In 2023, I got the chance to speak with hundreds of thermal energy plant owners and operators all over the world, both at conferences and on-site at their facilities. In our discussions, the same questions about the future of the...
Last year, one of my clients experienced an unplanned gas turbine outage that was, in a word, catastrophic. It happened in May 2022 at Rocksavage Power Station, a combined cycle natural gas fired power plant in England, just southeast of...
When InterGen’s Rocksavage Power Station experienced a catastrophic gas turbine failure and resulting forced outage in 2022, the original equipment manufacturer estimated it would take nearly a year to manufacture new parts. That wasn’t going to work. So the Rocksavage...
Ask anyone what the future of energy generation looks like, and they’re likely to say “renewables, of course.” But it’s not enough to gaze at the rising sun on the horizon. We have a long road to travel, and we...
Sourcing gas turbine parts. Dealing with long lead times on gas turbine parts. Finding experts to install gas turbine parts. These were the hot topics of conversation among power plant operators attending the 2024 AOG Users Group Conference in Savannah,...
STPS Principal Siraj Taj joined an esteemed panel of energy industry thought leaders for the POWER webinar, "The Role of Aero-derivatives in a Changing World." The discussion focused on current trends in the on-demand power generation space — namely, aero-derivatives....
New strategic alliance positions itself as a reliable alternative to OEM in offering comprehensive solutions and services to the global power industry Brambleton, Virginia, December 2020 — ST Power Services Consultants (STPSC) and TRS Services have partnered to serve the...
The future of the global power industry is not yet determined. Consumers, investors, corporations, and policymakers all are promoting how best to move forward as if there are unlimited pathways to reach the desired future. What is the desired future?...
In February 2020, we published the first edition of our our “STPS Power Industry Analysis & Projection,” a bold new project in which we shared energy market outlooks for both North America and the entire globe. At the conclusion of this...
The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic will most likely cause widespread disruptions in the energy sector: tightening demand, disrupting supply chains, and reversing previous growth forecasts. We must reassess global growth projections issued before the pandemic because the supply...
