There has been no shortage of gas price forecasts lately, and the at times wildly varying estimates put forth by investment banks and consulting firms have underscored the difficulty in…
Power
Monthly Issue | May 30, 2012
In late March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed its first-ever carbon pollution standard for new power plants, limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new fossil fuel–fired power plants to…
Coal generation, as a percentage of total power output in the U.S., declined steadily to 39% at the end of 2011 from about 51% in 2002, while generation from natural…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) quietly took effect on December 16, 2011, kicking off the three-year compliance period mandated under the Clean Air Act.…
The materials left over from coal combustion processes are called coal combustion by-products or coal combustion residuals (CCRs) if the material is recycled for another process. An earlier article (“Constructing…
Three items appeared last week that make me wonder if The Onion is surreptitiously acquiring science journals and trade publications. Here’s what one, “ScienceNordic” says it does on its home…
One of the main advantages of natural gas is that it is supposed to be far cleaner than oil or coal. Right now Congress is even considering a T. Boone…
The Obama administration often says that there is room for coal in our future fuels mix. However, the administration's actions lead me to believe President Obama has something much more…
Qualified materials must be available to enable the development of steam generators that are capable of operating at A-USC steam conditions. Major components, such as in-furnace tubing for the waterwalls,…