February 6, 2020
Lately, the power industry has been hearing of a new acronym around the halls, ELG. ELG stands for EFFLUENT LIMITATION GUIDELINES and under President Obama, the […]
May 17, 2019
Many expect the Power Industry to lose a significant portion of its workforce in the very near future. Baby boomers (those born after WWII, 1946-1964) entered the […]
January 21, 2019
Processes Power Plants, Steel Plants, Petroleum Plants, Paper Mills, so on and so forth; all depend on the processes that define what they are producing. Each […]
October 19, 2018
Most of the current power plants in the US were built in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Water is extremely important in making electricity; mainly as […]
August 15, 2018
Coal is a mined material. Because it naturally occurs, it has a lot of contaminants that are mined with the coal. Radioactive isotopes, silica, arsenic, chromium, […]
June 22, 2018
Many would say that the coal industry is under attack. The Environmental Protection Agency, politicians, the media, etc., are all trying to make coal clean. The […]
April 30, 2018
Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs) are defined by the EPA as “coal ash created when coal is burned by power plants to produce electricity. Coal ash is […]