Big returns frequently require big risks. But taking carefully calculated risks increases the odds of winning, as the construction of Wisconsin Public Service Corp.’s 595-MW (gross) Weston 4 demonstrates. Weston…
Power
Monthly Issue | August 15, 2008
The ultimate power plant maintenance effort is a repowering project. This year’s Marmaduke Award winner demonstrates that sometimes the most creative solutions to repowering projects can be achieved by small…
Condensate polishers are resin-based ion exchange systems that are commonly used in power plant condensate systems to remove dissolved contaminants (chlorides and silica) and suspended contaminants (iron or copper oxide…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) extended forecast of electricity consumption requirements—as shaped by demographic trends, migration patterns, and population growth—suggests a 40% increase from current levels by 2030. To…
Turbine compressors historically have been coated as an afterthought. Initially, silicone aluminum paint and diffused nickel cadmium were the only coatings available for application to both rotating components and vanes/cases.…
Virtually every American news organization, industry pundit, and blogger was preoccupied with the recent U.S. Senate debate of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (L-W) that proposed to reduce carbon emissions…
Motorists driving along Interstate Highway 83 usually turned their heads for an instant as they zoomed passed Cloverville, Pennsylvania. Their attention was attracted by the tall, square brick chimney that…
Opponents of massive new energy taxes and regulations breathed a small sigh of relief in June when the Lieberman-Warner climate-tax bill went down in flames on the Senate floor. Even…
I haven’t always been a supporter of former President Jimmy Carter’s politics, but I did vote for him, mainly because we shared the Navy experience and he was educated as…
Australia considers seabed sequestration legislation If the Australian Parliament passes legislation that was introduced by the minister of resources and energy in mid-June, the country could have the world’s first…