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  • Nothing but the BESS: Why Integrating Temporary Small Batteries Optimizes Your Site

    Sponsored by:
    Caterpillar Electric Power

    With more distributed energy, sharper demand peaks and the push for renewables, today’s energy landscape is more complex than ever. The good news? Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are small, mobile and available to rent or buy from your Cat dealer. Discover how these flexible solutions can help you cut costs, boost efficiency and stay […]

  • Wedge Kammprofile Gasket Critical to Complete Turnaround in October 2021

    In this case study, Lamons helped a Montana refinery overcome a critical flange misalignment issue during the final stages of an FCC unit turnaround. Traditional methods and standard gaskets failed to resolve the problem, threatening costly delays and safety risks. Leveraging our engineering expertise and rapid response capabilities, Lamons designed and delivered a custom wedge […]

  • Selecting the Right Calibration Software for Power Generation Facilities

    Sponsored by:
    Beamex

    Accurate calibration is essential in power generation, where reliability and compliance must work together. The Beamex Calibration Software Buyer’s Guide explains how digital calibration management helps reduce manual errors, streamline operations, and support compliance with standards such as ISO 17025. It outlines key software features, vendor evaluation criteria, CMMS and ERP integration options, and return-on-investment […]

  • Mining Our Nation’s Scrap to Transform Our Electric Grid

    Today’s demand for energy is extraordinary and expected to continue rising. The rapid growth of data centers, reshoring manufacturing operations and electrification of transportation has accelerated the market demands for electricity. Rethinking how industries use, and re-use materials is central to both the future of the electrified world and the work of Nucor, North America’s […]

  • Grid Modernization: A Utility’s Guide to Resilience and Flexibility

    Sponsored by:
    Honeywell

    Utilities are confronting a convergence of challenges, including aging infrastructure, rising energy demand and the accelerating shift to renewable energy sources. The electric grid, much of which is decades old, is increasingly exposed to risks like extreme weather and cyber threats. Digital transformation can offer a practical path forward, helping utilities modernize operations, improve visibility […]

  • Achieving maximum reliability with drive systems

    This white paper explores how using a holistic, application-driven approach can help minimize drivetrain failures, reduce Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), enable predictive maintenance, and deliver long-term cost savings via lower total cost of ownership (TCO). It explains how an integrated approach to drive system design ensures maximum efficiency, reliability, and performance.

  • Strategic Solutions for Combined Cycle: Emerson’s Approach to Efficiency and Reliability

    Sponsored by:
    Emerson

    This paper explores how the rise of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plants is reshaping the power generation landscape amid growing energy demands. It highlights Emerson’s role in supporting utilities through this transition by offering advanced automation, project execution expertise, and lifecycle services. The paper emphasizes the efficiency, flexibility, and lower emissions of CCGT plants, […]

  • Hybridization of Offshore Wind

    Sponsored by:
    Siemens Energy Global

    The white paper underscores the transformative potential of hybridizing offshore wind energy, emphasizing the integration of hybrid technologies, e.g. energy storage systems (BESS), to enhance the reliability, stability, and economic feasibility of offshore wind farms. This approach mitigates the intermittency of wind power, resulting in a more consistent and predictable energy output. By contributing to grid stability […]

  • Hybridization of Power Generation

    Sponsored by:
    Siemens Energy

    The whitepaper discusses the integration of hybrid power plants in the energy sector, emphasizing their role in addressing the challenges of renewable energy integration. It highlights the importance of hybrid plants in meeting global energy demands by combining multiple power generation and storage strategies. The document outlines the benefits of flexibility, cost reduction, and emission control provided […]

  • Energy Allies: Communities and Utilities Building Resilience Together

    Sponsored by:
    Ameresco

    Extreme weather and aging grid infrastructure are causing longer, more frequent power outages—making energy resilience a growing priority for utilities and communities. This new resource features a range of strategies for strengthening local energy systems, with a focus on how strategic partnerships between municipalities and utilities are driving positive results. You’ll explore five case studies […]

  • Improve Product Quality and Yield

    Our state-of-the-art lab aims to replicate and optimize real operating conditions so that you can maximize the hydroprocessing component of your facility. Learn how today.

