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Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant likely to get new life as natural …
Dec 9, 2024 · The 1,888 MW plant began generating electricity in 1969, when Units 1 and 2 entered service. Unit 3 was added in 1977. For 30 years, the plant operated almost continuously, achieving a utilization ...
Choosing between Simple Cycle and Combined Cycle under new …
Dec 11, 2024 · From an emissions perspective, modern J-Class combustion turbines can meet the 1,170 pounds per MWh limit on their own. Given their lower output and efficiency, utilities are unlikely to invest in ...
SWEPCO expands generation capacity with new gas, renewable …
Dec 19, 2024 · SWEPCO continues construction on multiple renewable energy projects. The largest one, the 598 MW Wagon Wheel Wind Facility, spans five counties in Oklahoma and is expected to be operational in ...
Oglethorpe Power to build two new natural gas projects in Georgia
Jul 11, 2024 · Oglethorpe Power continues activity in Georgia, where it recently acquired Walton County Power, a 465 MW, three-unit combustion turbine generation facility in the city of Monroe. The facility was ...
TVA closes Bull Run coal-fired plant - power-eng.com
Dec 6, 2023 · Bull Run was the only single-generator coal-fired power plant in the TVA system before its retirement. When the generator went into operation in 1967, it was the largest in the world in the volume ...
A collective ‘mountain of coal’ at U.S. plants, per report
Dec 23, 2024 · The stockpiles at U.S. coal-fired plants represent $6.5 billion of unused inventory, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Questions and Considerations for RICE Generation Facilities
By Arvind A. Patel, P.E., Nelson Rosado, P.E, and Adam Redd, P.E. Today’s U.S. power market continues to shift away from large baseload centralized coal-fired generation for multiple reasons ...
Meta seeks up to 4 GW of new nuclear to power its data centers, AI
Dec 4, 2024 · Meta announced it is releasing a request for proposals (RFP) to nuclear developers, targeting 1 to 4 gigawatts (GW) of new nuclear generation to power its data centers and AI, starting in the ...
Boilers running on hydrogen: What you need to know - Power …
Aug 16, 2022 · Further, the conservate design practices of the industry generally lead to furnaces being a little oversized. Thus, adding a little hydrogen rarely means having to make the furnace larger.