WATER TREATMENT
56 Sub-Sea Water Treatment System Provides Reliable Supply for the Huarun
Power Plant
As water supplies around the world become more constrained with growing populations and industrial development, the use of water for power generation will continue to attract greater scrutiny. Plants in China are developing one solution to the
problem by using a two-step process that turns brackish water sources into boiler-friendly water supplies.
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TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION
61 Smart Grid: On the Money
Aside from the entrenched roadblocks to siting new transmission lines in the U.S.,
another barrier to developing a stronger, smarter grid is the conundrum of who
should pay for improvements and how. One way to make the case for the cost is to
demonstrate the benefits of grid improvements. A new project estimating tool may
help make that case. Meanwhile, other countries are getting smarter grids faster—
and beginning to reap the benefits.
DEPARTMENTS
SPEAKING OF POWER
6 What’s Bugging Me
GLOBAL MONITOR
8 U.S. Spins Nuclear Wheels as Other Nations Roll Out New Plants
10 Initial Experiments Meet Requirements for Fusion Ignition
11 From GHG to Useful Materials
12 Marines Get Power from Waves
12 Permeable UK Granite Is Good News for Geothermal Energy
12 Dish Stirling Solar Plant Debuts
14 POWER Digest
FOCUS ON O&M
16 Deciphering Desuperheater Failures
19 Competitive Maintenance Strategies, Part II
LEGAL & REGULATORY
22 Gridlock Continues for Grid Policy
By Brian R. Gish of Davis Wright Tremaine
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COMMENTARY
72 Rethinking the Power Industry’s Dash to Gas
By Bert Kalisch, president and CEO of the American Public Gas Association
