PE Volume 121 Issue 9

Renewables

Though the biggest currently-functioning offshore wind turbines top out below 10 MW, researchers lead by the University of Virginia are hoping to develop a 50-MW wind turbine with blades 200 meters in length.

O&M

The power industry as well as oil & gas, chemical, petrochemicals, mining and other industries generate large volumes of waste water that must be managed.

On-Site Power

According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), the 2016 U.S. electricity markets included 81 gigawatts of installed combined heat and power (CHP) capacity in approximately 4,300 industrial and commercial facilities.

Combined Cycle

Natural gas generators are quickly becoming a focus of corporate strategy for many generator manufacturing companies. The market for natural gas is growing and will continue to grow.

O&M

In September 2002, I was working onsite at a power plant construction project. It was just like every other Tuesday morning, only this Tuesday morning would change the beliefs I had about safety.

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