There are two extremes in how new lines can be planned and paid for. One extreme would be to use federal authority to plan transmission for very large regions, such…
Power
Monthly Issue | August 9, 2010
There is an idea that has been around for a long time, at least since the fall of 1973: All that stands between the U.S. and an abundant energy future…
Scuttling a high-profile “public nuisance” lawsuit, a federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that required the Tennessee Valley Authority to accelerate plans to install pollution controls at…
Saying they have “grave concerns” about the agency’s two-option proposal to regulate coal combustion ash, 31 members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have urged the Environmental Protection Agency…
An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to tighten sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides limits in 31 states and the District of Columbia to address transported air pollution fails to give utilities…
Wind is not a new power generation technology. It was one of our principal sources of energy, along with wood and water, prior to the carbon era. However, the use…
In the flue gas scrubbing process, water evaporates from the scrubbing fluid as the flue gas is cooled to the adiabatic saturation temperature. Under equilibrium conditions, water must be added…
The Asheville Plant, owned by Progress Energy, consists of four units that produce 700 MW near Arden, North Carolina (Figure 1). Unit 2 is a Babcock & Wilcox front-fired reheat…
President Barack Obama’s administration took a two-pronged approach to regulating carbon dioxide emissions: push for comprehensive energy legislation with carbon cap-and-trade restrictions (the carrot) and have the EPA regulate carbon…