PE Volume 121 Issue 5

Coal

The first edition of the newly-inagurated Carnegie Mellon Power Sector Carbon Index indicated emissions from U.S. power producers has declined 24 percent since 2005.

Nuclear

The Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) “Delivering the Nuclear Promise” initiative was launched in December 2015 with the goal of increasing efficiency across the nuclear industry in order to ensure its long-term viability.

Gas

Ineffective gas turbine inlet filtration will cost a power plant a lot of money through reduced turbine efficiency, increased maintenance costs and lower turbine availability.

O&M

Many large power generation fleet owners have deployed centralized monitoring and diagnostic (M&D) centers to improve generating performance and reliability.

Boilers

How UAF is Building What May Be the Last New U.S. Coal Plant

Boilers

Over the past decade, fossil and hydro generation plants have increasingly experienced significant changes in their operating strategies, or “mission profiles,” compared to their original designs. These changes include new operating regimes with increased cycling, extended unit layups, and prolonged periods of low turndown.

Gas

In their search for reliable, flexible, low-cost sources of power, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities and rural cooperatives have varying pressures a…

Coal

Environmental interest groups celebrate with each utility project’s cancellation; every project delay is also a success. President Trump’s proposed “America Fir…

Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy Protection Westinghouse Electric Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. Though parent company Toshiba had promise…

Batteries

Energy storage has been called a “game changer,” a “panacea,” and a “disruptor.” It has garnered widespread interest from electric companies, residential custom…

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Gas

Siemens announced it has successfully tested power generation gas turbine blades produced entirely through metal-based 3D printing, also known as Additive Manuf…