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MOBIL INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS
PRODUCTIVITY ADVISORY
SPECIAL REPORT
PLANT SAFETY
Helping you get
the most out of
your wind turbine
When it comes to wind turbines,
Mobil Industrial Lubricants don't just
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How? By helping you get the most out
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Today, Mobil SHC synthetic
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48 Investigating the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydro Power Plant Disaster
Just over a year ago, a disaster at the Russian Federation's largest hydropower plant
resulted in the deaths of 75 people and the destruction of virtually the entire plant. This
comprehensive special report on the incident, its cause, and plant reconstruction was
coauthored by an engineer who was at the plant just two days before the disaster.
FEATURES
ENERGY STORAGE
58 Could CAES Answer Wind Reliability Concerns?
With renewable mandates expanding around the world, the need for cost-effective
bulk energy storage is increasing. Compressed air energy storage advocates argue
that the case for CAES is strong.
PLANT DESIGN
62 New Design Tool Improves Manufacture of Composite Wind Turbine Blades
In the case of leading-edge wind turbine blades, traditional computer-assisted design
tools no longer cut it. However, an integrated software platform used in the
rotorcraft blade industry can handle the complexity of composite materials.
RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS
66 A Winning Combination: Government and Utilities Partner on Renewable
Energy Projects
The U.S. armed forces and other government agencies are under the gun to increase
their use of renewables. Meanwhile, utilities face aggressive goals for adding
renewables to their supply portfolios. Here's a guide to a win-win battle strategy.
FUELS
71 The Rush to Renewables
Industrial Info Resources examines what drove renewables projects this year, how
renewables are displacing other fuels, and a steady increase in its five-year rolling
total of scheduled renewable generation projects.
DEPARTMENTS
SPEAKING OF POWER
6 Three Questions About Renewable Energy
GLOBAL MONITOR
8 Wind Energy Soars Around the World
8 Spain Makes Headway in CCS Efforts
10 Turkey Opens Record-Breaking Combustion Gas Engine Plant
10 MIT Researchers Invent Self-Renewing PV Technology
11 GE Launches 9.5-MW Engine for Distributed Generation
12 UK Cancels Tidal Barrage Plans, Approves Key Nuclear Sites
12 Massive Energy Storage Facility Planned for Mexico-U.S. Border
14 How the U.S. Grid's Unpredictability Increases Its Security
14 POWER Digest
FOCUS ON O&M
18 Finding Fault: Improving Wind Farm Availability
19 Keeping Condensers Clean
22 Expanding the Use of Predictive Maintenance as a Business Strategy
LEGAL & REGULATORY
26 Regulatory Options for Feed-in Tariffs
By Brian Gish and James K. Mitchell, Davis Wright Tremaine
74 NEW PRODUCTS
COMMENTARY
144 While Congress Bickers, Solar Energy Industry Holds Its Breath
By Rhone Resch, Solar Energy Industries Association
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