Effluent Limitation Guidelines: Affecting the Power Industry 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, … Read More
Natural Gas or Coal? Both. Coal has been the predominant source of energy in the United States since the end of World War II. In 2016, the use of natural … Read More
The Aging Workforce 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 … Read More
Water Purity has Reached New Limits! 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 … Read More
Water Purification to Improve Water Quality for Power Plant Operations 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 … Read More
Mercury Removal from Coal-Fired Powered Plants 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, … Read More
Coal and Fossil Fuel Plant Emissions Controls 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. … Read More
Coal Combustion Residual Treatment (CCRT) Facilities 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 … Read More
Watchstanding Principles Consider this…how many decisions are made each day to run a power plant? In the course of a typical day thousands of decisions must be … Read More
