PE Volume 120 Issue 3

A Look at Non-Renewable Generation on Grids with A Lot of Renewable Resources

While Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) are not the most expensive components on a CCGT plant, either to purchase or to maintain, they are key components and represent a significant portion of the initial plant financial outlay and through-life management costs.

A Cutting-Edge Approach to Combined-Cycle Plant Simulation

High-fidelity plant simulators are a cornerstone for robust operator training, event replay and analysis, engineering development, and ‘what if’ analysis.

Smart Turbine Components for Reliable, Long-Term Monitoring of Combustion Engine Operation

As advanced fossil energy systems evolve to incorporate greater efficiency and ultra-low emissions, the conditions under which fuel is converted to power becomes increasingly harsh.

Integrating Distributed Solar into Centralized Utility Models

As the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry continues to expand and deliver increased output at lower costs, more and more utilities are addressing the impacts caused by the integration of these generators into their transmission and distribution systems.

Modernizing Old Combined Cycle Plants to Meet Market Demands is Big Business

The open source movement is typically portrayed as an egalitarian response to the constraints imposed on software development by the entities that previously &q…

Oklahoma Receives First M501J Gas Turbine in Western Hemisphere

Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) received the first M501J gas turbine in the Western Hemisphere on February 24. …

Courts across the United States have begun to chip away at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ability to enforce the New Source Review (NSR) provisio…

These are auspicious and exciting times for new energy technologies, thanks to a confluence of economics and policy actions….

In an era where information is power and computational data is vital to plant operators, monitoring and diagnostic systems are supporting the operation of indus…

777s In Flight: State Perspectives on the Clean Power Plan

In many ways the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) is like a 777 – a dense, heavy, and large creation – but one that demonstrates how we all may tra…

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to place the controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP) on hold, confirming our belief that the high court would ultimate…

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Ethernet Unmanaged Switches Antaira Technologies expanded its industrial networking infrastructure family with the introduction of the LNX-1202G-SFP and LNX-120…