Southern California Edison (SCE, Rosemead, Calif.) closed the 1,580-MW coal-fired Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev., on December 31. In a filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), SCE…
Power
Monthly Issue | March 15, 2006
For years, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs) have supplied distribution grids (DGs) as a means for controlling the undesirable velocities, temperatures, spin angles, and pulsations generated…
A new, mile-long submarine transmission cable in Pearl Harbor (Figure 3, p. 10) will facilitate the U.S. Navy's plan to renovate and expand historic Ford Island. Honolulu-based Hawaiian Electric Co.…
Fluor Corp. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) has finished building and commissioning the 620-MW Jack County power plant (Figure 2) near Jacksboro, Texas, for Waco-based Brazos Electric Cooperative Inc. The natural gas–fired,…
As limits on SO2 emissions become tighter, many coal-fired utility power plants are adding new flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems or upgrading existing ones. The majority of these systems employ…
Last year, the U.S. wind energy industry easily broke its record for new installed capacity. According to the Washington-based American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), nearly 2,500 MW of wind turbines…
The Russian Federation plans to start building a floating nuclear power plant this year. According to the country's atomic energy agency (Rosatom), the first plant will be small (3 MW)…
PLANT SIMULATION A breakthrough in hydroturbine design One of the distinguishing characteristics of deregulated power markets is variable demand. The ability to operate efficiently at partial loads can determine whether a…
Competition in power generation fosters technical innovation, cleaner power plants, and downward pressure on prices. Before the 1980s, such competition was almost nonexistent: vertically integrated utilities built and operated the…
A new, mile-long submarine transmission cable in Pearl Harbor (Figure 3, p. 10) will facilitate the U.S. Navy's plan to renovate and expand historic Ford Island. Honolulu-based Hawaiian Electric Co.…