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Ontario Goes Coal-Free in a Decade

By the end of 2013, one year ahead of its goal, the province of Ontario will be virtually coal-free—a first for a North American jurisdiction. How did the most populous part of Canada go from 25% to 0% coal-fired generation in just a decade, and what does this phaseout mean for the rest of the world?... Read More »


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May 2013 GAS POWER

GAS POWER Direct is an enewsletter from the POWER magazine team designed specifically for the booming gas-fired generation market. Take a look at the current issue's features and commentaries below, and then sign up to get our enewsletter when new content is published.

How Much Gas Is There? (Take Two) 

Editor Thomas W. Overton, JD
The “shale gale” blows on unabated, as new calculations for U.S. gas reserves point toward even greater resources than previously thought.  

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Oregon Utility Weighs Gas Power Options as Coal Exports Loom 
It’s not all coffee and hydropower in the Northwest, as Oregon’s largest utility looks toward natural gas to help it navigate the shifting shoals of regulation and renewable mandates.

Summer Power Burn: Are Generators Headed Back to Coal? 
Last year's stampede toward gas in the power sector is moderating for 2013, as higher gas prices cut into the economic incentives supporting coal-to-gas switching.

Gas Power Needs Wind Generation Too, Says Study
Gas-fired power is due to serve an important role in supporting intermittent renewable generation in the coming decades. But a new study suggests wind power may be able to return the favor—as a valuable hedging resource

Cheap gas-fired power stands to upend more than the dispatch order if some new developments under way bear fruit, as utilities may soon be dealing with generation from home-based fuel cells.

Methanation of CO2: Storage of Renewable Energy in a Gas Distribution System
Energy storage has been the achilles heel of the renewable boom, but new technology may offer a way to join gas and renewables even more closely—by using excess renewable generation to manufacture synthetic natural gas from carbon dioxide.

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Is There a Breath of Fresh Air in China Today?
Natural gas has significant potential to reduce air pollution worldwide, but getting there, especially in countries like China, may be more difficult than people think.

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Western Turbine Users' Inc. Conference, San Diego, March 10-13, 2013

The Networked Grid 2013, Westlake Village, CA, March 20-21, 2013

Automation & Power World 2013, Orlando, Florida, March 25-28, 2013

LDC Gas Forum Southeast, Atlanta, GA, April 15-17

EUCG, Nashville, Tennessee, April 14-17, 2013

AWEA WINDPOWER 2013, Chicago, IL, May 5-8, 2013

ELECTRIC POWER Expo, Chicago, May 14-16, 2013

PRB and Women in POWER Generation, Chicago, May 14-16, 2013


ISA POWID, Orlando, June 2-7


ASME Turbo Expo, San Antonio, June 4-6

Edison Electric Institute Annual Convention and Expo, San Francisco, California, June 9-12, 2013

EnergyOcean International, June 10-12, 2013, Providence, Rhode Island

LDC Gas Forum Northeast, Boston, June 10-12

AWEA Small & Community Wind Conference & Exhibition, June 11-12, Rochester, NY

Air and Waste Management Association, Chicago, June 25-28

ASME Power Conference, July 29-Aug 1, 2013, Boston

American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference, Hollywood, FL., Aug. 11-14

LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent, Chicago, IL, September 9-11, 2013

Turbomachinery Symposium, Houston, TX, September 30-Oct. 3


SMART POWER EUROPE, TBD

WEFTEC, Chicago, Oct. 5-9

LDC Gas Forum Rockies & West, Los Angeles, October 7-9, 2013

Shale EnviroSafe, New Orleans, LA, October 15-16, 2013

CLEAN GULF 2013, Tampa, Nov 12-14, 2013

LDC Gas Forum Canada, Toronto, November 18-20, 2013

APPrO 2012 - Toronto, November 19-20

ChemInnovations Conference & Expo, Galveston, November 25-26, 2013

Asian SBC Users' Group Annual Meeting, TBD

Edison Electric Institute Annual Convention and Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 8-11, 2014

NGL Forum, San Antonio, TX, Dec. 4-6, 2013



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