Webcasts 10 September 2024 Beyond ProcessBook and PI Vision: Exploring Today’s Industrial Analytics AlternativesSeptember 10 | 1 PM ET In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production rates, more consistent quality, and reduced costs through data-driven strategies. LEARN MORE » 10 September 2024 Mastering STOs: Strategies for Streamlined Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and OutagesSeptember 10 | 10 AM ET Shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages (STOs) are critical operations for many organizations, yet their management processes often remain stagnant due to the perceived complexity of change. LEARN MORE » 29 March 2023 Pressure energy recovery system for the natural gas midstream sectorThis event will explore how turboexpander-generators (TEGs) create clean electricity by recovering unused energy in pressure letdown processes. A focus will be placed on how novel technologies can be integrated into TEGs to differentiate them from traditional rotating equipment offerings. LEARN MORE » 28 March 2023 Generation asset performance assurance and forecasting: Changing the game with machine learningGeared for generation asset owners, managers and operators, this presentation describes how machine learning technology is transforming asset performance assurance and forecasting to improve management decisions, reliability and value. LEARN MORE » 13 December 2022 Securely Replicate PI System Data Across Segmented NetworksMany critical infrastructure organizations have a PI system within their OT network to monitor real time asset values and archived/historical data. LEARN MORE » 12 December 2022 2022 Megatrends in PowerAs pressure grows to deploy cleaner, greener power sources that will reshape the energy ecosystem, decarbonization and other megatrends – electrification, climate adaptation and energy transformation – are forcing U.S. power utilities to get more innovative to maintain reliability and resilience. Join experts from Black & Veatch and Clarion Energy as they discuss the 2022 Megatrends in Power report, a LEARN MORE » 08 December 2022 POWERGEN+ Series | Hydrogen-fueled DERs: Reinforcing resilience and extending duration of local microgridsOne way that utilities and energy architects are responding to the urgent need for resilient, reliable and sustainable energy is by incorporating distributed energy resources (DERs) into local microgrids. Offering extremely reliable and weather-proof power, hydrogen fuel cells are especially suitable as independent energy sources that can complement grid power. They can kick in immediately during grid failure at any LEARN MORE » 25 October 2022 POWERGEN+ Series | Green Steam: Utilizing Hydrogen Firing of Packaged Boilers for Auxiliary Boiler and District Energy ApplicationsA great deal of work has gone into reducing and eliminating the carbon footprint in an economical and sustainable manner for utility and district energy applications. Much information has been presented on using hydrogen as a fuel for combustion gas turbines to support zero-carbon-emission CHP solutions. However, not enough has been said about applying the same approach to generate heating LEARN MORE » 08 September 2022 POWERGEN+ Series | Challenges and Realities for Hydrogen Capable Gas TurbinesA convergence of technology development, policy support, and industry investment trends are accelerating the pace of Hydrogen (H2) technology demonstrations, increasing the likelihood of power sector impacts. In preparation for a largescale power sector shift toward decarbonization for a low carbon future, several major power equipment manufacturers are developing gas turbines that can operate on a high H2-volume fuel. Many LEARN MORE » 08 September 2022 POWERGEN+ Series | The Impact of Firing H2 in Gas Turbines on Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG)Global pressure on the use of traditional fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2 is enormous. Consequently, the gas turbine (GT) industry is taking action. One of the key efforts of reducing CO2 emissions in gas turbines is to shift the use of natural gas (typically CH4) to alternative fuels such as Hydrogen (H2). The various LEARN MORE » 01 September 2022 POWERGEN+ Series | The Pathway to Hydrogen: repowering of existing combined cycle at the Lodi Energy Center (California)The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) is a consortium of community-owned utilities that join together to invest in energy resources that would ensure an affordable, reliable, and clean supply of electricity. The Lodi Energy Center (LEC) is the agency’s newest plant in the generation fleet. It is a 300-megawatt combined cycle power plant, located in California’s Central Valley. As the LEARN MORE » 01 September 2022 Balancing Resiliency, Sustainability and Affordability: Can we Achieve it and Still Keep the Lights On?The industry is undergoing a fundamental change faced with unpredictable climate change and move towards electrification, non-traditional energy sources and providers. But the investments in infrastructure have failed to keep pace leading to catastrophic results in some cases. Electricity has also gone from a novelty to a necessity in the last 100+ years, and we’ve seen a varied response, often LEARN MORE » 23 May 2022 Supercharging the Grid: Preparing for a Digital-First WorldFrom ensuring the power grid is up, providing proactive service, and, especially now, ensuring customers get real-time updates, utility companies face significant challenges and need to rethink how they handle mission-critical work. Organizations are looking to technology for support with the need to deliver essential services better and faster. Discover how your organization can navigate a digital transformation to improve LEARN MORE »