Power
Monthly Issue | June 1, 2014
South Africa's critical power situation has been the subject of much talk and speculation since 2008, when the country experienced its first electricity crisis after enjoying a surplus of cheap…
Have you done anything today to put your power plant at risk of attack? Are you sure? Even if you think that plant security isn’t your job, it is. Forty…
Everyone, it seems. From Bloomberg Businessweek to Rolling Stone, from ELECTRIC POWER (EP) to Platts Global Power Markets conferences, this spring everyone was talking about climate change. The topic is…
Even if your generating facility was exempt from previous versions of NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, the latest version dramatically steps up the number of facilities encompassed, so the odds…
All aspects of system operations are tested by unique challenges as more variable energy resources are connected to the grid. The share of non-hydro renewables in total U.S. power generation…
Construction of China’s first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR) demonstration plant kicked off this April after pouring of concrete for the basemat of the Generation IV reactor was completed. Though approved…
The latest version of Critical Infrastructure Protection standards applies to different facilities and assets than previous versions, so the first, critical step in compliance is to determine which facilities and…
As reports abound about the aging workforce in U.S. power plants, ex-military personnel offer battle-tested dependability and proven leadership to an industry in need of their skills. We all know…
New rules adopted by the European Commission (EC) in April will gradually phase out renewable energy subsidies that currently bolster the European Union’s (EU’s) €48-billion-a-year clean energy industry. The rules…