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Grid Impacts of Wind Power: A Summary of Recent Studies in the United States

This paper describes and compares the analytic frameworks from recent analysis and discusses the implications and cost estimates of wind integration. The findings of these studies indicate that relatively large-scale wind generation will have an impact on power system operation and costs, but these impacts and costs are relatively low...

Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, wind energy, U.S., analysis

White papers 2003-08-12

"How the Future Distribution System Will Change the Nation's Electric Infrastructure"

This paper describes about the greatest change which will occur in the distribution systems and evolution of a new distribution system and how will the power systems look in the future. Integrating DR's into existing Electric Distribution System will improve reliability and power quality, reduce thermal overloads, improve voltage regulation...

Tags: U.S. Department of Energy

White papers 2003-01-07

Distributed Generation: Understanding the Economics

Three independent trends - utility industry restructuring, increasing system capacity needs, and technology advancements?are concurrently laying the groundwork for the possible widespread introduction of DG. DG refers to the integrated or stand-alone use of small, modular electric generation close to the point of consumption. This white paper is one in...

Tags: U.S. Department of Energy

White papers 2002-10-21

Additional Resources

DOE Selects CH2M HILL to Lead Cleanup Effort

The U.S. Department of Energy DOE announcedtoday that CH2M HILL LLC, a global full-service engineering, procurement,construction, and operations firm, was selected to lead the $4.5 billionPlateau Remediation Contract PRC over ten years (a five-year base periodwith the option to extend it for another five years). The PRC is amulti-year project...

Articles 2008-06-19

Production Journal

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Articles 2008-05-16

Hyundai: Powertrains will take us halfway to mpg target.(News)

Byline: Rick Kranz Hyundai's plan to boost U.S. vehicle fuel economy significantly in the next decade is a 50-50 strategy. About 50 percent of the increase will come from changes to vehicle structure and equipment - efforts such as lighter...

Articles 2008-05-05

Environmental enforcement trends: what we face, how to prepare

Compliance with the vast array of highly technical environmental regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Transportation and others, not to mention the laws of the various state environmental and natural resources regulatory agencies is a difficult challenge for any company. Many of these...

Articles 2008-05-01

Natural-gas station is available in Perry

PERRY, Box Elder County -- Utah continues to lead the nation in the number of natural-gas vehicles, and now there's one more place to fill up. A new fueling station at L.W.'s Travel Plaza off Interstate 15 is now open, dispensing the clean-burning fossil fuel at an...

Articles 2008-04-16

MMS Proposes Bonus or Royalty Credits for Relinquishing Eligible Leases

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service MMS is proposing to amend its regulations to provide credit to lessees who relinquish certain eligible leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The amended regulations will also define the eligible leases and establish how those credits may be used. This...

Articles 2008-03-31

Governor Rendell Comments on US DOE Decision on Transmission Lines

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Doug Rohanna of the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor,+1-717-783-1116; or Neil Weaver of DEP, +1-717-787-1323 HARRISBURG, Pa.,March 6/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Governor EdwardG. Rendell expressed disappointment today as he responded to theU.S. Department of Energys decision to deny requests to rehear thefederal governments Mid-Atlantic Transmission Corridor designation. Todays late-breaking...

Articles 2008-03-06

Emissions costs increase risks of coal investment

Investments in coal power are becoming riskier as the price of greenhouse-gas emissions is factored into the cost of the fuel, according to a report by a consulting firm whose clients include the U.S. Energy Department. Proposed coal-fired stations across the U.S. are being canceled or delayed...

Articles 2008-02-27

Pilot Freight Services Announces 2008 Rates

LIMA, Pa. -- Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, today announced it is increasing base transportation rates by 4 percent, effective Jan. 28, 2008. All accessorial fees, tariff rules, and regulations remain unchanged. The company's last rate change was in January 2007. This...

Articles 2008-01-03

Minerals Mgmt Service seeks comment on new lease form for offshore

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service is requesting comments on a new lease form through which MMS would authorize and convey limited-term rights to conduct alternative energy data collection and technology testing on the Outer Continental Shelf. On Nov. 5, MMS announced the establishment...

Articles 2007-12-15

Geologic sequestration regulations underway.(LEGISLATIVE UPDATE)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA announced plans to develop regulations to establish a clear path for geologic sequestration, a process of injection-captured carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in deep rock formations for long-term storage. Once completed, the regulations will ensure that there is a consistent...

Articles 2007-12-01

Long Island Technology Briefs: October 27, 2007

BNL details environmental efforts in annual report Hazardous waste may not be the first thing you think of when you think of Brookhaven National Laboratory, but the lab's cutting-edge research has produced its share of toxic side effects. To that end, the U.S. Department of Energy facility...

Articles 2007-10-26

More power

The U.S. Department of Energy designated nearly all of Southern California, parts of Arizona and much of the northeast as "national interest" energy transmission corridors, which will allow federal regulators to approve new high-voltage towers and could allow private utilities to condemn homes and land. The action has the potential...

Articles 2007-10-08

Beacon Power Project Chosen by U.S. Department of Energy as Finalist for Loan Guarantee Program

Flywheel-based Frequency Regulation Plant is One of 16 Clean Energy Projects Selected From 143 Pre-Applications WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON), a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, today announced that it has...

Articles 2007-10-05

USEC Inc. Statement: DOE Issues Final Regulations for Loan Guarantee Program; USEC Continues to Pursue DOE Loan Guarantee

BETHESDA, Md. -- The U.S. Department of Energy DOE today finalized its regulations for the loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 EPACT. "USEC actively participated with others in the nuclear industry in the development of DOE's final regulations," said USEC...

Articles 2007-10-04

Nuclear Industry Welcomes Step Forward for DOE Clean-Energy Loan Guarantee Program

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy today released its regulations implementing the clean-energy loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The legislation empowers the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for up to 80 percent of the cost of "innovative technologies"...

Articles 2007-10-04

FMLA waiver prohibition reaffirmed.(Court Report)

Taylor v. Progress Energy Inc., 4th Cir., No. 04-1525 (July 3, 2007). Despite the arguments of the U.S. Department of Labor DOL to the contrary, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again decided that the department's regulations prohibit unsupervised waivers of rights...

Articles 2007-10-01