Power for the U.S.A.

Sharing my knowledge and experience in Energy and electricity generation

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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: Keeping America Great

  • 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…

  • Are You Worried About the Future of America?

    The November 2020 Presidential Election to put it politely did not end with the best interests of America as a priority. President Biden disingenuously said at the inauguration, that he wants to unite the country. Then he went to the Whitehouse to sign Executive Orders to Cancel the foundation of our economic growth during President…

  • Thank You President Trump!

    An open letter to the President: Dear President Trump, Thank you for your service to the country we both love. In my opinion, you saved America from a steady decline in quality of life, world competitiveness of our industries and productivity. You saved us from ridiculous Federal Regulations that were strangling American business and Industry.…

  • Part 4, The Importance of Energy to Economic Prosperity

    INTRODUCTION, The Rise of the American Economy Economic prosperity and energy use have gone hand in hand for most of history. This blog is about the importance of energy today so let’s just go back about 140 years or so.  The first battery in the world was invented by Antonio Volta at the beginning of…

  • 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,…