POWER May 2020 - 1

Established 1882 * Vol. 164 * No. 5
May 2020
SPEAKING OF POWER
Cybersecurity Is More Important Than Ever Due to COVID-19
GLOBAL MONITOR
A Nuclear Power Side Venture: Medical Isotope Production
Innovative Distributed Generation Projects Provide Power
to Remote Areas
THE BIG PICTURE: Capital Costs
Coal Plant Conversion to Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste
Combustion Advances
POWER Digest
FOCUS ON O&M
Factory Increases Reliability, Cuts Costs with Distributed
Generation and Microgrid Control System
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HVTS Stops Alloy 625 Weld Overlay Corrosion in Waste-to-Energy Boiler 17
LEGAL & REGULATORY
Solving Issues of Power Deliverability for Offshore Wind Generation 20
By Dorothy Black Franzoni, Joe Hall, and Brian Plunkett, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
COVER FOCUS: WIND ENERGY
Offshore Wind Finding Direction in U.S.
The offshore wind industry is still finding its sea legs in the U.S, and energy
experts say Europe provides a good model to follow as more American projects
take shape. The technology, with larger turbines and innovative project
designs, holds plenty of promise, if permitting problems and other regulatory
issues can be overcome.
FEATURES:
GEOTHERMAL POWER
Is Geothermal Power on the Brink of a Boom?
The geothermal power industry has been rather stagnant in the U.S. since the
1980s. However, there is great potential for growth due to increasing support
for enhanced and advanced geothermal systems. A potentially lucrative revenue
stream from the recovery of lithium and other minerals could also help
the industry going forward.
WATER & WASTEWATER
How to Effectively Minimize Power Plant Water Usage
Power plant operators are looking at several ways to lessen their water use,
not only to comply with regulatory orders but also to help control operating
costs. But these efforts also need to have minimal impacts on plant efficiency,
which presents a challenge for effective implementation of water
usage systems.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
How Low-Temperature Evaporation Treats FGD Wastewater
A wastewater treatment system developed by Veolia Water Technologies is
helping coal-fired power plants clean and recover water for reuse. Veolia's
low-temperature CoLD crystallizer technology works with wastewater produced
in wet scrubber systems, providing treatment at a lower cost than
conventional options.
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ON THE COVER
The Middelgrunden offshore wind farm
near Copenhagen, Denmark, is shown
on the cover. When it was built in 2000,
it was the world's largest offshore farm,
with 20 turbines and a capacity of 40
MW. Today, there are more than 5,500
offshore wind turbines connected to the
grid worldwide, and the International
Energy Agency predicts global offshore
wind capacity may increase 15-fold by
2040. Much of that growth will be in
China, but the U.S. market is also poised
to flourish over the next decade. Source:
Shutterstock
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