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MOBIL INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS
PRODUCTIVITY ADVISORY
Helping you get
the most out of
your wind turbine
When it comes to wind turbines,
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majority of the world's top 12 wind
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In addition to Mobilgear SHC XMP 320,
ExxonMobil offers a wide range of
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Visit mobilindustrial.com for more.
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EMISSIONS
114 Dry Injection of Trona for SO3 Control
The use of trona for SO3 control is gaining popularity thanks to the technology's low
capital cost, small installation footprint, ease of operation, and flexibility to adapt to
fuel changes. Among its added benefits: Trona is all natural!
CONFERENCE REPORT
120 Resurrecting Nuclear: " We Have to Get It Right "
Everyone who monitors the nuclear generating industry can recite from memory
the problems that have plagued it in the past. If the industry has any hope of redeeming
itself, it will have to show from square one that it's not going to conduct
business as usual. Recent headlines suggest that the learning curve is steep.
DEPARTMENTS
SPEAKING OF POWER
6 Bridge to a Dead End
GLOBAL MONITOR
8 CERAWeek 2010: " Energy: Building a New Future "
FOCUS ON O&M
12 Laser Hole-Shaping Improves Combustion Turbine Efficiency
14 Competitive Maintenance Strategies, Part III
LEGAL & REGULATORY
17 Defining the Elephant: Smart Grid Status Check
128 NEW PRODUCTS
COMMENTARY
136 How Green Is Green Power?
By Melinda E. Taylor, executive director of the Center for Global Energy, International
Arbitration, and Environmental Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin
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66 A Brief History of Mexico's Power Sector
68 Mexico's Generation Mix
74 Renewables Remain More Desired than Real
80 A Regulatory Framework with Little Flexibility
85 Three Keys to Success for the Service and Manufacturing Sector
89 Risks and Rewards
FEATURES
BOILER DESIGN
95 First Posiflow Benson Boiler Completes Seven Years of Service
The world's first low mass flux vertical tube once-through furnace was a retrofit put
into operation in China seven years ago. The owner has since ordered a second retrofit.
Much-improved unit availability, the unit's ability to rapidly change load, and
minimal maintenance concerns have been the boiler's primary selling points.
HYBRID PLANTS
104 Adding Desalination to Solar Hybrid and Fossil Plants
How can you simultaneously make the most of scarce water resources, justify building
solar thermal power projects, and store the work performed by that solar resource?
By adding solar-powered desalination to a hybrid solar/fossil generating
plant. Here's your guide to the technology options.
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