Power

Monthly Issue | September 15, 2008

Kårstø Power Plant, Stavanger, Norway
Kårstø Power Plant, Stavanger, Norway

Known for its beautiful glaciers, fjords, and mountains, Norway is a country of contradictions, especially when it comes to its citizens’ attitude toward energy. On one hand, many Norwegians support…


Put a lid on rising chemical costs
Put a lid on rising chemical costs

If you have talked with your plant chemist or chemical provider lately, you are probably aware that prices for many of the chemicals used by generating plants have steadily risen…


For the center to hold
For the center to hold

As oil prices soar and power prices threaten to follow, our republic’s mix of diverse cultural and economic interests must cooperate to achieve our common goal of energy self-sufficiency. Those…


Air-cooled condensers eliminate plant water use
Air-cooled condensers eliminate plant water use

Many plants are being forced by changing environmental laws and public pressure to retrofit existing power generating facilities to closed-circuit cooling water systems or even dry cooling options rather than…


Gore knows best
Gore knows best

Al Gore, self-appointed father of the climate change movement, astonished his most ardent supporters with a plan to produce 100% of the nation’s electricity from renewable energy and carbon-free sources…