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 …

The Department of Homeland Security identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors which are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction “would …

What are grid reliability and grid resiliency? Most of us understand grid reliability to be the ability of the power system to deliver electricity in …

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, …

There are a wide variety of gas turbines in service and planned in the power utility industry.  That variety includes:

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.  …

In August of 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put into effect a Clean Power Plan (CPP) as an emission guideline for states to follow …

When asked, most operators will provide the purpose of a cooling tower: to reduce the temperature of water to the lowest practicable point.  Pressed on …

Justifying training and qualification programs for operators in combined cycle power plants is difficult in comparison to older coal-fired Rankine cycle power plants.  One big …