Renewable energy is not the future; it is the present. Nearly half the new electricity generation in the U.S. this year will come from renewable sources. And after last year’s signing of the Infrastructure

Control of work, or CoW, processes have a long heritage in the power and utilities sector, acting as an extension to an organization’s existing process safety management approaches. And these

The current geopolitical crisis spurred by the Russian invasion of Ukraine should provide a rude awakening in the West to our misguided and flawed policies toward energy development by government and major

The power industry has changed remarkably over the past few decades. A single distributed network has heavily evolved to encompass decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization. Today, power companies are managing not only the traditional baseload systems – such as coal- or gas-fired power stations – but also renewables. The decarbonatization drive is here to stay and […]

The Xe-100 is a 200MWt Advanced Pebble Bed Reactor that will be deployed in Washington State in the 2028 timeframe with the support of the US DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. The Xe-100 has been designed and optimized throughout it’s design lifecycle using STAR-CCM+ as the primary thermo dynamics analysis tool. This webinar will provide […]

In a growing industry, hiring new employees is a routine practice. Those new workers are vital to your company’s future, but they also present a significant safety risk. How significant? According to OSHA, 40 percent of employees injured at work have been on the job for less than one year. In fact, newly hired employees […]

Increases in renewable energy on the power grid have increased the need for reliable peaking power.  In many cases, these assets are available but less reliable than they once were due to the age and neglect of their control systems.  In most cases, refurbishment of digital systems from the last 30 years is a viable […]

The threat of ransomware is rising. In fact, our research found that ransomware accounted for more than 50% of the malware found on industrial endpoints. With so many critical power industry operations depending on IT and OT systems, leaders and their teams must understand the threat posed by ransomware, recognize vulnerabilities in their systems, and […]

Refractory maintenance, though vital, can often be a logistical and financial burden. This is especially true for power plants, cement plants, and other large facilities that rely on boilers, kilns, coolers, preheater towers, and risers for day-to-day operation. These facilities stand to lose many thousands of dollars a day in production if their refractory can’t […]

A significant amount of water is used in almost all power plants. The primary demand for water in a power plant is for condenser cooling. The methods used for condenser cooling in the power plant are once-through, evaporative cooling towers, and dry cooling. The most common cooling system employed in modern power plants is closed […]