Southeast Asia, with an increasingly affluent population of 600 million, must kick investment in the power sector into the next gear to meet expected demand for electricity. Download the report.
Power
Monthly Issue | September 30, 2013
Owner/operator: Duke Energy Indiana Duke Energy Indiana was at an energy crossroads a decade ago. The last two operating units at the Edwardsport Generating Station were scheduled for retirement, new…
High-Pressure Test Gauge Crystal Engineering introduced a 15,000 psi version of its popular XP2i test gauge. The ultra-rugged, intrinsically safe, easy-to-use test gauge joins the recently released GaugeCalHP Pressure Comparator and…
Owner/operator: Tata Power Tata Power’s 4-GW ultra-mega power plant near the port city of Mundra in the western state of Gujarat became fully operational this March despite serious fuel challenges,…
For many utilities there is a razor-thin difference in the price of electricity generated by natural gas and by coal. Slight changes in fuel price can therefore produce dramatic swings…
Owner/operator: Prairie State Generating Co., LLC The 1,600-MW Prairie State Energy Campus uses the latest coal technology to burn Illinois coal from the Lively Grove mine, located adjacent to the…
Owner/operator: Shenhua Guoneng Energy Group Corp. Ltd. A modern coal-fired power plant may operate with a thermal efficiency of 40% to 45%, which means that 55% to 60% of the…
The enormous reserves of natural gas at comparatively low prices and increasing regulatory pressure to reduce emissions from coal-fired generation combine to make natural gas today’s fuel of choice. What…
In June the White House issued a “Climate Action Plan” that increases the pressure on power generators to reduce carbon emissions. U.S. utilities have already announced the retirement of 60…