Last year when we met, we told you that the electric utility industry was optimistic, ready to tackle the big issues and focused on making the transformation to a low-carbon…
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Monthly Issue | February 16, 2010
Although very little happened, November 24 was a red-letter day for the nation’s nuclear power industry. No new nuclear reactors were purchased, no breakthrough in treating nuclear waste was announced,…
In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama made only a passing reference to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2545) passed by the…
The requirements placed on belt conveyors have become increasingly complicated with respect to predictable and reliable operation and the reduction of fugitive, especially dust, emissions. The proven techniques of using…
Adding a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to an operating coal-fired plant may be an expensive and time-consuming project, but the environmental benefits are without question. However, once construction is…
Nineteenth-century Prussian General Helmuth Graf von Moltke concisely laid out one of the basic principles of warfare when he stated that “no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.”…
In one of the most far-reaching of numerous new air regulations expected from the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to tighten the primary federal standard for…
The Energy Department’s top fossil energy official said [in December that] he might seek exemption or relaxation of “new source review” requirements for certain U.S. coal-fired power plants that are…
Assuming a 1.9 percent growth spurt in U.S. real gross domestic product this year, the Energy Information Administration said in early December that it expects 2010 will see rising prices…