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Mercury Debate Heats Up Again
The debate over mercury emissions is once again reaching a feverish pitch. Two recent scientific reports say that mercury levels near some coal-fired power plants are much greater than previously thought, giving critics of the current administration's plan to curb such toxins the ammo they need to change the regulatory protocol.
At least five states in the Northeast and parts of Canada are considered to be mercury "hotspots" where the pollutant hovers overhead and creates dangers for local eco-systems and any small children and pregnant women who might eat contaminated fish, all according to the journal BioScience. The studies may prove to be significant, prompting a change in the methods by which utilities would have to control their mercury releases.
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Corporate America Feuds Over Global Warming
The global-warming debate is shifting from science to economics.
For years, the fight over the Earth's rising temperature has been mostly over what's causing it: fossil-fuel emissions or natural factors beyond man's control. Now, some of the country's biggest industrial companies are acknowledging that fossil fuels are a major culprit whose emissions should be cut significantly over time.
A growing number of these companies are pushing for a mandatory emissions limit, or "cap." Some see a lucrative new market in clean-energy technologies. Many figure a regulation is politically inevitable and they want to be in the room when it's negotiated, to minimize the burden that falls on them.
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Power Producers Rush to Secure Nuclear Sites
With the U.S. on the verge of building a new generation of nuclear power plants, potential owners are racing to identify and lock down the best sites in order to secure billions of dollars in federal subsidies pledged to first-comers.
Their efforts will test local and national attitudes more than two decades after nuclear accidents made headlines. They also represent a considerable financial gamble for the utility industry, which is moving ahead at a rapid pace despite uncertainty ranging from environmental opposition to finding a home for radioactive nuclear waste. In one case, the zeal to secure a promising site has resulted in a nasty legal battle.
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2007 Purdue TAP Industrial Energy Services BestPractices Workshop Series
Date: April, 24, 2007
BestPractices Workshop: Process Heating Systems Assessment – 1 Day Workshop
Host Location: Citizens Gas – 2020 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
This workshop provides an introduction to process heating and process heating equipment, such as furnaces, dryers, ovens, heaters, and kilns, used by industry. The course includes discussion of combustion and other heating methods; heat transfer in furnaces; waste heat recovery; commonly used process heating controls; and emissions from heating processes. More Info |
Save The Date– National Association of Power Engineers Meeting
February 22, 2007
Meeting to begin at 11:30 am
Federal Tax Deductions for Energy Projects
Bob Boulware – DesignAire, Indianapolis, IN |
March 29, 2007
Meeting to begin at 12 noon
Program to be determined |
All meetings are held at Citizens Gas, 2020 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN.
For more information please contact Rick Ratliff at DLR Mechanical at (317) 253-6822. |
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