Report: Power Plant Emissions Down Substantially According to a report released on May 28, NOX and SO2 emissions in 2012 were 74% and 79% lower, respectively, than they were in 1990 when Congress passed major amendments to the Clean Air Act. Although power plant CO2 emissions… Read More
Efficient and effective cooling is a top concern for power plant and other operators of large cooling systems. One of the biggest factors impacting cooling processes in microbiological growth (biofilm). Biofilm has a 10X the insulating effect vs scale and can cause power plants to lose millions of dollars due to lost MW output. Existing solutions range from chlorine gas to other oxidants, and also include many non-oxidizer options. A brief summary of these options will be presented along with a comparison of the benefits and drawbacks of each. Register today.
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Federal Court Throws Out FERC Effort to Boost Demand Response In a major setback for efforts to support demand response, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 745, finding that the rule overstepped state authority to regulate retail… Read More
Final Nuclear, Coal, Oil, and Gas Effluent Guidelines Rule Delayed Until 2015 A final rule establishing national technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards to reduce discharges of pollutants from nuclear and fossil fuel power plants to U.S. waters won't be issued until at least September 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has… Read More
Duke Energy and EPA Reach Agreement on Dan River Coal Ash Cleanup The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Duke Energy have signed an agreement regarding cleanup of the coal ash release that occurred at the retired Dan River coal-fired power plant in North Carolina in February. As part of the deal,… Read More
NuScale, DOE Complete Agreement for $271M SMR Development Funds A cooperative agreement finalized by NuScale Power and the Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday means the small modular reactor (SMR) developer will receive up to $271 million in matching funds over a five-year-period to perform engineering and testing necessary… Read More
DHS Reports Cyber Attacks on Power Plant Control Systems Despite relatively low interest in cybersecurity issues among power industry professionals, the threat of cyber attacks on generation systems is real, as the latest report by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) group reveals. The January–April report from the… Read More
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