46 What's New? Check out THE BIG PICTURE on p. 10. Each month the topic and layout changes. Follow our experiments with this new part of the magazine for a few months, and then let us know what you think by sending a message to us at editor@powermag.com or by using the online comment option at the bottom of each story page at www.powermag.com. SPECIAL REPORTS THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS 46 Global Gas Glut Recent assessments of shale gas reserves are leading to what seems to be an inevitable revision of energy supply projections and energy policies. Our team report looks at how resource estimates are already affecting business decisions and policy plans in North America and Europe. 62 WATER TREATMENT 56 The New Water Lab Like consumer electronics, the tech tools in a power plant's water lab wear out, become less reliable, and are replaced by better-performing new models. Here's a look at the latest technical advances in online water sampling and analysis. FEATURES PLANT COMMISSIONING 62 Best Practices for Natural Gas Line Cleaning A major industry contractor reviews current recommendations, codes, and standards for gas pipeline cleaning and presents its detailed plan for safe cleaning with gas blows as well as safer alternatives. NATURAL GAS 8 67 Who Pays for Firming Up Variable Energy Resources? A lawyer looks at the hidden price paid by gas-fired generators when they serve as backstops for variable renewable resources. DEPARTMENTS SPEAkING OF POWER 6 Chart a New Course GLOBAL MONITOR 8 China Begins Operation of Experimental Fast Reactor 9 Explosion Devastates Major Cypriot Power Plant 10 THE BIG PICTURE: Lights Out 12 India's Indigenous Nuclear Program Advances While U.S.-India Trade Stalls 12 Spanish Power Tower Supplies 24 Hours of Electricity 14 Commercial Oscillating Water Column Marine Power Plant Commissioned 15 Novel Nanotube Applications for Power Generation 15 POWER Digest FOCUS ON O&M The Crisis in Japan Is Far from Over For an update on the state of the Japanese power sector and the status of mitigation efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, see " Fukushima Fallout: Six Months After the Nuclear Crisis " in our Web Exclusives section at www.powermag.com. 2 18 Advanced Coatings Protect Plant FGD Systems 20 NERC CIPS Update: The Advantages of an Integrated Factory Acceptance Test LEGAL & REGULATORY 24 Critics Get Crossways with New Cross-State Air Rule By Angela Neville, JD 71 NEW PRODUCTS COMMENTARY 76 Advancing America's Nuclear Infrastructure By Mike Rencheck, chief operating officer of AREVA Inc. www.powermag.com POWER | September 2011http://www.powermag.com http://www.powermag.com http://www.powermag.com