Energy’s expertise in delivering high-performance, tailored power solutions for the ...

By Clarke Energy

Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy A/S plans to add nearly 1 GW of power generation capacity over the next two years, aiming to strengthen its presence in the European market. Announced on Tuesday, the plan involves constructing up to 50 new power plants in key markets such as Germany, Romania, and Poland, with additional projects slated for Southern Europe. Currently engaged in ...

By Eurowind Energy A/S

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is deploying Atomic Canyon's artificial intelligence-powered solutions for the nuclear energy sector at PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant. This marks the inaugural commercial installation of the first on-site generative AI deployment at a U.S. nuclear power plant.Atomic Canyon's Neutron Enterprise generative AI solution, built and running on NVIDIA's ...

By Smart Grid Observer

sonnen, a leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology and ES Solar, a contractor renowned for their leadership in establishing a grid harmonized VPP business model for solar and energy storage, this week announced initial results following the launch of their “Go Back” program, an innovative new VPP business model enabled by Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), targeting ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Sunrun, a leading provider of clean energy as a subscription service, is now operating the first vehicle-to-home power plant in the U.S. using a small group of customer-owned bidirectional electric vehicles. In partnership with Maryland’s largest utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, the regulator-approved initiative utilizes all-electric Ford ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Valmet will deliver a major boiler rebuild to E.ON’s Steven’s Croft biomass power station in Lockerbie, Scotland in the United Kingdom to secure trouble-free operation of the boiler for years to come. The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the first quarter 2024. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The scheduled delivery period will be during the second ...

By Valmet

Exergy International (Exergy) has signed a contract for the supply of an 8-MW geothermal binary power plant to Emirler Enerji Elektrik Uretim A.S. for the Emirler 1 Unit 2 geothermal power plant in Saraykoy in the Denizli region of Türkiye. “We are honored to include Emirler Enerji among our partners, with whom we want to create long-term synergies and provide services that can ...

By ThinkGeoEnergy Ltd.

by Vida Rozite, Energy Policy Analyst; Jack Miller, Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst; and Sungjin Oh, Energy Analyst, IEA Power systems are becoming vastly more complex as demand for electricity grows and decarbonisation efforts ramp up. In the past, grids directed energy from centralised power stations. Now, power systems increasingly need to support multi-directional flows of electricity ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Based on the market and customer's feedback, plastic to oil pyrolysis business is profitable The profitability of plastic pyrolysis can vary depending on several factors, including the market conditions for the end products, the efficiency of the pyrolysis process, the cost of raw materials (waste plastics), and the operating costs associated with running a pyrolysis plant. Here are some ...

By Henan Doing Mechanical Equipment Co., Ltd

Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on coordination between transmission and distribution system operators in collaboration with Equigy. In December 2022, Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on the coordination between a transmission system operator and distribution system operators regarding the use of distributed energy resources such as batteries, heat ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Nuclear plants operated by Constellation performed at 100 percent capacity and proved instrumental in preventing rolling blackouts for millions of homes and businesses during a powerful winter storm that knocked nearly a quarter of the power generation in the nation's largest energy grid offline on Christmas Eve. PJM, the grid operator for 13 states and the District of Columbia, said generators ...

By Smart Grid Observer

sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology, this week announced the launch of sonnenConnect, California’s most advanced consumer battery program to date. The grid-interactive model combines smart sonnen batteries with sonnenVPP software to progress the California energy transition by encouraging customers to use their energy storage systems for ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Partnering with KEPCO E&C on commercialization of ammonia- fueled gas turbine power plant Pursuing development of fuel cells, 100% hydrogen-fueled and dual-fuel power plants together with KOMIPO and JC Energy Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is actively seeking to expand cooperation in the development of eco-friendly hydrogen energy technologies. Doosan Heavy announced on ...

By Doosan Corporation

Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. and El Paso Electric (EPE) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) creating a collaboration framework to jointly develop projects that will enable EPE to achieve its clean energy goals. The JDA extends EPE's commitment to reducing carbon emissions by replacing carbon-intensive assets with a combination of renewables, storage and power generation using ...

By Smart Grid Observer

AutoGrid Systems recently announced a sizable new round of funding to accelerate energy transition through adoption of electric vehicles, battery storage and renewables generation. SE Ventures, the $500 million venture capital fund based in California, established by industrial major Schneider Electric led the Series D-2 round. Other major funding came from new investors, which included Moore ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced nearly $54 million for 10 new projects led by DOE's National Laboratories to increase energy efficiency in microelectronics design and production. Microelectronics are critical to nearly all modern technology, including smartphones, medical equipment, power plant and electricity grids, and automobiles. Advanced microelectronics hold the potential ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Duke Energy Florida reports that it is investing an estimated $1 billion to construct or acquire a total of 700 megawatts of cost-effective solar power facilities from 2018 through 2022 in Florida and will more than quadruple the amount of in-service solar on the system over the next four years. With the new year, the company has broken ground on two new solar sites, and it expects to complete ...

By Smart Grid Observer