EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

Read more

Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

Read more

Industry News

Siemens H-class Gas Turbine Fleet Exceeds 200,000 Operating Hours

LCG, March 4, 2016--Siemens announced yesterday that its fleet of H-class gas turbines achieved over 200,000 operating hours in January 2016. Today there are 19 turbines in the SGT-8000H series in commercial operation.

The H-Class gas turbines, which have increased power output from the earlier F-Class turbines, have a gross power output of 296 MW. The high-efficiency gas turbines can achieve efficiencies greater than 60 percent in combined cycle power plants.

The head of Large Gas Turbines and Generators in the Siemens Power and Gas Division stated, "The SGT-8000H achieves a very high degree of efficiency and is marked by short startup times and fast load-changing capabilities. The turbines have proven themselves extensively in daily power plant operation after more than 200,000 hours of operation: The reliability of the SGT-8000H fleet is over 99 percent, and availability is over 96 percent."

The first SGT5-8000H (50-Hz) gas turbine began commercial operations in 2011 in Germany, with the next SGT6-8000H units for the 60-Hz market following in 2013 at Florida Power & Light's Cape Canaveral power plant in Florida, U.S. and the Dangjin 3 plant in South Korea.

Siemens has now sold a total of 76 H-class gas turbines worldwide, and Siemens states that this makes it the most successful gas turbine in this efficiency category on today's market. Worldwide Siemens has sold 39 of the turbines on the 50-Hertz (Hz) market and 37 turbines on the 60-Hz market. The most recent order for two H-class turbines came from Mexico in January 2016 for the CFE Empalme II combined cycle plant.

Copyright © 2025 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service