  • Navigating the Distributed Energy Resources Revolution

    Sponsored by:
    Emerson

    Power generators and transmission system engineers have to rethink their planning strategies, and must continue to develop tools to allow more solar, wind, and other forms of renewable energy to populate the power grid. Integrating renewable energy resources such as solar and wind into the electric power grid involves addressing challenges, starting with the intermittent […]

  • Generate a Cleaner Future with Air Products

    Let Air Products be your decarbonization partner through the transition to sustainable energy. We can help you utilize oxygen to improve your natural gas efficiency, find a potential carbon capture and sequestration solution, or introduce hydrogen to your process to reduce emissions. Download to read our latest content to learn more and take the first […]

  • ERCOT and CAISO market trends and successful bid optimization

    Battery energy storage systems (BESS) play an essential role in balancing grids with high renewable energy. They can charge during low price hours and discharge during high price hours in the wholesale markets, or support grid stability participating in the ancillary markets. It is important for BESS owners to maximise their profit by deciding how […]

  • How to Cut Energy Costs and Create Efficiencies this Winter

    As more businesses consider electrification efforts to reduce their carbon impact, energy decision-makers must not lose sight of the critical role of overall energy efficiency efforts. While electrification upgrades are often more efficient and can reduce overall energy demand for consumers, an increasingly volatile energy market means it’s as important as ever to have an […]

  • How an EMP or GMD Could Destroy the Power Grid and Create Chaos

    Perhaps the most devastating thing that could happen in any developed country would be widespread catastrophic damage to its electric power grid. Nearly everything in an industrialized nation relies on electricity to function. Without it, normal water supplies, sewer systems, and communication services are cut off. Furthermore, things like food and transportation are quickly affected […]

  • Lagging Behind: Utilities Need to Update Mobile App Strategies

    TROY, Mich. (Feb. 22, 2023) — Across virtually every industry and nearly every type of customer interaction, digital customer engagement via mobile apps has surged, raising customer satisfaction and increasing brand loyalty for companies with superior digital strategies. Utilities, apparently, are not getting the message. According to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Utility Digital Experience […]

  • Marnie Surfaceblow: When Exploring Unknown Territory, Bring a Guide [FICTION]

    New technology requires new ways of thinking, especially because safety is paramount. This is even more true for any situation where an established industry experience base is lacking. “Did you have a good

  • Reduce Plant Fuel Use, Emissions, and Operating Cost with Performance Models and Predictive Maintenance

    Thermal power generation has to adapt new methods to thrive as renewables transform dispatch. Now used more often as a bridge source of power rather than the main source of power, many fossil fuel plants

  • How Utilities Can Solve ‘Time of Use’ Rate Rollout Puzzle in Just Three Steps

    In a constantly plugged-in world, people rely on always available and uninterrupted electricity, now more than ever. While the electric industry has invested significantly to meet customers’ demand on the grid, utilities increasingly turn to their customers to provide reliable, cost-effective grid services with customer-sited distributed energy resources (DERs) like energy storage and demand response. […]

  • Marnie Surfaceblow—Once an Engineer, Always an Engineer: Don’t Let Technology Hide Simple Problems and Their Solutions

    When facing the unknown, power professionals must use their skills, draw from their experience, and think creatively. Marnie and Maya do just that while off the clock at Marnie’s high school reunion. “Hi

  • Marnie Surfaceblow: Oil Pump Amps Provide the Clue Marnie Needs to Stave Off Trouble

    Incessant trivial alarms can drown out important warnings and cause headaches for control room operators. In this installment of Marnie Surfaceblow, our fearless heroine wades through all the noise to identify

  • 2021 Connected Plant Conference Game Changers Award Winners 

    Behind the digital tools that make the industrial internet of things (IIOT) in the power generation and chemical process industries are people. The 2021 Connected Plant Conference in Austin, Texas recognized the achievements of several individuals and companies who are fast risers in the field. Through insight and experience, these “Game Changer” champions have contributed […]

  • Show Preview – Experience POWER

    POWER magazine is again hosting its Experience POWER event, with the 2021 edition taking place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Experience POWER is the only live

  • Show Preview – Distributed Energy Conference

    The 2021 edition of the Distributed Energy Conference, hosted by POWER magazine, will take place Oct. 18–21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. This year’s event is co-located

  • Upgrading a Campus Energy System as Part of a Carbon-Reduction Effort

    Educational institutions increasingly are upgrading their physical utility infrastructure to become more efficient in their use of energy while addressing the reliability of the energy supply on their campus

  • POWER Digest—October 2021

    Vattenfall Inaugurates Scandinavia’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm. Vattenfall on Sept. 6 said it inaugurated the 604-MW Kriegers Flak facility, a new offshore wind farm that is located in the Baltic Sea, 15 to

  • China Grappling with Another Crippling Power Crunch 

    China’s tightening coal supplies, more stringent energy intensity and environmental restrictions, and soaring industrial power demand have triggered another widespread power crisis. Blackouts and brownouts have reportedly afflicted numerous provincial jurisdictions across the economic powerhouse this week, most prominently in Guangdong in the south, and Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in the northeast, according to state-run […]

  • Panasonic Introduces Powerful New Fully Rugged TOUGHBOOK S1 Tablet to Enhance Flexibility and Reliability for Mobile Workers

    Newark, N.J., May 18, 2021 – Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, announced today the launch of the TOUGHBOOK® S1, an all- new, fully rugged 7-inch AndroidTM tablet that offers the functionality, performance, power and flexibility mobile workers need when capturing and accessing critical information in the […]