Tamie Nivison

Tamie Nivison 40 posts

03.29.2023

Sapphire Technologies develops and manufactures energy recovery systems such as turboexpanders that harness the power of gas expansion to produce reliable and clean electricity – reducing global carbon footprint. Our systems are designed to convert energy wasted in pressure reduction processes into electric power without interrupting operations. By recovering this wasted pressure energy, we help companies maximize plant efficiencies, improve

03.28.2023

Staying competitive in today’s energy market presents multiple challenges. Incremental change isn’t enough….generating companies must reinvent, redefine and adapt faster than ever before. With help from Primex, successful leaders are meeting this challenge with innovations in performance evaluation, optimization, anomaly detection and forecasting.

This week’s POWERGEN+ offers insights and promises of nuclear, hydrogen, CHP and microgrids

11.05.2020

Renewable energy is touted for its low or no-carbon qualities, and rightly so. But baseload power offers plenty of low and no-carbon options for the future and should be a focus of the deepest attention, too. Next week’s POWERGEN+ series will do exactly that. Sessions on Monday and Tuesday, November 9-10, highlights projects surrounding big and small nuclear, hydrogen and

Bringing it home: POWERGEN+ virtual series begins Tuesday with O&M, On-Site Power & DOE keynote

09.23.2020

POWERGEN+ is coming to a laptop or workstation near you next week. Just as films have moved directly onto streaming services in the wake of COVID-19, so has the coronavirus impacted the largest annual power generation event. POWERGEN International is now planned for March 30-April 1 in Orlando. In the meantime, POWERGEN’s organizer, Clarion Events, and its partners want to

As Hurricane Sally nears, Entergy progressing toward full electricity restoration in wake of previous storm

09.15.2020

Entergy and mutual aid crews, still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Laura and with another storm on the way, are progressing toward full restoration of electricity to customers by the end of month. The New Orleans-based utility said crews are making significant progress in southwest Louisiana and should have power returned to most customers by September 23. Full restoration

APS probe: 2019 battery fire caused by thermal runaway

07.30.2020

Utility Arizona Public Service (APS) has completed a far-ranging investigation into what has been considered as one of the most significant battery storage fires in US history which injured four firemen in Surprise, Arizona, on the night of Friday, 17 April 2019. The report, prepared in partnership with utility and energy giant DNV GL, after an investigation by APS, the

POWERGEN 2020: Call for abstracts is coming soon

01.02.2020

The days crawl by but the years they fly, goes a saying which gains ever increasing authority as I get older. In our professional lives, the planning takes forever and the action happens instantly. It’s one, it’s over and we begin again. Such is the pace of change all around us. We create something, we send it out and then,

12.02.2019

Gas

Noise has become a hot topic for nearly every industry, and power generation is no exception. There are evolving regulations and interpretations to consider as well as the community response to noise. Anymore, just meeting the limits doesn’t mean you’re done. Unique challenges can arise from community response to your project and/or others in your industry that can affect your

07.30.2020

Utility Arizona Public Service (APS) has completed a far-ranging investigation into what has been considered as one of the most significant battery storage fire…

01.02.2020

The days crawl by but the years they fly, goes a saying which gains ever increasing authority as I get older. In our professional lives, the planning takes fore…

12.02.2019

Gas

Noise has become a hot topic for nearly every industry, and power generation is no exception. There are evolving regulations and interpretations to consider as …

11.07.2019

New Projects – Renewables

EDP Renewables, through its unit EDP Renewables North America, and Shell Energy North America, have closed on a 15-year power purchase agreement for 200 MW that…

10.25.2019

Coal

If variety is the spice of life, there’s no better place than New Orleans to showcase that idiom in action. We hear that. POWERGEN International is happening …

10.24.2019

New Projects – Renewables

Project financier EBRD announced that the largest solar project in the world, Benban, is now operational. The project extends over 37 square km (almost 15 squar…

10.24.2019

New Projects – Renewables

Project financier EBRD announced that the largest solar project in the world, Benban, is now operational. The project extends over 37 square km (almost 15 squar…

10.14.2019

Coal

Clarion Energy, owner of POWERGEN International, and UL are proud to announce the five winners of the first Excellence in Character awards. In July, the compani…

04.04.2019

News

In 2017, under the leadership of director Aurélio Blanquet, EDP Distribuiçà£o joined the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS). Now, Blanquet has been …

12.13.2018

Policy & Regulation

Power Engineering exclusive by Alexandra Wiesehan of Burns and McDonnell: Protecting these complex systems has its challenges. Securing the systems which operat…