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EMISSIONS
46 Boosting Efficiency with a Sootblowing Optimization System
Too much of a good thing is bad for your boiler when it comes to sootblowing.
Finding the " just right " spot is easier with an optimization system than with the
Goldilocks trial-and-error method. One Midwest plant has found that optimization
technology paid for itself in months while delivering multiple operational returns.
49 China's War on Air Pollution
China burns coal for nearly three-quarters of its electricity but has recently committed
to deeper emissions cuts for traditional pollutants, developing standards
that are even stricter than comparable ones in the U.S., the European Union, and
Canada. The cuts in overall generation sector emissions and coal consumption are
ambitious but necessary for air quality improvement.
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GAS POWER
54 Gas Peakers with Clutches Power Bakken Oil Boom
Regions participating in the shale oil and gas boom are among the rare pockets of
U.S. electricity load growth, but even there, flexible operation is essential.
56 Repowering Erbil Power Project Adds 500 MW to Kurdistan Grid
In another part of the world where oil and gas development is big news, upgrading
a simple cycle gas plant with vertical heat-recovery steam generators proved an effective
way to add considerable capacity in minimal time.
DEPARTMENTS
SPEAKING OF POWER
6 Signs of Progress for Cleaner Coal
GLOBAL MONITOR
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8 World's First Post-Combustion CCS Coal Unit Is Online in Canada
9 Drought Stresses Brazilian Electricity Market
9 Europe's Largest Commercial Battery Storage Facility Opens
10 THE BIG PICTURE: China's Nuclear Ambitions
12 Sweden to Consider Nuclear-Free Future
14 Vietnam Delays Nuclear Power Plant Construction
14 India Proposes Massive Solar Build-Out
15 Indonesian Law Seeks to Allow Development of Volcano Power
16 POWER Digest
FOCUS ON O&M
18 Portable Oil Analysis Tools Reduce Routine Maintenance Costs
21 Improved Resin Material Boosts Capture of Cobalt at Nuclear Plants
LEGAL & REGULATORY
22 Reevaluating the Wholesale Market Power Analysis
By Caileen Gamache, Davis, Wright, Tremaine
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COMMENTARY
72 New Grid Vulnerabilities Demand New Technology
By Dr. Jason Black, Battelle
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