EDITORIAL
• More Power
COMMENTARY
• On America's Energy Crisis
• General Position Paper on Energy Policy
NEWS &
NOTES
• France Revs Up Fuel Cell Car Research
• Recapturing Brake Energy
• Keeping the Midnight Oil Burning
COMPUTING
• Online Tool Improves GE Turbine Outage Scheduling
• Internet Connects San Diego Neighborhood
• Water Chemistry Goes Online
• Avoiding Power Gridlock
INPUT/OUTPUT
• Birds on a Wire
Electricity to Rely On
The complex global scene demands multilevel, systems-based stage management.
Good Times with a Double
Edge
In a record year for the gas turbine industry, plenty brings problems of
its own.
Looking Up and Looking
Down
New technologies help utilities inspect power lines overhead and underground.
Rocket
Science
A plan for a zero-emissions plant traces its roots to Jupiter and the V-2.
Sun
Shower
Solar energy is providing a way to reach clean water in remote areas far
from electric grids.
The Fifth
Harmonic
Since the 20th century dawned, three-phase induction motors have been the
standard. But that may be too long.
Bigger and
Better
Easy-to-use software helps wrest cost savings from large-boiler installations.
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