In This Issue
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Renewables
Change and Opportunity in Brazil
Brazil’s electricity market is vast: the largest in Latin America and 10th largest in the world, with an installed capacity of 121,000 MW. Download the report.
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CommentaryWhat Is a Fossil Power Plant?
That question isn’t as flippant as it may sound. If you look at the type of plant that’s familiar to the generation of power industry personnel who have retirement within view and compare it with the sort
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O&MModern Polymeric Materials Offer Options for Equipment Repair
Currently accounting for over 16% of global energy production, and with an expected growth rate of 3% per year for the next quarter century, hydroelectric power generation continues to grow as the front runner
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CoalMHI, Southern Co. Complete Demonstration Phase of CCS Test
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and Southern Co. have completed the initial demonstration phase of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) test at the Plant Barry power station in Mobile, Ala. The companies
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Supply ChainsThe Future of Utility Supply Chain Management
There may be few things about power plant management less exciting than its supply chains. But few things can gum up a plant’s operations more completely than mismanaging supplier relationships, parts
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CoalThe Advent of Flexible Coal
The increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation, smart grids, demand response, and other emerging technologies has underscored the need for power plants with greater flexibility and
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News
Facing Challenges from Natural Disasters to Customers as Generators
The 16th annual ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition takes place in New Orleans this year, and it’s a fitting place to be discussing the many persistent and new challenges facing the power generation
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NuclearForced Closure of Nuclear Plant Is Unlawful, German Supreme Court Rules
In a ruling that could have reverberating implications for nuclear generators, Germany’s highest administrative law court upheld a lower court’s finding that declared unlawful the State of Hesse’s
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O&MPractical Considerations for Converting Industrial Coal Boilers to Natural Gas
Increasing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restrictions pertaining to emissions from coal-fired power plants, the increasing cost of coal operations, and the decreasing cost of natural gas provide strong