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Not Your Usual Cogen Project:
A First for Heavy Industry
Steel plant gains peace of mind from tiny alternative power
source.
BY DAVID ENGLE
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San Diego: A Roadmap to Energy
Independence
The energy crisis of 2000–2001 hit California cities
hard. San Diego transformed that crisis into an opportunity
to pursue energy independence through distributed generation
and energy efficiency.
BY KIMBERLY EPLER
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Cheaper Energy by Going
to Waste
With energy costs spiraling ever upward, it might be difficult
to believe that the United States contains a nearly inexhaustible
supply of fuel that is not only underused but also often wasted.
BY JANIS KEATING
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More Than 200 Hospitals Nationwide
Are Recycling Energy for Peak Performance
Patients, hospitals, and even communities are reaping the
benefits of the recycled energy.
BY JAN BERRY AND STEVE FISCHER
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Cathodic Protection at
Transwestern Pipeline
Corrosion is a pipeline operator’s enemy, reducing the
pipeline’s metals back to their original state.
BY THOMAS M. ROTH
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Microturbines Provide
Big Potential With Opportunity Fuels
Microturbines offer a cost-effective alternative for small-load
onsite applications.
By PENELOPE GRENOBLE O’MALLEY
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Distributed Energy:
Capturing the Benefits of Regional Demand Response
Congestion of the nation’s electric transmission grid
is becoming a problem as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
develops open wholesale markets and stimulates price competition.
BY LYNN COLES
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How a University Changed Some
Light Bulbs and Saved a Bundle
Breakdown of an aging energy grid.
BY MARSHA DECLUE
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Size Does Matter, but Bigger
Isn’t Always Better
In the design of a cogen system, optimizing rather than maximizing
its capacity can be a useful strategy.
BY GEORGE LEPOSKY
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Continuous Power—or
Not, As You Prefer
Microturbines offer electric power to keep everything and
everyone working.
BY PAUL HULL
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LA Utility Targets Molten
Carbonate and Biogas for Fuel Cell Efficiency
With the installation of a 250-kW fuel cell plant at a local
wastewater facility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power launched one of the few molten carbonate fuel cells
to run on wastewater digester gas.
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Industrial Power-Supply
Reliability: A Catalyst for Distributed Energy
Although there is no way to anticipate every threat, a thorough
reliability assessment of your power delivery system will
help you take steps to reduce the risk of interruption.
BY MATT CLARK, BOB THAYER, AND JOHN SPANHAKE |
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Campus CHP Systems: Economical
and Environmentally Friendly
Today combined heat and power is experiencing exciting growth
on campuses around the nation.
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Hedging the Bet: Distributed
Generation’s Winning Hand in Grande Prairie, Alberta
Big is not necessarily better and centralized can be synonymous
with vulnerable in today’s changing power industry. Distributed
generation can hedge the bet, as demonstrated in one Canadian
town.
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