Global demand for electricity supply continues to grow. Power generation providers constantly evaluate capacity additions and the tradeoffs between alternatives. Since American utilities are building ...

The South Texas Project (STP) is a two-unit nuclear facility southwest of Bay City, Texas. Both units are Westinghouse pressurized water reactors with Westinghouse main electric generators. The ...

Over the past decade, since industry deregulation, the typical utility power plant has lengthened the maintenance intervals of its major systems to minimize downtime and costs. Many plants schedule ...

Inspecting generators has always been a time-consuming and expensive job, yet one that needs to be done at regular intervals. An impressive new visual inspection robot can save owners many days of ...

International high-pressure hydraulics company Enerpac has been awarded a contract from USA-based S.T. Cotter Turbine Services to build a Rotor Removal System. According to Enerpac, the Rotor Removal ...

General Electric (GE) has signed an agreement to deploy advanced robotic inspections of US-based electric company Alinta Energy’s gas-fired power plants in Australia and New Zealand. GE’s “little” ...

The generator stator for the Taishan 1 EPR has arrived on site and been hoisted into place for installation. Producing 1750 MWe, the component is said to be the largest single-piece electrical ...

An introduction to the symmetric, multiphase, wound-rotor “synchronous” doubly-fed motor or generator system, called SYNCHRO-SYM. How SYNCHRO-SYM is only possible with brushless, automatic, ...