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Unlocking the benefits of natural gas conversion for coal-fired power plants

Converting coal-fired power plants to natural gas is helping utilities meet rising power demands, enhance reliability and lower emissions, while addressing regulatory pressures and leveraging existing infrastructure.

With simple-cycle and combined-cycle gas turbines in such high demand, buyers of F-Class, advanced-class and aeroderivative gas turbines are experiencing lead times not seen since the gas boom of the early 2000s.

Burns & McDonnell begins construction of 297 MWdc Consumers Energy solar site in Michigan

The Muskegon Solar Energy Center, Consumers Energy’s first large-scale solar project, is expected to be completed in 2026.

Get ready for a new era of carbon capture at power plants

Streamlining the permitting process for carbon capture utilization and sequestration projects will be essential as decarbonization momentum builds.

Utilities have a variety of options they can pursue to procure RNG or pay for projects to build RNG facilities.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 established a significant revenue stream that carbon capture facilities can leverage.

600 MW expansion project at Pioneer Generation Station begins

The project includes two Siemens STG6-5000F simple-cycle combustion turbines and six Wärtsilä W18V50SG reciprocating engines….

Upfront planning for power plant retirement projects

Low natural gas prices, environmental regulations and the growth of renewable energy have accelerated retirements of fossil fuel-fired power plants. As utilitie…

Going vertical with building-based solutions for battery energy storage systems

To meet urban utility energy demands, utilities and developers will need to look to vertically orientated BESS to address the challenges and demands of the grow…

Coal-to-gas conversion completed at 500 MW Kentucky plant

The Robert D. Green Generating Station in Webster County, Kentucky now burns natural gas instead of coal after a recent conversion project….

Burns & McDonnell leading EPC work for Texas 30 MW battery storage project

Texas Waves II is a 30 MW/30 MWh lithium-ion battery storage system that is expected to be online by the end of 2022. The project is being developed by RWE Rene…

Hydrogen test begins at power plant with reciprocating engines

WEC Energy Group (WEC), Wärtsilä, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell will partner to carry out hydrogen fuel testing in recipr…

WATCH: Catching up with Burns & McDonnell at POWERGEN

Clarion Energy spoke with Justin Schnegelberger, Manager of Development Engineering at Burns & McDonnell about being back at POWERGEN International 2022, the ex…

Need reliable power? Consider dual-fuel capability

In a world with increasingly frequent severe weather events that may disrupt power supplies, a move to dual-fuel capabilities at power plants may make economic …

Sarah Darmitzel has found a home with Burns & McDonnell as a project manager. She specializes in steel and concrete design for coal, natural gas, and nuclear po…