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• Gas Turbines

  Microturbine-solar combo handles load variations of 250 kW every eight seconds

  Optimal Group Australia, Capstone Turbine’s exclusive Australian distributor, recently commissioned an innovative energy project for Santos Limited, one of Australia’s largest independent oil and gas producers in the ...

  On January 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  Korea’s own 270 MW gas turbine to start generating power in 2022

  Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an agreement with Korea Western Power Company (KOWEPO) to supply a gas turbine to the Gimpo Combined Heat & Power (CHP) ...

  On January 6, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Time to replace aging GTs in the US. With what?

  The combustion turbine fleet is aging in the US. Closures have been announced. Many of the machines are more than 40 years old. Their heat rates are typically ...

  On December 31, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Microturbines continue to serve Antartica research station

  Capstone Turbine Corporation has secured a follow-on order for a C200 Signature Series ICHP microturbine with a 20-year Factory Protection Plan (FPP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

  On December 31, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Australian certification could expand market for microturbine

   Capstone Turbine Corporation’s Model C200 and C1000 systems are now certified to the Australian AS/NZS 4777.2:2015 Interconnection Standard. “Certification to the Australian standard is a significant accomplishment for ...

  On December 22, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  A solution to F-class R0 compressor blade failure

  R0 compressor blade cracking has curtailed the lives of many F-class gas turbine rotors. The root cause of R0 blade failure has been identified as high cycle fatigue ...

  On December 19, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Open cycle turbines to provide backup for renewables in Belarus

  Siemens has been selected to deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants for the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo in the Republic of Belarus. ...

  On December 15, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Microturbines to power 5 MW CHP installation

  Capstone Turbine Corporation has said that E-Finity Distributed Generation, Capstone’s exclusive distributor for the Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern United States and the Caribbean, has signed a long-term Factory Protection Plan ...

  On December 15, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Gas turbine peakers vs batteries: The equation today

  A key application of gas turbines is as peakers especially in grids with high renewable penetration. But batteries have been gnawing away at this market segment. Today, battery ...

  On December 7, 2019 / By Kalyan
• Gas Turbines

  Siemens gas turbine to facilitate district heating by renewable fuels in Gothenburg

  With this in mind Göteborg Energi and Siemens have come together in a cooperation agreement with the aim of testing state-of-the-art gas turbine technology that enables the operation ...

  On December 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors