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STEP Demo pilot plant makes new breakthrough for sCO2 power generation

The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant is the first facility of its kind to fire its natural gas heater and operate its turbine at an intermediate speed of 18,000 ...
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STEP Demo pilot plant achieves supercritical CO2 fluid conditions

SAN ANTONIO — March 7, 2023 —The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $155 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) test facility at Southwest ...
Power Engineering

Supercritical CO2 pilot plant generates electricity for the first time

The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power, or “STEP” Demo pilot plant generated electricity for the first time using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) power cycles, Southwest Research ...
POWER Magazine

STEP Demo project

In a significant breakthrough for the development of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles, the 10-MWe Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant in San Antonio, ...
POWER Magazine

The POWER Interview: Pioneering STEP Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Demonstration Readying for 2022 Commissioning

Construction of the 10-MWe Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) pilot plant, a public-private collaboration to demonstrate and test supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) power ...