In recent weeks, news reports and blog posts have highlighted the problem of fugitive methane emissions from natural gas production—leakage of a potent greenhouse gas with the potential to undermine…
Power
Monthly Issue | February 4, 2013
Courtesy: “K” Line LNG Shipping Utility executives are fond of complaining how little the average customer understands about electricity generation and transmission. This goes double for issues with political character,…
Courtesy: PRNewsFoto/Georgia Power The growing reliance on natural gas for power generation in the U.S. has created potential threats to grid reliability because of the increasing interdependence of the gas…
Continuing a drive that has seen it retire almost 7 GW of coal capacity across its fleet since 2007, Duke Energy rang in the new year with two new advanced…
Courtesy: Siemens Power Generation Gas plants, particularly those being installed to “follow” wind energy, may see higher-than-anticipated capacity factors. Recent reports show that wind turbine output declines more rapidly over…
Courtesy: MasTec The generation of power from natural gas will be the most important growth sector for the gas industry for the foreseeable future—certainly for producers, but also for the…
Today’s economic realities have forced many owners of combined cycle plants to transition from baseload to cycling operation—perhaps cycling the plant every day to catch emerging power sale opportunities. Many…