The Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 16th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) ...
On May 19, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a long-delayed final rulemaking regulating cooling water intake structures at existing facilities under Section 316(b) of the Clean ...
Thermal power plants need a continuous supply of cooling water to operate, but as the natural environment changes, more and more screen blockages are occurring at cooling water intakes. Maintaining ...
The intake system that will draw cooling makeup water from the Kaskaskia River for Constellation Energy Group’s $250 million Holland Energy plant in Shelby County, Ill., was designed to balance ...
Steam generators in thermal (steam-cycle) power plants require a constant influx of cool water to maximize the transfer of thermal energy. How this water is cooled again in the condensor after much of ...
Commissioned in October 2002, the Newington Energy plant uses state-of-the-art combustion turbines and heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) with a steam turbine to produce electricity at greater ...