Power plants based on the steam Rankine cycle have formed the backbone of the power generating industry for the best part of a century and are expected to continue to do so well into the present century.
Renewables are playing an ever-more important role in our power mix, and undoubtedly their greater integration onto the grid is a key part of achieving a low-carbon future.
PEi: There are a number of associations in Europe that are dedicated to the conventional turbine (gas and steam) sector. What makes the European Turbine Network [ETN] different?
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It gives me great pleasure to present the second edition of Power Engineering International's special Gas & Steam Turbine Directory issue, which as the name suggests focuses on the workhorses of the conventional power industry, namely gas and steam turbines.
Where does the decision by German utilities RWE and E.ON to pull out of the Horizon nuclear power project leave the UK's atomic energy programme?
Siemens has signed two major contracts worth a total of $201.3m with Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. (Kahramaa) aimed at improving the power infrastructure in Doha and including a lucrative smart metering project.
National decisions on nuclear power must be taken with an international view in mind, according to senior players in the industry.
China is set to take a commanding lead in the Smart Grid market now that the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has announced it will install more than 300m smart meters by the end of 2015, according to a research report by Zpryme.
A University of Vermont researcher has published a report that says the cost of the safety measures needed for nuclear energy will eventually make the power source economically unviable.
Ron Sege, chief executive of smart metering company Echelon, believes the recent spate of stories about the threat of cyber attack to Smart Grids are being overplayed.
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