In This Issue
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BusinessPower in Mexico: A Brief History of Mexico’s Power Sector
Mexico, one of the few countries in Latin America that has resisted the tide of liberalization, retains a monopolistic state player in the electricity market. In treading its own path by maintaining the government’s predominance in the sector, Mexico has an important question to answer: Is this path sustainable?
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BusinessPower in Mexico: Three Keys to Success for the Service and Manufacturing Sector
NAFTA was both good and bad for Mexico. In both cases, it required a different approach to doing business, and the effects of that shift are still playing out.
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BusinessPower in Mexico: Mexico’s Generation Mix
Mexico enjoys considerable fuel diversity for powering its generating plants, and its goal is to become even more diversified.
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BusinessPower in Mexico: Risks and Rewards
State control of the electricity sector may mean fewer customers, but it also can mean clearer expectations.
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HydroPower in Mexico: Renewables Remain More Desired than Real
Mexico has already developed substantial large hydro and geothermal resources. However, without policy changes and government-sponsored financial incentives, unconventional renewable sources are taking the equivalent of baby steps.
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News
Bridge to a Dead End
The Brattle Group released a provocative study paper in March in which the authors postulate that using more natural gas for generating electricity could reduce our dependence on coal-fired generation and reduce carbon emissions. Also discussed is an unexpected side effect: Renewables could push natural gas plants down in the dispatch mix in the future. […]
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CoalFirst Posiflow Benson Boiler Completes Seven Years of Service
Seven years have passed since the world’s first low mass flux vertical tube once-through furnace was put into operation by Doosan Babcock at the Yaomeng Thermal Power Plant Unit 1 in China. That boiler replaced a boiler of another design that had become unreliable. The operating experience with the Posiflow design has been so positive that the owner has since ordered and commissioned a replacement for Unit 2’s boiler. Here’s what makes this furnace design unique.
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CoalAdding Desalination to Solar Hybrid and Fossil Plants
Shrinking water supplies will unquestionably constrain the development of future power plants. A hybrid system consisting of concentrated solar thermal power and desalination to produce water for a plant, integrated with a combined cycle or conventional steam plant, may be the simple solution.
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EnvironmentalDry Injection of Trona for SO3 Control
In 2006 and 2007, POWER ran a three-part series on the formation of SO3, O&M issues caused by SO3, and sorbent injection control for SO3 control. Three years later, many plants still struggle with their SO 3 mitigation systems or remain undecided on which mitigation path to follow. This article explores the advantages of dry sorbent injection technology.
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NuclearResurrecting Nuclear: "We Have to Get It Right"
Offers of nuclear loan guarantees are pending, construction permit applications are at an industry high, and the political stars seem to be properly aligned. However, there remains one obstacle in the development path of the next-generation of nuclear plants: How will these plants be financed?