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  • Be Prepared for Coal Ash Regulations

    A little over five years ago, on the night of Dec. 22, 2008, the residents of Kingston, Tenn., were devastated when a dike holding back an 84-acre ash pond broke loose. The ash pond servicing Tennessee Valley

  • America Needs Continued Coal Use

    Mike Duncan Coal is currently the feedstock for nearly 40% of America’s baseload electricity supply, and in communities and states where coal has the highest utilization, utility bills are the lowest. With

  • Adaptive Brush Seals Restore Air Preheater Performance

    The gas sealing systems used on rotary, regenerative air preheaters (APHs) have evolved little from the metal strip configuration used on the first Ljungström preheaters nearly a century ago. Metallic strip

  • What Is a Fossil Power Plant?

    That question isn’t as flippant as it may sound. If you look at the type of plant that’s familiar to the generation of power industry personnel who have retirement within view and compare it with the sort

  • Modern Polymeric Materials Offer Options for Equipment Repair

    Currently accounting for over 16% of global energy production, and with an expected growth rate of 3% per year for the next quarter century, hydroelectric power generation continues to grow as the front runner

  • The Future of Utility Supply Chain Management

    There may be few things about power plant management less exciting than its supply chains. But few things can gum up a plant’s operations more completely than mismanaging supplier relationships, parts

  • MHI, Southern Co. Complete Demonstration Phase of CCS Test

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and Southern Co. have completed the initial demonstration phase of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) test at the Plant Barry power station in Mobile, Ala. The companies

  • Facing Challenges from Natural Disasters to Customers as Generators

    The 16th annual ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition takes place in New Orleans this year, and it’s a fitting place to be discussing the many persistent and new challenges facing the power generation

  • The Advent of Flexible Coal

    The increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation, smart grids, demand response, and other emerging technologies has underscored the need for power plants with greater flexibility and

  • Practical Considerations for Converting Industrial Coal Boilers to Natural Gas

    Increasing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restrictions pertaining to emissions from coal-fired power plants, the increasing cost of coal operations, and the decreasing cost of natural gas provide strong

  • Forced Closure of Nuclear Plant Is Unlawful, German Supreme Court Rules

    In a ruling that could have reverberating implications for nuclear generators, Germany’s highest administrative law court upheld a lower court’s finding that declared unlawful the State of Hesse’s

  • Customized Storage Solution Improves Efficiency

    Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) operates four baseload plants in the state of Nebraska. In 1993, when the North Omaha Station added a new warehouse, OPPD sought help from Vidmar to create effective storage

  • POWER Digest (March 2014)

    South Korea OKs $7B Plan for New Shin Kori Reactors. Only two weeks after South Korea announced plans to cut the share of nuclear in its total future power supply to 29% by 2035 instead of 41% by 2030, the

  • The LNG Export Debate: Lessons from Peru

    Recent shale gas development, resulting in cheap natural gas in the U.S., has opened the debate about whether or not to export some of that energy—mainly as liquefied natural gas (LNG). As the U.S. considers

  • CiP 3/4/14

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  • CiP 2/25/14

    Careers in POWER Featured Article: Idling of Two Coal-Fired Plants Will Cost Jobs Careers in POWER Featured Article: CiP 2/18/14 … READ MORE » FRESH JOBS IN POWER GENERATION Project Manager- ABBNapa, California Controls Engineer – CumminsMineral Point, Wisconsin Process, Process Controls Engineer – ADA Carbon Solutions Coushatta, Louisiana I&C Materials & Fabrication…… READ MORE » […]
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    Coal Power Stay Connected Current Issue | Find a Job | Post a Job Without San Onofre, Drought-Stricken Calif. Is Crippled by Natural Gas Shortage 02.07.2014 | Sonal Patel A natural gas shortage triggered by extreme cold weather in much of the U.S. and Canada has affected supplies to power plants in drought-stricken California and […]
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