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Hydropower and COVID-19: How Utilities Globally Are Keeping Plants and Personnel Safe

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant uncertainty to our world. Hydroelectric power and other electric-generating facilities are considered critical infrastructure, even more so with the vital need to keep electricity flowing to hospitals, other business and homes. Clarion Energy sister publication Hydro Review is hosting a webcast on this most important issue of the current era. Join a discussion with

POWERGEN call for abstracts deadline extended to March 4: Shaping the Future of Generation Together

Success breeds success. Never waste a failure. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. All of those above statements are clichés, of course, spoken at many a conference by many a speaker looking for a cohesive theme. They are also clichés because they are true. POWERGEN International has been around more than 30 years not because of

Ten ways that power generation defined 2019: the top 10 stories in Power Engineering

Well, 2019 is almost in the books, and it’s been about as eventful and change-worthy as most other years. In other words, it’s been as intense as ever. On the surface, 2019 for power generators looked pretty routine compared to recent history within the industry. Coal-fired and nuclear plants were retired, while combined cycle gas turbine facilities proliferated. Wind and

Future of Conventional Power: The Generation Scenario in India

India has a generation gap, and it has nothing to do with age disparity among its people. The subcontinent boasts just about every energy resource needed to make electricity, with big plans to grow many of those in the near future. Yet each of those must overcome serious barriers to realization. Sundara Kavidass, the managing director of SP Energy Tek

Welcome to the Energy Revolution: POWERGEN webcast highlights best to come in New Orleans

Click here to see the “Welcome to the Energy Revolution” Webcast featuring Wendy Prabhu, Kevin O’Donovan, Dan Shelledy and Rod Walton — — — — — A revolution is coming, and thousands are marching in hear all about it. POWERGEN International is less than two weeks away in New Orleans. As always, POWERGEN will offer the latest and greatest developments

Senegal enters the LNG race with significant offshore discoveries

At present when it comes to emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) plays the eyes of the world are on Africa’s eastern coast and the activities around Mozambique, but that could be about to change. While not currently among the continent’s top oil and gas producers, Senegal plans to alter that in the coming years. On the back of some substantial

How much chloride?: Power Plant Heat Exchanger Materials Selection

Time and again, the authors have reviewed new power project specifications in which the plant designers routinely select 304 or 316 stainless steel as the tube …

Entergy-Tulane Clean Energy Forum: Moniz touts nuclear and gas as part of road to Green Real Deal

NEW ORLEANS-Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, speaking in a city often blasted by extreme weather events, told the audience at a clean energy forum …

Wednesday webcast to reveal what’s new about POWERGEN 2019 in NOLA

Clarion Energy’s Teresa Hansen, vice president of global content, for a webcast Wednesday will be making some important announcements regarding thi…

Iberdrola’s Brazilian affiliate opens 350-MW hydro plant

An important aspect of this power plant is that it will have a decisive impact on the flow of water through the the Iguaçu Falls, one of the seven na…

Norsk Hydro recuperating from cyberattack

Norsk Hydro has suffered from a cyberattack that has crippled some of its infrastructure. Norsk Hydro is primarily an aluminum manufacturer, but the company als…

California Rep. Scott Peters on program to speak at Waterpower Week in Washington

Scott Peters (D-CA), who serves California’s 52nd Congressional District, is speaking during the Awards Luncheon at the upcoming Waterpower Week in Washington…

Utility CEO testifies to U.S. House on need to develop diverse clean energy workforce

The subcommittee was mulling over the “The Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019,” introduced by Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Ru…

PJM Gas-fired Projects Prove Change has come to Coal’s Onetime Kingdom

The new frontrunner in American power generation is clearly natural gas, even in the region where coal is historically appreciated and still bountiful. A new re…

Gas-fired Power Edging Closer to 40 percent of U.S. Generation mix, EIA says

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s July report forecasts that the gas-fired portion of the national electric power produced will exceed 200 million …