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Florida Power & Light completes pilot clean hydrogen facility

Hydrogen will be produced from electrolysis and mixed into existing natural gas infrastructure at FPL’s Okeechobee Clean Energy Center, a 3-on-1 combined-cycle plant.

FPL begins producing hydrogen with goal of decarbonizing gas turbines

The hydrogen produced will be compressed, stored and mixed into existing natural gas infrastructure at FPL’s Okeechobee Clean Energy Center, a 3-on-1 combined-cycle plant.

10 new solar farms come online in Florida

One facility will produce hydrogen, which will be used to help decarbonize a large natural-gas fired plant.

GE announces first commercial operation of 7HA.03 gas fired turbines

Two GE 7HA.03 gas turbines are now operating at Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) Dania Beach Clean Energy Center near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Microgrid lab opens at University of Central Florida

A microgrid control lab opened at the University of Central Florida on Tuesday, the product of a partnership between Florida Power & Light and GE Digital to simulate a modern grid control room and accelerate research.

FPL’s latest 74.5-MW solar project is generating and online

Florida Power & Light Co. has put its new Rodeo Solar Energy Center into commercial operations. The 74.5-MW Rodeo solar project is FPL’s fifth solar energy center in DeSoto County, tops in the state for the utility. Rodeo Solar Energy Center comprises approximately 300,000 panels and marks the completed development on land FPL originally purchased in the 1960s. DeSoto County

Hydrogen-fired power promises carbon-free future but requires nearly $800B investment

Carbon-free hydrogen production could significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions in power generation and manufacturing, but it will require a mammoth and long…

ComEd leader Donnelly offers insights on grid modernization, STEM education and microgrids

Think of them as the four dials on a proverbial utility clock: Top of the hour grid reliability, quarter past intermittent renewables, climate change at the bot…

POWERGEN call for abstracts deadline extended to March 4: Shaping the Future of Generation Together

Success breeds success. Never waste a failure. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. All of those above statements are clichés, of course, spoken at …

Doosan Å koda Power wins first-ever Japan contract for steam turbine at biomass power plant

Doosan Å koda Power will supply a two-core steam turbine to a new Japanese biomass-fired power plant, it’s first ever in that nation. The steam turbine will…

FPL gets NRC go-ahead on potential 80-year lifespan for Turkey Point nuclear units in Florida

Several U.S. nuclear plants could be octogenarians by the time they are done. Florida Power & Light has cleared a significant federal regulatory hurdle in i…

Florida Power & Light plans massive community solar program with low-income focus

Florida Power & Light Company announced that it is garnering more support from solar stakeholders for its FPL SolarTogether, a proposed new offering for FPL…

Sunshine state utilities prefer gas-fired power for new capacity

(Citrus County CCGT Plant. Courtesy Duke Energy Florida) Florida is known as the Sunshine State and rightly so. When it comes to electricity, though, its utilit…

Florida utility completes restoration of Dorian outages

Florida Power & Light reported Thursday that it has restored power to all of the more than 160,000 customers impacted by Hurricane Dorian, which is now barr…

Utilities representing big as presenters at POWERGEN International

A mission for the team behind POWERGEN International this year was to greatly encourage and expand the contributions of electric utilities across the …