North America’s electricity grid has been described as the world’s most complex machine. The grid is unique among utility infrastructure systems for its need to have supply and demand—generation…
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Monthly Issue | April 15, 2008
Most top utility managers treat their aging workforce problem (Figure 1) as either a retention or a recruitment crisis. If they focus on retention, they may respond to the demographic…
Tenaska proposes first new coal-fired plant with carbon capture Tenaska Inc. is developing a site near Sweetwater, Texas, for a new 765-MW gross, 600-MW net supercritical coal-fired power plant that…
Innoveyor™ Inc. offers titanium-enriched polyvinylchloride (PVC) idler rolls, which are heavy-duty, lightweight rolls, branded YeloRoll® due to their color. The t-PVC-based YeloRoll exceeds CEMA D standards. In snow and ice,…
The advent of the Smart Grid will bring a new driver for value creation to the electric power industry: economies of connection. In the future, the Smart Grid may offer…
WATER TREATMENT Tag-teamed seawater cleanup The scarcity of water resources is causing big problems in China, both directly and indirectly. The lack of potable water directly impairs the health and well-being…
In early February, Western GeoPower (WGP) announced its termination of a 20-year geothermal power purchase agreement (PPA) with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E). A WGP press release explains that…
The convergence was too obvious to ignore. February 5, 2008, political Super Tuesday, saw voters in 24 states make their choices for Republican and Democratic nominees for president. Sen. John…
Drought conditions across the Southeast have begun affecting power plant operations. According to the Associated Press, 24 of America’s 104 nuclear reactors are in areas now experiencing the most severe…
In any technology-based business, after its scientists unlock nature’s secrets, its engineers use that knowledge to design new products that we eventually can’t live without. Without scientists, there are no…