POWER Digital Edition March 2020

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LEGAL & REGULATORY Trump’s Attempt to Bring Sanity to a Torturous Environmental Review and Permitting Process By Beth Ginsberg and Max Yoklic, Stoel Rives LLP COVER Focus: Generation Transitions Moving Toward Mainstream—The Rise of Renewable Goals Many states, counties, and cities have set clean energy targets, which drive the growth of renewables. But utilities are also taking a leading role and committing to cut carbon emissions. Goals are sometimes driven by customer and shareholder demands, but more and more often, economics have been the motivating factor. Nuclear A New Frontier for Nuclear Fuels Though advanced reactor technologies have sucked up the oxygen in conversations about innovations that could reshape nuclear power’s future, a frenzy of activity in nuclear fuel development is perhaps more notable. POWER asked major fuel manufacturers from the U.S., Canada, France, and Russia, as well as leading nuclear scientists, how and why new fuels, some of which are already being deployed, could enhance performance and boost plant economics, safety, and efficiency. Energy Storage Flow Batteries: Energy Storage Option for a Variety of Uses The growth of energy storage is yet another transformative change for the power generation industry. Lithium-ion batteries have been the leading technology for most of today’s applications, but flow batteries are proving their worth in long-duration usage applications and situations that require regular cycling throughout the day. Electrification Driving Change on the Grid—The Impact of EV Adoption Utilities and grid operators need to prepare now for the increased power demand from the electrification of transportation, as more electric vehicles (EVs) hit the road in the U.S. and worldwide. Regions with high concentrations of EVs will see impacts and may need upgrades to transmission systems, but proactive power generators could see benefits from these higher loads. Gas Power Winning Operations, Maintenance, Environmental, Safety, and Technical Solutions The Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF) has announced the winners of the group’s annual CTOTF/POWER Innovation Excellence awards, with companies including Exelon Generation, NV Energy, IHI Power Services, and Oglethorpe Power recognized for projects with outstanding performance. Combined Heat and Power Novel System Uses Condenser Water for District Heating Facilities looking to obtain heat from district heating sources can go the conventional route, designing a system around the load. They could, though, look for an alternate approach, designing a system to work with heat sources such as waste heat from power plants. A case study details how this method works. Maintenance Best Practices New Technology Improves Refractory Maintenance and Shutdown Planning The transformation of power generation is about more than just innovative technologies. It includes new maintenance tools, designed to minimize planned maintenance outages and save time as service is performed, reducing costs and increasing worker safety.

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