Recently added articles from Power:
Speaking of Power: Rope-a-dope politics
Oct 01, 2008; ... Republican presidential candidate John McCain made reference to the word 'fight' 25 times during his September 4 nomination acceptance speech. While watching McCain's histrionics, my mind wandered back to another historic fight--the 'Rumble in the Jungle.' Muhammad Ali, arguably the best boxer ...
Global Monitor: The return of compressed air energy storage
Oct 01, 2008; ... Faced with soaring energy prices, researchers and developers worldwide are giving compressed air energy storage (CAES)--a technology almost 50 years old--a dusting, a spit shine, and a new life. In particular, they see it as a critical component for the dispatch of wind and other renewable ...
Commentary: Transmission: Lines that connect the renewable energy dots
Oct 01, 2008; ... The United States is used to transporting fuels to electric generation centers that are close to where the power supply is needed. We see trains carry coal by the carload from resource-rich areas to generation centers across the country. Natural gas is distributed through pipelines. Even uranium ...
Focus on O&M: COOLING WATER
Oct 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Cooling water intake structure regulationsface=-Bold; In the wake of a recent federal case, large power plants are off the hook for now as far as complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 2004 rule intended to protect fish and other aquatic organisms ...
Legal & Regulatory: Texas loses 'food vs. fuel' biofuel feud
Oct 01, 2008; ... How often do you get a clash between two great Lone Star icons? Recently, Willie Nelson, the patron saint of Texas country music, and the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), the voice of Texas ranchers, have been wrangling over the future of biofuels in ...