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The POWER Interview: Technology Helps Integrate Renewables to the Grid
Patrick Lee, who founded and leads PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of San Diego, California-based Sempra Energy, is a proponent of energy sharing. His company builds enhanced grid management systems, using data, insights, and algorithms…
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TRITON/TRISIS Cyberattacker Has a New Target: Power Sector
XENOTIME, a cyberthreat activity group thought responsible for TRISIS/TRITON malware attacks on safety instrumented systems (SIS) at an oil and gas Middle Eastern facility in 2017, has been probing power company networks in the U.S. and…
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In a Surprise Announcement, Colstrip Units 1 and 2 to Close by Year-End
Talen Montana—part-owner and operator of the Colstrip Steam Electric Station—announced that Units 1 and 2 at the coal-fired power plant will be retired by year-end, well ahead of a previously announced July 2022 closure date.…
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DOE’s Perry: Coal, Nuclear Must Be Saved
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said coal and nuclear power must be part of the nation’s “all of the above” energy strategy, but the Department of Energy (DOE) does not have the “regulatory or statutory ability”…
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Energy Insiders Say Tech, Collaboration Key to Utility Storm Prep
Hurricane season is underway and summer heat already has arrived in many areas, which again puts the spotlight on utilities, the power grid, and disaster response plans after a series of major weather events and…
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New Jersey’s 100% Clean Energy Goal Imperils Gas Generation
Through a series of incentives and mandates, New Jersey is planning to produce 100% of its power from carbon-neutral sources, electrify its vehicle fleet and building sectors, and set mandatory efficiency standards for electric utilities…
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GE Launches New Analytics Technologies to Boost Grid Efficiency
General Electric (GE) has rolled out a new portfolio of predictive analytics that could allow utilities to use data from transmission and distribution networks to achieve better operational efficiency as more distributed assets are introduced…
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Deloitte Survey: Businesses Back Sustainability, Decarbonization
Utilities need to adapt as businesses continue to focus on sustainability, looking for cleaner energy sources and viewing such measures as an opportunity to create value, according to a Deloitte study released June 11. What’s…
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Current Posts
The POWER Interview: Technology Helps Integrate Renewables to the Grid
Patrick Lee, who founded and leads PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of San Diego, California-based…
TRITON/TRISIS Cyberattacker Has a New Target: Power Sector
XENOTIME, a cyberthreat activity group thought responsible for TRISIS/TRITON malware attacks on safety instrumented systems (SIS)…
Future May Not Be as Rosy as It Seems for Natural Gas [PODCAST]
The natural gas industry is doing quite well and the future looks bright to many…
Energy Insiders Say Tech, Collaboration Key to Utility Storm Prep
Hurricane season is underway and summer heat already has arrived in many areas, which again…
New Jersey’s 100% Clean Energy Goal Imperils Gas Generation
Through a series of incentives and mandates, New Jersey is planning to produce 100% of…
The Future Direction of Respiratory Protection
An estimated 5 million U.S. workers wear respirators. Employers are required to provide National Institute…
THE BIG PICTURE: Siemens’ Corporate History
Siemens AG, the global technology conglomerate that today has headquarters in both Berlin and Munich,…
How Residential Energy Storage Could Help Support the Power Grid
Household batteries could contribute to making the grid more cost effective, reliable, resilient, and safe—if…
Piloting Boiler Startup at Lightspeed
Many combined cycle power plants are being operated as peaker plants, rather than as baseload units. That can pose a problem for economizer safety valves. Pilot-operated safety valves offer several advantages
Waste-to-Energy: A Niche Market in Decline?
Burning garbage to make electricity, or waste-to-energy, faces headwinds in the U.S., with low electricity prices, slowing demand for power, and local opponents that want to close or have closed plants. But a
Insights Into Siemens’ Stunning Gas and Power, Renewables Shakeup
In the days following its May 7 announcement that it will spin off its Gas…
Safety a Major Focus of CTOTF Conference
Marc Yeston kicked off the Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF) spring conference on April…
GE Marks ‘Ultra Low’ NOx Gas Turbine Technology Triumph
In a significant technical triumph, GE has completed first installation of a new gas-fired power…
First Gas Turbine Upgrade Blending GE and Alstom Technology Unveiled
GE introduced its GT26 HE (high efficiency) gas turbine upgrade on March 25 by announcing…
The Line Blurs Between Small Cogen Plants and Large Combined Cycles
When U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of…
Navajo Nation Ends Bid to Acquire 2.3-GW Coal Plant
After a Navajo tribal council on March 21 voted 11–9 to block acquisition of the…
What Is Coal’s Future? [PODCAST]
The Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs—a bipartisan think tank—will host the “Jackson Hole Global…
Coal Silo Failures Reveal the Need for NDE Inspection
In July 2016, a coal silo collapsed at an Indiana power plant. The root cause…
AEP Will Close Ohio Coal Plant Early
American Electric Power (AEP) this week confirmed it will close its coal-fired Conesville Power Plant…
Nation’s Oldest Independent Coal Producer Files Bankruptcy
Colorado-based Westmoreland Coal Co. on October 9 said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,…
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Register to attend this complimentary webinar on demand. High Energy Piping (HEP) system failures can potentially lead to serious consequences for fossil and combined cycle power plants. Is your plant…
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Distributed Energy Conference10/30/2019
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Calculated pH Based on Conductivity by Mettler-Toledo
Conductivity sensors can do more than just measure conductivity. Calculated values using conductivity data can provide valuable cycle chemistry information,…
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The Easy Way to Minimize Corrosion Control Hydrazine Dosing with ORP by Mettler-Toledo
Oxidation reduction potential (ORP) measurement continues to be an essential tool in power plant water chemistry to monitor chemical dosing…
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Exceptional Measurement Accuracy with pH Sensor for Low Conductivity Waters by Mettler-Toledo
The most common causes of corrosion are low pH, the presence of dissolved gas (oxygen), under deposit attack, and areas…
