Biomass Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/biomass/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:57:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Biomass Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/biomass/ 32 32 Minimize Risks with Robotic Generator Inspections and Comprehensive Testing https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/ https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:44:57 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223282 Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 3). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also requires

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/feed/ 0 Marnie Surfaceblow: It’s Ghostbusting Time … Again https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/ https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:43:51 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223293 Everything happens for a reason, and fantastic events often have mundane causes. Two women silently waited in their rental car next to a guard hut, sheltered under spreading banana tree leaves. Sunlight

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/feed/ 0 Unseen Heroes: Cutting-Edge Sensors Combatting Air Pollution https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/ https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:41:58 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=221117 There is an urgent need for accurate and efficient emissions monitoring technologies to ensure air pollution is adequately controlled. Infrared spectroscopy and precision infrared filters play a critical role

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/feed/ 0 Michigan Coal Plant Eyes BECCS Retrofit: Could Become First U.S. Facility with ‘Carbon-Negative’ Power https://www.powermag.com/michigan-coal-plant-eyes-beccs-retrofit-could-become-first-us-facility-with-carbon-negative-power/ https://www.powermag.com/michigan-coal-plant-eyes-beccs-retrofit-could-become-first-us-facility-with-carbon-negative-power/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:07:25 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=219833 CMS Energy’s subsidiary NorthStar Clean Energy has given Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) the green light to start initial work on converting a 73-MW coal-fired power plant in Michigan into a […]

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NorthStar Clean Energy and Tondu Corp. are exploring converting the 73-MW TES Filer City Station, a coal and waste wood plant in Filer City, Michigan, to bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Courtesy: Tondu Corp

]]> https://www.powermag.com/michigan-coal-plant-eyes-beccs-retrofit-could-become-first-us-facility-with-carbon-negative-power/feed/ 0 The POWER Interview: The IRA’s Impact on Tax Credits, Tax Equity, and Renewable Energy https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-the-iras-impact-on-tax-credits-tax-equity-and-renewable-energy/ https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-the-iras-impact-on-tax-credits-tax-equity-and-renewable-energy/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:40:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=218653 The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents the largest incentive effort for clean energy in U.S. history. Its impact touches multiple sectors, including solar, wind, hydrogen, energy storage, and more. The […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-the-iras-impact-on-tax-credits-tax-equity-and-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 UK’s Drax Eyes U.S. for Bioenergy CCS Expansion Drive https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/ https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:11:44 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=214975 The 2.6-GW Drax Power Station in northeastern England—once Western Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant—is poised to pioneer bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions

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2. Drax’s conversion of its 4-GW coal-fired power plant to a 2.6-GW biomass plant leveraged its existing steam turbines, generators, specially built trains, and pulverizing mills. But to accommodate new storage needs, the company built giant EcoStore biomass domes—advanced technological structures carefully attuned to storing biomass. Courtesy: Drax Group

]]> https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/feed/ 0 Preparing Steam and Water Analysis Equipment for Summer Heat https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/ https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=214875 While the effects of extreme summer weather are one thing, even regular summer weather can wreak havoc on steam and water analysis systems (SWAS) without adequate preparation. Summer sunshine and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/feed/ 0 A Proactive Approach to Treating Varnish Can Prevent Significant Downtime at Plants https://www.powermag.com/a-proactive-approach-to-treating-varnish-can-prevent-significant-downtime-at-plants/ https://www.powermag.com/a-proactive-approach-to-treating-varnish-can-prevent-significant-downtime-at-plants/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:03:46 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=213573 Varnish is one of the most widespread issues in power plants. It’s the hard, oil-insoluble organic residue that cannot be easily removed from mechanical components. It typically occurs in turbines […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/a-proactive-approach-to-treating-varnish-can-prevent-significant-downtime-at-plants/feed/ 0 China Increasing Coal Use to Produce Ethanol https://www.powermag.com/china-increasing-coal-use-to-produce-ethanol/ https://www.powermag.com/china-increasing-coal-use-to-produce-ethanol/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:51:07 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=213482 State-run media in China reported that a facility there has begun testing production of ethanol through the use of coal, rather than using crops such as corn or sugar cane […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/china-increasing-coal-use-to-produce-ethanol/feed/ 0 Optimizing Turbine Repair Resources https://www.powermag.com/optimizing-turbine-repair-resources/ https://www.powermag.com/optimizing-turbine-repair-resources/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:20:23 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=212666 Steam turbines are used in many applications on various scales to drive equipment such as pumps, compressors, and generators. Routine maintenance, as laid out by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is

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