Chambers, A: Natural Gas & Electric Power in Nontechnical L (Pennwell Nontechnical Series)

Ann Chambers gives you a history of these two converging industries and an overview of the factors forcing them together?political, regulatory, technical, and economic. She covers other fuels competing for market share in the electric industry, the merchant power uprising, distributed generation, and strategies for creating value in the new Btu stream. Contents: ? Introduction ? Natural gas history ? Transportation and storage ? Exploration, drilling, and production ? Trading ? Natural gas basics ? Electric power history ? Deregulation ? Convergence ? Power plant basics ? Power generation technologies ? Competing fuels and environmental factors ? Merchant plants ? Distributed generation ? Conclusion