PE Volume 122 Issue 5

Boilers

Conventional fossil fired boilers are being forced to meet stricter emissions limitations. The departure from the original design intent of the firing system and the aging of associated plant systems creates unique challenges when these boilers are modified to comply with lower emission limits.

Instrumentation & Controls

A growing investment in renewable energy and distributed energy resources (DER) is creating opportunities also for ongoing modernization of the grid – and the effort shows no signs of letting up.

Issues

Renewables

This paper reviews the conditions and process behind the rapid growth of renewable energy

Renewables

Tests conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory show that utility-scale photovoltaic plants are not only capable of providing essential reliability services that can enhance system flexibility and reliability without carbon emissions but can perform even better than conventional power plants.

Combined Cycle

This article examines a $3.5 billion investment in new generation projects in Mexico, including the 890-MW Topolobampo II Combined Cycle Power Plant.