http://www.managingpowermag.com Managing POWER en-us 2010 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 2:23:35 EDT The Energy Department's failure to recognize an impending supply squeeze for helium-3—a nonradioactive gas produced in the agency's nuclear weapons complex—has created a national crisis requiring White House intervention and threatening key U.S. nuclear and homeland security programs, a wide range of medical and scientific research activities and development of U.S. oil and natural gas resources, according to testimony before a House subcommittee.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/253.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Clipper Windpower didn't have the luxury of a decade or more of product development. Instead, it started big—with a 2.5-MW wind turbine. Here's the story of how they did it.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/255.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Despite the political kerfuffle over Obama administration loan guarantees for new nuclear generating plants, the ubiquitous hand-wringing about fossil fuels and climate change, and the hype about wind and solar renewable power generation, the new reality of natural gas may be a game-changer.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/239.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT Kazakhstan is a leading supplier of uranium fuel to the former Soviet Union and has global ambitions. A transparent uranium market and honest leaders must come first.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/246.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT Ensuring an adequate supply of rare earth elements and minerals may be a hurdle in the renewable energy supply chain. The metals and their compounds are used in battery technologies, windmills, catalysts, and communications technologies. Add lithium (not a rare earth) to that mix, as Latin American politics could cloud the prospects for new lithium supplies.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/230.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Although law varies by jurisdiction, a recent case demonstrates arbitration panels’ willingness to uphold liquidated damages clauses in power plant engineering, procurement, and construction contracts.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/232.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Wind generating capacity hit new highs in 2009, but that didn’t mean much for the wind power manufacturing sector, meaning fewer “green” jobs than the Obama administration hoped to see.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/234.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST After years of decline amid rising prices and fears of scarcity, natural gas as a power-generating fuel is on a rebound in the U.S., driven by new finds in Texas and the Mid-Atlantic states. These news stories highlight the trend.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/216.html Fri, 1 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST Natural gas has reemerged as the choice for new electric generation, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp. Does this raise new reliability issues?... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/218.html Fri, 1 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST Natural gas is back, says gas guru Bobby Hefner, and in a big way. New technologies, new discoveries, low prices, and new optimism characterize a natural gas industry that just three years ago was bemoaning its future and looking to foreign LNG imports as the industry’s salvation. Today, the gloom is gone, and the gas folks are clicking their gaseous heels in glee.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/supply_chains/211.html Mon, 2 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST