Sentences with phrase «gas turbines for»

A while back I posted an article on a purchase of a solar power generating facility by Los Angeles, in which it was said that solar is already competitive with gas turbines for peak generation, with all costs and subsidies included in the calculation.

Such as quickly phasing out all coal power generation, mining and exports and replacing it with gas turbines for a massive emmisions saving.

potential energy storage by deepwater or elevated reservoir is another scheme that looks great in theory, but can only supply a fraction of the standby energy produced by gas turbines for when neither solar or wind turbines are operating.

VG investigated what happened after the wanted man from Norway and the prince from Dubai acquired ten gas turbines for Ghana for 510 million US dollars.

According to the agreement, Ghana will lease the ten gas turbines for five years.

He predicted future of gas turbine for peak power before the Federal Power Commission.

Not exact matches

The metals producer, more than 125 years old, makes parts for gas turbines, the engines that plane manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus install to give planes the power to get you to your next meeting.

G.E. announced that it would move about 400 jobs to France, whose own export credit agency offered financing for gas turbines, and relocate 100 jobs to Hungary and China to get credit for customers of its advanced aircraft gas turbines.

Additionally, late last year, GE agreed to purchase subsea drilling technology from Oceaneering International, and subsequently inked an agreement to purchase Alstom's gas and steam turbine business for approximately $ 17 billion.

Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.

Take, for example, CO2 emissions from gas turbines.

Ghana will also need to pay for the gas to power the ten turbines.

The tunnel boring machine from Germany is being used to construct a 1.2 km pipeline for sea water intake to be used as a cooling system for the Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plant.

Simpson and Shue also criticized NYPA for writing its initial call for developers — called a request for proposal (RFP), which was made in early 2017 — that limited responses only to projects using natural gas turbines.

Also at 11:30 a.m., the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy, ally organizations and local residents will gather at the site of two new proposed fracked gas turbines to call on Cuomo to halt the proposal and reissue a request for proposals for renewable energy solutions, 79 Sheridan Ave., Albany.

In the months before design and construction takes place for the new 16MW microgrid — a locally sourced power grid consisting of two gas turbine generators — to be located in the downtown neighborhood of Sheridan Hollow, community groups are reaching out in search of concrete answers from project planners.

Dakuku explained that the money realised from sale of gas turbines were paid into the account of Rivers state and the money used for projects.

Documents exclusively available to Citi News show that, the agreement for the 400MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant to be situated in Tema, will be executed by Early Power Limited, a company incorporated in Ghana only in October 27, 2014.

They have faulted Gov. Cuomo for continuing to promote the burning of fracked gas across the state, including his proposal to add two new gas turbines in Arbor Hill to heat the Empire State Plaza.

The hydrogen would be stored for use overnight to superheat water and run the steam turbines, or it could be used for other applications, producing zero greenhouse - gas emissions.

Light permanent fires in seams too deep for conventional mining and, engineers hope, they can siphon off the resulting vapours as fuel for gas turbines at the surface.

A mixture of gas turbine and diesel generators should be used, he says, and water and air cooling systems should both be considered for diesel generators in case a shortage of air or water might be an issue at the generator location.

WHEN the wind stops blowing and turbines slow down, we have to resort to coal and gas - powered stations for our energy needs.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

But so is the cost of any method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a similar difference — whether it's doubling the fuel efficiency of every single car and truck on the road (which would cost a few trillion dollars and take at least 15 years) or building scores of new wind turbines for each turbine already turning today or erecting hundreds of new solar cell arrays for every array in use today.

A single percent increase in gas turbine efficiency equates to millions of dollars in saved fuel costs for GE's customers and tons of carbon dioxide spared from the atmosphere.

«Advanced gas turbine technology gives customers one of the lowest installed costs per kilowatt,» said Joe Citeno, combustion engineering manager for GE Power.

With the computational team's initial doubts now a distant memory, GE entered a world of new possibilities for evaluating gas turbine engines.

Applying its new methods to the 2015 gas turbine, the team predicted a low instability level in the latest design that was acceptable for operation and would not affect performance.

Gas turbines are used for the production of electricity and in aircraft engines.

«Cracks in the surface coating of gas turbines are necessary for longer life - span and better thermal insulation.»

In addition to charging its current customers $ 3.73 a month for the construction of this reactor until costs are recovered Southern received an $ 8.3 - billion loan guarantee from the federal government to help make up the cost difference compared with building a natural gas — fired turbine, for example.

As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline by 2050 — enough turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.

Today, most of that gas is burned, either for heating homes or to drive electricity - generating turbines.

The primary power source for the Patriot is a twin spool gas turbine like those found in jet engines, which runs at 100 000 revolutions per minute in its high - speed stage, and 50 000 rpm in its low - speed stage.

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays.

(2) in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis.

(B) to develop and demonstrate the technology required for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and

The benefit is higher efficiency jet engines and power turbines that produce more power and less greenhouse gases, which is a good thing for the planet.»

To avoid losing energy generated by wind turbines, for example, hydrogen gas must be generated quickly.

The data gathered during this experiment will become the initial conditions for numerical simulations that will further understanding of gas turbine combustors.

The data will help advance gas turbine engine designs for higher power density and efficiency, scientists said.

Ultimately this concept car (we used to call them dream cars, an arguably better term for minimally functional showpieces) is directly comparable in its impressive unreality to General Motors» 1953 XP - 21 Firebird 1 gas turbine car.

The star of the Renault display — both literally and figuratively — was Etoile Filante («shooting star»), a brilliant little land - speed record car for the gas - turbine class that sported an elegant logo and outrageous fins.

The roadster is powered by a natural - gas turbine that spun a conventional flywheel, acting as a power reserve for an electrical motor that powered the wheels.

The exhaust streams arrive at the turbine wheel through physically separate channels — for optimised gas cycles.

Engine upgrade includes a new camshaft profile, lash adjusters, low - tension piston rings and a 9.7:1 compression ratio 4.7 - liter V - 8 engine adds knock sensors and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for improved efficiency Getrag 238 six - speed manual transmission replaces the NV3500 five - speed manual on 3.7 - liter and 4.7 - liter Magnum engines Low Lockup Speed and turbine damper added to 545RFE with 4.7 - liter engine.

Each of the four runners is of identical length; they ensure perfectly regular timing of exhaust gas pulses and relatively continuous pressure to the turbines for maximum turbo effectiveness.

The exhaust streams arrive at the turbine wheel through physically separate channels — for optimized gas cycles.

The twin - scroll design separates the cylinders whose exhaust gas pulses interfere with each other, resulting in improved pressure distribution in the exhaust ports and a more efficient delivery of exhaust gas energy to the turbocharger's turbine for quick and smooth responsiveness.