TRAINING 39 Utilizing 3-D Virtual Reality Visualization for Efficient Power Projects and Training By marrying volumes of diverse plant digital data with virtual reality technology, it's now possible to gain a clearer understanding than ever before of current facility configurations. This combination of capabilities also enables immersive training that's the next best thing to touching the actual valves. EMISSIONS CONTROL 39 44 Choosing the Best ESP Power Supplies for MATS PM Control Minimizing parasitic load is always important. As many coal-fired plants are upgrading electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) to meet emissions requirements of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, this is the ideal time to look at the latest options for power supplies. FUNDAMENTALS 49 Primer on Fuel Quality Analysis Fuel is typically the biggest operating cost for a combustion power plant, yet too many plants spend too little time attending to fuel quality analysis. What you don't know can be hurting your bottom line. DEPARTMENTS SPEAKING OF POWER 6 Power Industry Sees Pigs Fly GLOBAL MONITOR 49 8 IEA: Renewables Will Overtake Coal's Share in World Power Mix by 2040 9 Outlook Foresees World Wind Market Revival 9 Alstom Reports Major Boost for Advanced Ultrasupercritical Technology 10 THE BIG PICTURE: Baseload Retirements 11 Pilot Launched to Convert Olive Oil Waste to Power 12 POWER Digest FOCUS ON O&M 14 Global Water Outlook for Power Generation LEGAL & REGULATORY 18 Pacific Northwest Moving Ahead with Climate Change Policy? By Rick Glick, Davis Wright Tremaine, and Merissa Moeller, Lewis & Clark Law School COMMENTARY 56 Don't Ignore Cyber Threats to Power Infrastructure By Richard B. Andres, U.S. National War College and Institute for National Strategic Studies 8 Connect with POWER If you like POWER magazine, follow us online for timely industry news and comments. Become our fan at facebook.com/ POWERmagazine Follow us on Twitter @POWERmagazine Join the LinkedIn POWER magazine Group 2 More Exclusive Content Online at powermag.com Each of the following articles will be listed with the features for this issue in our Archives at powermag.com. You can also find them by entering titles in the search bar. For analysis of what Mexico can learn from the energy reform experiences of other Latin American countries, see " Mexico's Electricity Sector Reform in Perspective. " A more detailed version of our print story on small hydropower in China is titled " The Outlook for Small Hydropower in China. " Want more industry forecasting? See " California Plans for Even More Renewable Power in Its Future " and " State RPS Laws Threatened by Price Caps and Federal Tax Expirations. " www.powermag.com POWER | January 2015http://www.powermag.com http://www.powermag.com http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.powermag.com