2016 PEI Issue 7

Putting power for the Games on the fast track There may be a full four years between every Olympic Games, but deploying Olympic Games-scale power distribution, backup power and protection systems typically comes down to...

Power plants not only generate electricity - they also need to consume it to function safely.

In the power industry, downtime can be the difference between profit and loss.

Long-term reliability is a common goal for all plant operators.

These are exciting times for industrial operations.

Switching from coal to renewable woody biomass is a low cost way for old coal-fired power stations to meet new environmental legislation with a low carbon solution, whilst extending the life of these valuable assets by 10 or more years.

While energy policymakers and power industry leaders have differing views on how to move toward a clean, reliable and affordable power delivery system, they all agree on one thing: that a portfolio of fuel and technology options is the best strategy to meet our future energy needs while enduring the continued uncertainty inherent in the energy sector.

Two years ago, South Korean electricity company Gunjang Energy decided to install a new unit, called Seagull, at its existing power plant at Gunsan city.

In recent years, the importance of asset monitoring systems for power utilities has increased significantly due to the pressing challenges of an aging workforce and, with the advent of the Internet of Things megatrend, an exponential growth of devices connected to the grid.

In some countries where peak demand occurs during the night, an energy storage system can be used to store energy generation from solar PV plants during the day and inject stored energy to the distribution system at night.