Business
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Commentary
Power Industry Sees Pigs Fly
“When pigs fly” is a figure of speech used to express disbelief that a particular situation will ever come to pass. For the power industry, several recent and emerging developments are the equivalent of
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Coal
Opportunities to Thrive in Evolving Power Market
The power generation market continues to evolve due to fundamental changes in market forces. Ongoing opportunities exist to partner with utilities to support this evolutionary process. Leadership Is Key for
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Gas
Can Mexico’s Electricity Reform Deliver on Its Promise?
In 2013 the Mexican government passed historic reforms that eliminated the state’s monopoly on the energy sector in an effort to attract private investment. In the electricity sector, reform was sold on the
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Gas
Labor Crunch Complicates the Gas Turbine Arms Race
The rate of introduction of new gas turbine products has accelerated, and the speed of change creates challenges for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors who are also coping with a
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Legal & Regulatory
How U.S. Power Generators Are Preparing for 2015
In mid-November, members of the POWER Generating Company Advisory Team responded via email to the following set of questions. Their comments have been edited for style. POWER: What changes in your fleet’s
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Coal
The Urge to Merge, or Vice Versa?
The urge to merge, a key feature of the power industry for the past 20 years or so, showed no signs of slowing in 2014. Major players sought to beef up their asset portfolios and diversify their generating
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Legal & Regulatory
Reducing Weather-Related Risks in Renewable Generation
The Black Oak Wind Farm project is an 11.9-MW wind facility under development in Tompkins County, N.Y., a few miles west of Ithaca. For the most part, Black Oak is unremarkable—the community-owned facility
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Instrumentation & Controls
Utilizing 3-D Virtual Reality Visualization for Efficient Power Projects and Training
The global power industry is becoming increasingly complex. Trends toward greater amounts of variable renewable energy are changing the requirements for conventional power plants. Energy market policies are
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Renewables
POWER Digest (January 2015)
Candu Wins China’s Backing to Develop AFCR Projects. Candu Energy and the China National Nuclear Corp. on Nov. 10 signed a framework joint venture agreement to build Advanced Fuel CANDU Reactor (AFCR)
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Legal & Regulatory
FERC Order 745 and the Epic Battle Between Electricity Supply and Demand
From its modest origins as a way to shed load when the grid is stressed, demand response (DR) has grown to be a significant player in electricity markets. In the PJM region, demand response has accounted for as much as 14,833 MW of capacity, almost 10% of the total. Customer Gains and Generator Losses Demand […]