Category: Energy and Electricity Fundamentals
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HISTORY of ENERGY & ELECTRICITY Part 4, China Goes All In for All Fuels are Important, 2000-2022
China entered the WTO in 2001. Since then it has increased in Manufacturing Might to become the World’s Largest Manufacturer and the World’s Largest Economy. To do so, it has built more electric power capacity in 20 years than the U.S. did in the preceding 150 years. China is a perfect example of how Energy…
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A Short History of Energy & Electricity and How Our High Quality of Living Came to Be (High Human Development Index) Part 1, 1850-1955
Energy and electricity have fascinated me ever since I was a teenager. The purpose of this post is to share the progress of energy and electricity from the Industrial Revolution to today. I had the honor of presenting a course at USCB-OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) and much of the information presented in that course…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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