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MHPS Receives Full-turnkey Order for GTCC Power Generation System for Indonesia’s State-owned Electricity Company

- Second Order for Tanjung Priok Power Plant Serving Greater Jakarta - Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), together with Mitsubishi Corporation and PT. Wasa Mitra Engineering (WASA), a local construction and engineering...

Ethiopia Begins Generating Power from 1.87-GW Gibe III Hydro Plant

Ethiopia’s generation capacity got an immense boost as operations began at the 1.87-GW Gibe III hydroelectric power plant in the middle reach of the Omo River basin this October. The plant—Ethiopia’s largest—is the third in the Gibe-Omo hydroelectric cascade,...

The Potentials and Pitfalls of Battery Storage

Battery storage firms and energy storage experts at the Energy Storage North America (ESNA) conference in San Diego Oct. 13–15 were effusive in their praise of battery storage’s potential while acknowledging that a lot of work remains to be...

Much Ado About Clean Power Plan Vote

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two joint resolutions on Dec. 1 designed to nullify the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan. The House votes come just two weeks after the Senate passed both resolutions...

GENERAL ELECTRIC ENERGY AND WATER GAINS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE ON DISTRIBUTION

Background: GE Energy and Water provides real-world solutions to their customers. GE's technology products and services expand from Oil & Gas, Power & Water, to Energy Management business. With over 530GW of turbine capacity in more than 6,000 installed units,...

Alstom has installed one of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines off the Belgian coast, the Haliade™ 150-6MW

Thanks to its 150-metre diameter rotor (with blades stretching 73.50 metre), the turbine has a yield 15% better than existing offshore turbines, enabling it to supply power to the equivalent of about 5,000 households. Developed for all...

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is the only economical, flexible way of storing large amounts of energy

To guarantee the stability of electrical networks, it’s becoming increasingly important to manage the balance between energy production and consumption levels. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is the only economical, flexible way of storing large amounts of energy, giving...

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