دکترای مهندسی برق قدرت

Email to Friend | Subscribe

SENATE DEMOCRATS URGE OBAMA TO AMEND EPA'S GHG RULES FOR NEW COAL PLANTS

In a letter to President Obama last week, four Senate Democrats expressed "continued concern" about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) plans to issue greenhouse gas (GHG) new source performance standard (NSPS) rules for new fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposed rules could ban "new state-of-the-art" plants from being built and hamper advancements that could benefit the nation's coal power sector, the senators argued. Read More »

ENTERGY RESPONDS TO NRC CLAIM THAT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT AT RISK OF PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK

Responding to a recent claim by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that Entergy's Palisades nuclear power plant is at risk of pressurized thermal shock, the Louisiana-based company said the plant "is a safe and secure facility [and has a] license to operate ... through 2031." Read More »

NEW SONGS EVALUATION CONCLUDES UNIT 2 CAN BE OPERATED AT 100% POWER

Southern California Edison (SCE) on Friday released a new technical evaluation that concludes steam generators at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Unit 2 can safely be operated at 100% power. The evaluation reinforces a more conservative plan proposed by the company to federal regulators to operate the unit, which has been shut down since January 2012, at 70% for five months. Read More »

EXPLOSION ROCKS LONG BEACH AFTER STEAM PIPE RUPTURE AT GAS PLANT

An explosion caused by a steam pipe rupture at the natural gas-fired AES Alamitos Generating Station rocked a neighborhood in Long Beach, Calif. on Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported. Read More »

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS REMONSTRATE AGAINST U.S. CHALLENGE OF INDIA'S SOLAR DOMESTIC CONTENT RULES

A dozen environmental groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Trade Representative to reconsider a World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge to domestic content rules and subsidies in India's national solar program, urging it instead to agree to a solution that allows India to support and build its domestic solar industry. Read More »

SEIA: DESPITE DECREASE IN IMPORTED CHINESE MODULES, 2012 WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR SOLAR PV

Despite a sharp decrease of Chinese solar module shipments that are now subject to U.S. tariffs, solar photovoltaic (PV) prices continued to fall and installations nationwide grew 76% over 2011 to reach a total nameplate capacity of 3,313 MW in 2012 and an estimated market value of $11.5 billion, a new report from industry group Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) shows. Read More »

Want more? Check out these stories from POWER's March 2013 issue: Techno-Economic Considerations When Using Low-Grade Coal for Power Generation The use of low-grade coal is becoming synonymous with circulating fluidized bed (CFB) power plants. Although CFB technology may often be a better choice than pulverized coal technology, that is not always the case. Owners and developers need to consider several technical and economic factors before making this decision. More » Selecting a Combined Cycle Water Chemistry Program The lifeblood of the combined cycle plant is its water chemistry program. This is particularly true for plants designed for high pressures and temperatures as well as fast starts and cycling. Even though such plants are increasingly common, no universal chemistry program can be used for all of them.More » Align Generation Reliability and Fuel Supply Firmness More and more electricity is generated by natural gas. This trend is likely to persist. Hydraulic fracturing technology is increasing domestic supplies and enabling natural gas prices to remain at historic lows. More » From POWER's sister publications: Value: One of the Most Confounding Propositions We Face March/April 2013| MANAGING POWER It's easy to say utilities need to show their customers the value they receive for their money. It's much harder to define exactly what that means or how to do it. More » Countries Worldwide Propose to Build 1,200 New Coal Plants Jan./Feb. 2013| COAL POWER While the war on coal is working to reduce coal generation and consumption and associated carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, many world economies are looking toward coal for future generation needs. China, India, Russia, and Germany, to name a few, are building coal-fired power plants. More » Why We Need to Be Cautious in the Shift to Gas March 2013| GAS POWER There’s a lot to like about gas-fired power: Abundant fuel supplies, lower emissions, higher efficiencies. But in the rush to seize these advantages, the U.S. may risk overcommitting to a single generation resource—one with a long history of price volatility. More »

Careers in POWER

Contact Us at POWER magazine Content Dr. Robert Peltier Dr. Gail Reitenbach David Wagman Thomas Overton, JD Sonal Patel Contact the Editors Advertising Brian Nessen, Publisher Contact Sales

Subscribe / Unsubscribe

If you received POWERnews from an associate or were placed on a complimentary subscriber list and would like to receive your own issue once a week, subscribe now by clicking here.

Unsubscribe
If you do not wish to receive the POWERnews e-letter, please click unsubscribe.

Social Networks

Share this newsletter with your network:

The TradeFair Group, Inc.,
11000 Richmond, Suite 690, Houston, TX 77042
Email: info@tradefairgroup.com | Tel: 832-242-1969 | Fax: 832-242-1971