Hydrogen

Springfield City Utilities will require increased power generation capacity by 2026 due to higher electricity demand, aging power assets, and extreme weather events.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of March 24, 2025, covers news from GE Vernova, GE Aerospace, Baker Hughes, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and LNGameChanger.

The maritime LNG-fired power train combines solid-oxide fuel cells with onboard CO2 liquefaction and storage, decarbonizing maritime transport vessels.

The centrifugal hydrogen compressor uses a newly developed impeller to handle high flow rates, boost hydrogen pressure, and improve liquefaction efficiency.

Tennessee Valley Authority is making over its plants with GE Vernova’s LM gas turbines and SSS Clutch’s synchro-self-shifting clutches to balance the grid and support renewables.

Increased vehicle loading and transport capacities allow greater leeway in the ship allocation schedule, securing more holiday and rest time for the crew.

The project demonstrated the culmination of Saudi Arabia's engineering talent development, including training, certifications, practical experience, and more.

Petrobras will use the SureCONTROL Premium interval control valve to enhance operational reliability in its high-flowrate offshore fields.

“Build Baby Build” has brought about the remake of the energy transition to the energy addition.

The project is subject to Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals and is the first American reactor to restart after ceasing operations.

CO2-induced corrosion is common in Brazil’s pre-salt fields, where Petrobras reinjects CO2 from its production operations into wells to decrease flaring and boost oil recovery.

The March/April issue focuses on maintenance and repair and how data and AI are impacting the field and highlights our latest Turbo Tour.

The membrane efficiently separated hydrogen from the natural gas stream, enabling the production of high-purity hydrogen and cleaner streams.

With engineering, manufacture, and demonstration complete, reliability and safety evaluations will be rendered prior to commercialization and final production.

The 1.2-GW Malaysian plant started commercial operation with GE Vernova’s equipment and control system software.

The NovaLT gas turbine will allow data center customers to adapt and meet their specific, reliable, and sustainable power requirements.

Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz break down the myth that electrification and electric-motor drives are decarbonized.

The contract represents over 100,000 hours of annual maintenance executed by a 30-person team, so EDF PEI can achieve 95% availability on power assets.

Preparatory construction work is underway next to the Niehl harbour basin, where Rhine water will be extracted to serve as the plant's environmental energy source.

Women are making strides in the male-dominated turbomachinery and power generation fields, progressing in turbine efficiency, renewable energy integration, and power plant optimization.

The transition from coal, increased electrification, and rise of AI computational demand may allow the turbine fleet to achieve 10 million hours of cumulative runtime.

Electrolysis-generated green hydrogen will be converted into e-methane, allowing the fuel to integrate within current natural gas infrastructures.

The issuance to Golden Pass marks the Department of Energy’s third LNG-related approval since the new administration took office, with Commonwealth and JAX LNG certified prior.

The prior administration’s order issued to JAX LNG asserted new oversight for the use of LNG to power marine vessels, also known as LNG bunkering.

This partnership follows the commissioning of GAIL's green hydrogen plant, in which Accelera supplied a 10-MW proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system.