Tag: GW

Combined Heat and Power 101

By Clare Condon Apr 17, 2014 EHS Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

Conventional power generation is a notoriously wasteful operation in the United States where the average efficiency of fossil-fueled power plants is just 33 percent, the same as it has been since the 1970s. The remaining energy produced is simply released in the form of heat, a curious fact when you consider that so much of […]

EPA Rules and the National Power Grid

By Clare Condon Dec 14, 2011 EHS Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

According to critics, at least eight proposed or final EPA rules (air, water, and waste) may force the retirement of up to 81 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generating capacity. (The Energy Information Administration says the total installed generating capacity of the U.S. electric power grid is about 1,119 GW with approximately 330 GW coal-fired.) About […]