Power

Monthly Issue | February 15, 2007

Birds in the hand for CO2
Birds in the hand for CO2

The January call for a national policy on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by a coalition that includes some of America's largest companies and electric utilities—GE, Alcoa, Dupont, Duke, FPL, and…


This month in POWER . . .
This month in POWER . . .

February 1885 The cover story examined the latest in reciprocating engine technology: the Greene automatic cut-off engine (Figure 1). Here is how the editors described it: "The engine has a…


Global Monitor (February 2007)
Global Monitor (February 2007)

China to buy four AP1000 reactors In a deal brokered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), China is ordering four Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors for plants to be constructed…


Focus on O&M (February 2007)
Focus on O&M (February 2007)

SYSTEM RELIABILITY The compliance clock is ticking Now that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved 82 of the initial set of 87 mandatory system reliability standards developed by…


Arc flash protection should be job No. 1
Arc flash protection should be job No. 1

Assumptions and complacency are two of safety's worst enemies. If the following story hits uncomfortably close to home for you, it will have served its purpose. In January 1993, two…