Steam turbine assembly. Photograph courtesy of Alstom. Click here to enlarge image In 1884, Sir Charles Parsons invented and developed a multi-stage steam turbine and in 1891 he fitted it with a ...

(Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in November 2008 and has proved a perennial favorite of Power Engineering readers. With the New Year we thought we’d share it again. Click here to see the ...

Carbon emissions produced by the combustion of coal may be collected and stored in the future, but a better approach (in the near term at least) is to reduce the carbon produced through efficient ...

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuji Electric Corp. of America (FEA) has announced their role in the Green Electron Power Project in St. Clair Township of Ontario, Canada, which was recently completed.

Steam turbines still produce most of the world's power, but supercritical carbon dioxide promises to be much cheaper, and 10% more efficient as a medium than water, using 10X smaller turbines. A ...

Seattle Steam stopped producing electricity in 1925. Now it plans to start again, installing an advanced turbine that generates heat and power in its historic Post Avenue plant, one of the oldest ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Market trends emphasize eco-friendly tech and efficiency improvements. The recent U.S.-China tariff adjustments have impacted supply chain dynamics, affecting ...

Much has changed in the modern electric power plant since Thomas Edison's era, but the parts that actually turn heat into electrons haven't changed since his eureka moments. Whether burning coal, ...

How low can you go? That’s the question owners of gas turbine combined cycle plants are asking these days as they are being called upon to operate those units for rapid response in markets where load ...

B&W has received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion agreement with Base Electron to deliver 1.2 gigawatts of new ...

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuji Electric Corp. of America (FEA) has announced their role in the Green Electron Power Project in St. Clair Township of Ontario, Canada, which was recently completed.