February.

Feb. 8 – Stan Rosinski, manager of Program 84—Renewables, was quoted in an article in Geothermal Digest on EPRI’s test of new single well engineered geothermal systems.

Feb. 10 – SNL Energy devoted on article to an EPRI white paper written by Tom Key on advances in solar photovoltaic technology and how it may impact the future of the industry.

Feb 14 – The televised broadcast of Clean Skies News’ Sunday program, which airs in the Mid-Atlantic region, featured a segment of carbon capture and storage in which EPRI’s role was mentioned in the Pleasant Prairie Plant in Wisconsin and the Mountaineer site in West Virginia.

Feb. 15 – The National Review carried an article on solar-augmented generation of fossil fuel plants that features EPRI’s two demonstration projects on solar-and wind-augmented generation.

Feb. 17 – EPRI’s research into high-temperature materials and repairs was the cover story for the February issue of Energy-Tech Magazine.

Feb. 17 – EPRI’s solar thermal hybrid demonstration projects were featured in Suite101.com, an online publication focused on renewables and the environment.

Feb. 17 – Platts Electric Power Daily carried an article about NARUC’s meeting in Washington. Senior VP Hank Courtright is quoted on elements of the prism and MERGE analysis and why a full portfolio of technologies is preferable to a limited one in curbing the nation’s carbon footprint.

Feb. 18 – A new EPRI white paper, Solar Photovoltaics: Status, Costs & Trends, is the subject of an article in Renewable Energy Focus.

Feb. 19 – EPRI’s PC-CCS projects were prominently featured in an article on Alstom CCS projects in the January-February issue of Carbon Capture Journal.

Feb. 22 – EPRI’s estimate of the costs of solar-generated electricity was included in a Wall Street Journal story about the challenges and potential of alternative sources of energy.

Feb. 23 – EPRI’s Generation Planning research into the future costs of various forms of power generation was the basis for an article in Renewable Energy Focus on the price for renewable energy. It also was cited in an article the same day in REVE on solar power.

Feb. 23 – EPRI’s power plant control retrofit guidelines were cited in a Power Engineering Power-Gen Worldwide article on how EPRI is working with TVA to upgrade controls at its Kingston Plant.

Feb. 25 – Stan Rosinski, manager of EPRI’s Renewable Generation program, is featured in an article in the Austin American-Statesman on wider deployment of wind power.

Feb. 25 – Revis James, director of EPRI’s Energy Technology Assessment Center (ETAC), was interviewed by Clean Skies TV for its Sunday program on the economics and other challenges of converting coal-fired plants to natural gas.

Feb. 26 – McClatchy News Service reported on the future viability of coal-fired generation, quoting Revis James on the importance of a full portfolio of technologies to meeting the nation’s growing energy needs while reducing emissions from power plants.

For more information about EPRI’s Generation Sector communications, please contact Jeff Brehm (jbrehm@epri.com, 704-595-2521).