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Distributed
Generation: Onsite Power Takes the Load Off Office Buildings
You can reduce energy costs, meet base-load power needs, and
avert utility power outages with onsite generation. But the
system is only as good as its design, which must be site-specific.
BY PENELOPE GRENOBLE O'MALLEY
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A Grocery
Store Tests Cogeneration Technology
This is the story of a noble experiment that has just begun.
If it succeeds, it will alter the economics and technology
of the grocery business by transforming the way supermarkets
acquire and consume energy.
BY GEORGE LEPOSKY
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Disconnecting
From the Grid Generates Big Savings and a Quick Payback
How one firm has helped more than 40 New York City commercial
and industrial businesses make the most of cogen systems to
eliminate the threat of blackouts and high electric bills.
BY GREG NORTHCUTT
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Geneva,
Illinois: Local Power Sources’ Past Experience and Future
Plans
The US power grid has been established and will not allow
radical changes. However, incremental, economically sound,
market-driven modifications to the power grid are both necessary
and possible.
BY DANIEL P. DUFFY
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For Uninterrupted
Power, Try Batteries
As a uninterruptible power supply technology, batteries have
proven to be a viable power source option.
BY JOSEPH LYNN TILTON
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Blowing in the Wind: Midwest
Wind Farm Adds Power to Available Energy Resources
In 2003, the wind that blows across the Midwest Plains is
being put to practical use for residents. Some say that wind
power is the wave of the future, but in the Midwest, the future
is now.
By KEVIN FAVERO
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IEEE 1547
National Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Generation:
How Could It Help My Facility?
As energy markets slowly are being restructured, more pressure
is being felt by customers and utilities alike to control
costs and increase operating flexibility.
BY THOMAS BASSO AND N. RICHARD FRIEDMAN
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Soaring
Energy Bills Put One Customer on a Power Trip to Make Its
Own
After California’s 2000 energy crisis abated, many businesses
started to contemplate energy conservation more seriously—and
began the search for an alternative power supply.
BY DAVID ENGLE
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Temporary
Power
Equipment that used to be considered temporary could earn
permanent status.
BY PAUL HULL
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Solar
Power Rising
Like whiskey and wine, some things do get better with age.
The solar industry shows us how.
BY LYNN MERRILL
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