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08/01/2003
Volume 107, Issue 8
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Opinion
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Natural Gas Crisis Revisited
Did you follow the flurry of news reports in June about the natural gas crisis?
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Natural Gas Crisis Revisited
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News Update
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In-Shop Turbine/Generator Repair Can Afford Advantages Over Field Fixes
Among maintenance outage quandaries power plant operators face is whether to send components off site for repair or have the work done on site.
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The Wind Blows Across the Coal Fields
Wind power developers bemoan the fact that abundant wind usually exists in regions remote from load centers, where there is rarely adequate transmission to connect wind-generated electricity to population centers.
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Independent Power Group Urges Caution on Natural Gas Issue
The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) has sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham recommending against strict federal policies regarding fuel choices for power plants in the U.S.
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New Reactor Design Achieves Milestone
Westinghouse Electric Co. President and CEO Steve Tritch says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's issuance of a draft safety evaluation report (DSER) for the company's AP1000 nuclear power technology is a major milestone that will further encourage new nuclear power plant construction in the U.S.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
American Securities Capital Partners and Private Power LLC have agreed to acquire six operating subsidiaries of Primary Energy, Inc. a subsidiary of NiSource.
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Construction and Contracts
Construction and Contracts Vogt Power has selected Power Maintenance Resources (PMRI) to provide field supervision, labor, tools and equipment for the removal and re-tube of the heat recovery steam generators for six GE combustion turbines at Portland General Electric's Beaver Generating Station near Clatskanie, Oregon.
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Personnel and Promotions
Kam Tejwani has been named president and CEO of Environmental Power Corporation.
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Business Briefs
Wisconsin Energy Corp. subsidiary We Power has broken ground on the $640 million Port Washington Generating Station, part of the company's Power the Future plan. We Generation will operate the 1,000 MW gas-fired facility that will replace the plant that currently sits on the site.
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In-Shop Turbine/Generator Repair Can Afford Advantages Over Field Fixes
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Features
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Distributed generation: It's all a matter of control
When it comes to DG assets, it's not so much what you have, but how you use it.
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Regular Maintenance, Monitoring and Operator Training Critical to Boiler Safety
When the first steam boilers were introduced in the 18th century, in the U.S. and Europe, safety was a big issue.
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Water Contamination in Hydrogen-Cooled Generators Lurks as Serious Operational Threat
Water contamination in hydrogen gas can lead to significant problems in hydrogen-cooled generators, including electrical arcing and winding failures.
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GPS-Based Time Synchronization Improves Plant Reliability
In the power generation industry, accurate time-keeping by supervisory control systems is of utmost importance.
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Asia Looks for Power Industry Revival
Through the early 1990s, power purchase agreements were being written across Asia, in places as high as 8-9 cents/kWh.
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Distributed generation: It's all a matter of control
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DG Update
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Fuel Cells Power DoD Facilities
In 2002, the Watervliet Arsenal in upstate New York served as the host site for ten 5 kW Plug Power fuel cell power systems providing electricity to power a telecommunications facility, a research and development laboratory and base housing.
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Fuel Cells Power DoD Facilities
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Field Notes
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Ultrasonics Speed Detection of Boiler Tube and Casing Leaks
RECENTLY, ROBERT J. DELAUNE, Senior Technical Specialist, Entergy Inc. was asked to identify the location of a leak inside the furnace of a boiler at Entergy's Little Gypsy power plant.
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Ultrasonics Speed Detection of Boiler Tube and Casing Leaks
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Departments
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Managing the Plant
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Mount Pleasant Utilities
For years, the city of Mount Pleasant, in southeast Iowa, has had an interruptible power purchase agreement with its wholesale power supplier, buying power at wholesale rates and re-selling it at retail rates to its customers.
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Mount Pleasant Utilities
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Humor
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Flying Canaries Reader's Challenge
Editor's Note: The "Flying Canaries" joke printed in the April issue of Power Engineering included a Reader's Challenge, asking readers to explain whether or not a bunch of canaries flying in an enclosed truck will reduce the load on the truck.
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Flying Canaries Reader's Challenge
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