As a result of many years of providing expert opinion and applying leading edge technology to Ontario Hydro’s 7000 MW hydroelectric generation system, comprised of 69 generating stations and over 200 dams, as well as its fossil and nuclear facilities, OHT has developed expertise in the following areas.
As Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits the United States during the week of October 27, 1997, the U.S. Energy Information Administration is releasing an extensive report on China’s energy sector. Included are some charts which include energy forecasts for China as well as analysis on the structure of China’s energy sector.
The meeting will build on the task force’s Interim Report and will include discussions of the following items: .Draft Position Paper on a Self-Regulating Reliability Organization, Draft Paper on Technology Issues Affecting Reliability, and Panel Discussion on the Role of ISOs in Maintaining Reliability
Here are two comments on the Nortel Norweb press release of Oct. 8. The first is from Wired Magazine’s website, and points out some of the reasons why this technology may not take the world by storm right away. The second from Reuters gives a bit more technical and business detail.
Ames Lab and Astronautics Corporation of America, are making considerable progress towards a commercially viable refrigeration technology based on the magnetocaloric effect present in certain rare earth materials .
During the last three years, Ceramicrete (chemically bonded phosphate ceramics) has been investigated at Argonne-East for low-temperature stabilization and solidification of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE’s) mixed wastes.
Davis Energy Group has developed an indirect-direct evaporative cooling system for residential use that can meet 100% of a home’s cooling requirements in dry climates, while consuming only 15% to 40% of the energy consumed by conventional systems.
The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with transmission.
