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REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Take These Five Steps Now to Ensure ELG Compliance at Your Power
Plant
The Environmental Protection Agency released its final effluent limitation
guidelines (ELG) on Sept. 30. This is your primer on what units are affected,
how the focus areas apply to those facilities, and how to get started on compliance,
which begins in three years.
GENERATION TRANSITIONS
Seminole Electric Cooperative Sees Big Challenges from Clean Power
Plan
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The largest coal-heavy utilities may be making the most noise about the
Clean Power Plan, but municipal and cooperative utilities, with smaller fleets
and fewer options, may be even more affected.
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
Electric Motor and Transformer Maintenance Best Practices
In today's market, reliability is more important than ever, so you can't afford
to let complacency about your electrical equipment lead to inadequate maintenance
and sudden, catastrophic failure.
SOLAR POWER
The Future of Load Control for Solar PV
Yes, there really are ways to manage output from higher levels of distributed
solar generation without causing chaos on the grid.
GAS-FIRED POWER
Options for Optimizing Combined Cycle Plants
Demand for gas units has never been higher, so wringing every last kilowatt
out of a unit is every owner's wish. Aside from upgrade packages, there are
some small things you can do that can deliver worthwhile results.
WATER TREATMENT
Water-Stressed Regions Provide Proving Grounds for Advanced ZLD
Systems
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Newer zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) technologies have proven themselves in
worldwide markets where water resources are most stressed. Now they offer
advantages to power projects that may not have considered them previously.
FUNDAMENTALS
Coal Pulverizer Maintenance Improves Boiler Combustion
Pulverizers are the heart of a coal-fired boiler. This article offers a number of
prescriptions for ensuring the best operation of that heart.
COMMENTARY
2 Billion Underserved Customers Are Waiting for Energy Services
By Aaron Leopold, deputy director of advocacy, Power for All
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■ SaskPower Admits to Problems at First " Full-Scale " Carbon Capture Project at Boundary
Dam Plant
■ GE's Acquisition of Alstom's Power and Grid Business Is Official
■ Kemper IGCC Celebrates Key Milestone, Suffers New Cost Increases
■ The Solar PV Economics Conundrum
■ Entergy Announces Closure of Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant
■ Advisory Committee to DOE: U.S. Must Level Playing Field for Coal, Carbon Capture
Technologies
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