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Registered Professional Engineer in NC. Specialized as a Coal power generation engineer. Began career in 1962. Worked as electrician at SPS Technologies, Utility Engineer at Mobil Oil Corp, at Babcock & Wilcox as a Results Engineer, Riley Stoker as Senior Field Service Engineer, Carolina Power and Light Company as a Principal Engineer and later, Operations Superintendent of Roxboro Generating Plant, head of Technical Services Department of Flame Refractories and then founded Storm Technologies in 1992. Served as a contributing Editor to POWER Magazine and Instructor of Power Generation Short Courses at Storm Technologies and Williamson College of the Trades. My largest current concern is the inadequate understanding of the general public on the importance of energy to humankind and western civilization. My goal for this Blog is to share my knowledge and experiences regarding Energy and Electricity Generation. Specifically, I will endeavor to provide posts of some reasons why and how reasonable cost energy and electricity lead to Economic Prosperity and at the same time, protect our environment & support clean air and clean water.

Category: Energy and Electricity Fundamentals

  • Facts Matter: Even Trade Journals Provide a “Woke” Spin on Energy

    Yesterday I looked at a recent article in POWER Magazine on power generation capacity additions planned for 2022-2023. I have always respected POWER Magazine and I even give them credit for sparking my interest in electric power generation when I started reading POWER while in college. I have been a contributing editor for POWER and…

  • World Affairs Council, Their Take on the Importance of Coal for Electricity Generation

    I joined the Hilton Head Chapter of the “World Affairs Council” and as a member, I get daily Newsletters. Today I received the message below on the world’s addition to coal (36% of Electricity Generation). The article included the SME Link to their web page on the Importance of Coal to the World. Energy, Food…

  • Texas and Coal Power 6,000+ MW’s of Coal plant Capacity is missed!

    Introduction: My first assignment to Texas was as a young B&W Results Engineer. I was participating as one of the Results engineers to perform acceptance tests of a large (500 MW class) natural gas fueled boiler at the P.H. Robinson Plant near Houston. That was about 1968. After that involvement I watched with great interest…

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY, Part 3 , Heat-ENGINES, A Primer

    The U.S. Department of Energy, through the EIA (Energy Information Administration) keeps up with the energy used by America. The measurement used is the BTU or British Thermal Unit. One BTU is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water (about a pint) one degree Fahrenheit. Thus heating a pound of water…

  • Energy and Economic Prosperity, my thoughts: Dick Storm

    REAL ESTATE PRACTICES COMMITTEE Delaware County Bar Association July 15, 2016 Energy for America Sunshine, Wind, Nuclear and Fossil Fuels How Energy Policies and Federal Regulations are Impacting Economic Prosperity By Richard F. (Dick) Storm, PE, CEM Introduction The name of the seminar series suggests that you might be interested in the inter-relationship of energy,…