PE Volume 114 Issue 11

The new one-hour NO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard poses challenges for utilities, industries and institutions using diesel generators to meet peak power loads.

Imagine this: The expiration date or other contractual “off ramp” for your long term service agreement (LTSA) is approaching and your company has decided to make an exit, or at least to attempt a renegotiation with the original equipment manufacturer. Many alternatives are available as you try to determine the best path forward for your turbines. Sound familiar? If so, there are many issues to consider as you plan your next move.

New regulations that take effect in January promise a sea change in emission controls and equipment cost.

Heat transfer depends on the efficiency of contact between air and water flowing through a tower, which means that cooling tower fill design is critical to air-water mixing.

As the United States continues to look for clean, reliable energy to cut emissions and continue to provide power for the growing country, the nuclear power industry is making plans to expand. On Feb. 16, 2010, President Obama awarded the first loan guarantee for a nuclear plant under provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The award of $8.3 billion for two additional reactors at Southern Co.’s Vogtle plant in Georgia is conditional until the plant receives a combined construction and operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is expected in 2011.