Energy & Science
The Power Grid Is Getting Bigger, But Plants Are Shrinking
Low-capacity, nimble power generation is replacing high-capacity mega-facilities.
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The delivery of a gas turbine doesn’t normally make the news. But the Siemens 9000HL model that arrived last week to the Keadby2 combined-cycle power plant in the U.K. is something special. Weighing in at just under 1.1 million pounds (497,000 kilograms), it’ll rotate 3,000 times a minute and generate 593 megawatts of power at peak, likely for decades. It’s the pinnacle of today’s combustion technologies.