POWER December 2012 - 2

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54 Renewable Energy Development Thrives During China's 12th Five-Year plan
Renewable energy is now an important part of China's national energy development
strategy. However, significant challenges remain before the nation can reach its renewable
energy goals, explain the authors from North China Electric Power University.
THE FUTURE OF naTURal GaS
66 Is Shale Gas Shallow or the Real Deal?
The majority of recent power industry business decisions have been predicated on the
assumption of huge U.S. natural gas reserves. There are, however, dissenting voices.
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69 MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility: Turning Swords into plowshares
The Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at the DOE's Savannah River Site
should be producing fuel assemblies for U.S. power plants by 2018. We look at the facility
and the process of turning weapons-grade fissionable materials into fuel stock.
MERCURY EMISSIOnS
73 Mercury Regulations Up in the air
The history of federal regulation of mercury from power plants suggests that nothing
is ever truly " settled " -which can be unsettling for power generators.
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78 lIDaR and 3D Modeling produce precise Designs
Laser scanning techniques used in conjunction with 3D modeling can do more than
make the design and construction of retrofit jobs faster, easier, and cheaper. They can
also facilitate better designs and provide valuable templates for future projects.
ClEan COal
83 China leads the Global Race to Cleaner Coal
Truly clean coal generation-free of all environmental pollutants, including greenhouse
gases-is still in the future. But among those traveling the road to cleaner coal power,
China is in the lead, thanks to prioritizing the most efficient available technologies.
DEpaRTMEnTS
SpEaKInG OF pOwER
6 Under Siege
GlObal MOnITOR
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8 Vanadium Flow battery Juices Onion plant
10 THE bIG pICTURE: a Renewables Quest
11 largest wastewater Treatment Fuel Cell plant Goes Online
12 Of Giant Turbines and Rotor blades
13 Modernization of Century-Old Hydro Facility Yields Rich History
14 14-Mw Solar pV plant Completed at naval Station
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