Tag Archives: Combined cycle

A Dickensian Winter in the Natural Gas Industry

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Enerdynamics

The Eastern U.S. has seen one of the most extreme winters in history while the Western U.S. has experienced record warm temperatures and drought conditions. What impact has this had on natural gas prices and why? Continue reading →

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A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles?

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In the U.S. and some other markets around the world, the future of coal generation appears uncertain as concerns about emissions including sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxides (NOx), mercury, and carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

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Integrating Renewables into the Electric Generation Resource Mix

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Enerdynamics

We recently posted the following graph (of California ISO Hourly Breakdown of Total Production by Resource Type for May 1, 2012) on our Facebook page and asked followers to guess what resource the red section represented: Below is the same … Continue reading →

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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC): What’s the Big Deal?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Enerdynamics

This week on our Facebook page, we posted this picture and asked followers to guess what the image is: We didn’t get any correct guesses, so for those left scratching their heads, here is the answer and a quick explanation of its … Continue reading →

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Are We On the Cusp of a Transformation in Electric Generation Technology?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor The U.S. electric power industry was born in 1882 when Thomas Edison’s Edison Electric Illuminating Company opened a central generating station at Manhattan’s Pearl Street. Soon thereafter a number of small distribution … Continue reading →

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Can Flexible Generation Make for a Happy Marriage between Renewables and Natural Gas?

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Instructor Renewable power and natural gas generation have somewhat of a love-hate relationship.  On one hand, they are symbiotic: Variable renewable resources need flexible generation resources to pick up load when the wind doesn’t … Continue reading →

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