ANSI | Energy | Nuclear Power
The Shutdown of Nuclear Power Plants in the 2010s
Nuclear power has gone through some rough patches, especially when it comes to public perception of the energy source. While, as we have discussed before,…
Wind Turbine Tower Elevators, ASME A17.8-2021
The power output of a wind turbine is largely dependent on two factors: the wind speed and the height of the tower. Currently, the tallest…
IEEE Guide on Photovoltaic Transformers
It is projected that the U.S. solar industry will have installed 13.9 GW of capacity by the end of 2016, nearly double the record-setting amount…
ISO 14224:2016 – Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – Collection and Exchange of Reliability and Maintenance Data
There is a monumental amount of hazards present in the petroleum, natural gas, and petrochemical industries, and these can be fatally dangerous to personnel and…
Costa Rica is Running Completely on Clean Energy. Could We All Do the Same?
As of early September 2016, Costa Rica has been running completely on renewable energy for over two months. The Central American nation managed to supply…
Solar Impulse: An Exploration of Potential of Clean Energy
On July 27, 2016, Bertrand Piccard successfully touched down Solar Impulse 2 in Abu Dhabi, completing its around-the-world voyage in the same exact spot it…
Corrosion in Geothermal Energy Production
Geothermal energy is a sustainable clean energy source, as it draws upon the heat that is naturally being emitted from the Earth’s core into the…
ANSI | Energy | Nuclear Power
ANSI/ANS-2.23: Nuclear Power Plant Response to an Earthquake
The standard ANSI/ANS-2.23-2016 (R2020) – Nuclear Power Plant Response to an Earthquake has been released, updating the 1988 version of the document. This collection of…
ISO 50001 Helps Organizations
npower, a UK-based gas and electricity provider, was able to reduce its carbon intensity by 56 percent between 2008 and 2015 by using ISO 50001,…