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Versatile Technology with Many Applications
The supercritical CO2 cycle is known as “heat source flexible” and can produce cleaner, more efficient, and less expensive electricity from a variety of feedstocks, representing a true breakthrough in next-generation power.
sCO2 technology has potential for a broad range of power applications including fossil fuel-fired (gas and coal) power plants, renewable power (concentrated solar, biomass, geothermal), and next-generation nuclear plants. It can also be used for industrial waste heat recovery, where excess heat that otherwise would be wasted can be turned into valuable electricity. The technology can even be applied to more efficient and compact shipboard propulsion systems.
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Gas-fired power plants
![STEP Demo Application Solar Solar](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_solar.jpg)
Solar
![STEP Demo Application Geothermal Geothermal](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_geothermal.jpg)
Geothermal
![STEP Demo Application Waste Heat Recovery Waste heat recovery](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_waste-heat-recovery.jpg)
Waste heat recovery
![STEP Demo Application Coal Fired Power Plants Coal-fired power plants](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_coal-fired-power-plants.jpg)
Coal-fired power plants
![STEP Demo Application Biomass Biomass](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_biomass.jpg)
Biomass
![STEP Demo Application Nuclear Nuclear power plants](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_nuclear.jpg)
Nuclear power plants
![STEP Demo Application Shipboard Propulsion Shipboard propulsion](https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/STEP-Demo_application_shipboard-propulsion.jpg)
Shipboard propulsion
Become a project partner
This open project is welcoming new partners from around the world. OEMs, engineering companies, and power plant owner/operators are invited to join to gain a better understanding of how sCO2 technology can improve high-efficiency power generation.
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For more information, contact Markus Lesemann directly or call 818.405.9564