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Power Play
By Samuel Greengard
In the drive for U.S. energy independence, what’s really needed? And who’s going to pay?
Takeaways
>> Despite the lack of a comprehensive national
energy policy, alternative power production is expected to nearly double over the next two decades.
>> Growth in domestic natural gas production— due to advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques that bring shale gas more cost-effectively to market—will result in a decline in U.S. imports of natural gas from 13 percent in 2008 to just 6 percent by 2035. >> To achieve an enhanced level of energy
independence, the federal government must develop a coherent energy plan—one capable of spanning presidents and political cycles.
T
essman Road Landfill on the outskirts of San Antonio would seem an unlikely place to behold the future of renewable energy generation. But the private municipal solid-waste facility, which serves hundreds of thousands of residents and local businesses, employs high-strength geomembrane materials and flexible photovoltaic panels to produce electricity and has emerged as the world’s first renewableenergy solar park built on top of a landfill.
The project, which went live in March 2009, generates 130,000 watts of solar energy—enough to power 5,500 homes—and is capable of eliminating as much as 1,700 metric tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide a year. “It’s helping turn a brownfield site green and contribute to the nation’s energy needs,” says Mark Roberts, vice president of HDR Engineering, Inc., in Alexandria, Va., the firm that designed
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C.J. Burton
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010
Contents
From ACEC to You
News and Notes
Market Watch
Legislative Action
Power Play
2010 Fall Conference Highlights
Ins and Outs
Re-energized
Business Insights
Young Professionals of the Year
Members in the News
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 (Page Cover1)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 (Page Cover2)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Contents (Page 1)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - From ACEC to You (Page 2)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - From ACEC to You (Page 3)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - News and Notes (Page 4)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Market Watch (Page 5)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Legislative Action (Page 6)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Legislative Action (Page 7)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Power Play (Page 8)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Power Play (Page 9)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Power Play (Page 10)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Power Play (Page 11)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - 2010 Fall Conference Highlights (Page 12)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - 2010 Fall Conference Highlights (Page 13)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - 2010 Fall Conference Highlights (Page 14)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - 2010 Fall Conference Highlights (Page 15)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Ins and Outs (Page 16)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Ins and Outs (Page 17)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Ins and Outs (Page 18)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Ins and Outs (Page 19)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 20)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 21)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 22)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 23)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 24)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Re-energized (Page 25)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Business Insights (Page 26)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Business Insights (Page 27)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Young Professionals of the Year (Page 28)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Members in the News (Page 29)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Members in the News (Page 30)
Engineering Inc. - November/December 2010 - Members in the News (Page 31)
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