PE Volume 122 Issue 4

Biomass

Among the “…vastly different circumstances” that Russell Ray mentions in his opinion piece in the January 2018 edition of Power Engineering are dozens of existing qualifying facilities (QFs) that have not been advantaged by state renewable energy policies

Issues

Instrumentation & Controls

A DCS provides operations with the ability to view the status of the entire Microgrid in a common location.

Instrumentation & Controls

The average U.S. hydroelectric plant has been operating for 64 years. Such a lengthy service record shows the plants have staying power. But it also invites questions about aging hydro control systems.

Cogeneration

Gone are the days when only large industrial facilities consider CHP and utilities fight them tooth and nail.

News

As a result of new and more stringent environmental regulations, the power industry faces a twofold challenge to significantly reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and other acid gases, mercury (Hg), particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from air emissions while concurrently eliminating wet disposal of ash generated by coal fired power plants.