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ISBN: 0-8330-9322-3

Series Statement: [Research report] Energy-sector workforce development in southwestern Pennsylvania

Content: "To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement."--Back cover.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Aligning Workforce Education and Training with Energy-Sector Needs -- Skills Needed to Meet Changing Industry Demand -- How Education and Training Can Successfully Adapt to Changing Labor-Market Needs -- Case Studies: Education and Training Providers in Southwestern Pennsylvania -- Ensuring That Education and Training Meet Evolving Energy-Sector Needs in Southwestern Pennsylvania -- Appendix: Descriptions of Education and Training Facilities Used for Case Studies. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-8810-6

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-280-12689-2 , 9786613530752 , 0-8330-5921-1

Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series Characterizing the U.S. industrial base for coal-powered electricity

Content: To determine whether the industrial base for the U.S. domestic coal-based electricity generation industry can maintain the capability to design, construct, operate, and maintain coal-fired electricity generating units within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations, this book reviews interviews with stakeholders and data describing key elements of industry capability and validation or verification of concerns.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Background; Approach; Outline of This Monograph; Chapter Two: The Role of Coal-Fired Power in the U.S. Electricity Sector; Electricity Supplied, by Fuel Type; Description of the Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet; Capacity and Age of Existing Units; Pollution Controls Installed on Existing Coal-Fired Units; Growth in Capital Costs of Recently Built Coal-Fired Units; Chapter Three: Coal-Fired Power Plant Designs, Systems, and Components; Major Coal-Unique Components , Coal Pulverizers Coal Burners; Coal Boilers; Pollution-Control Systems; Smokestacks; Implications of Variations in Coal Characteristics; Chapter Four: Market Structure; The New-Construction Sector for Coal-Fired Electricity-Generating Units; Demand for New Coal Electricity-Generating Units; New-Unit Specification, Design, and Project Development; Construction of Coal Electricity-Generating Units; Operation and Maintenance Sector; Pollution-Control Sector; Summary of Findings on Market Structure; Chapter Five: Workforce; The New-Construction Workforce for Coal Electricity-Generating Units , Equipment-Manufacturing Workforce Operation and Maintenance Workforce; Pollution-Control Retrofit Workforce; Workforce Demographics; Hiring and Training; Current Experience from Recent Projects; Summary of Findings on Workforce; Chapter Six: Observations and Remaining Questions; Implications for the U.S. Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industrial Base; Remaining Questions; Appendixes; A. Key Companies in the Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industry; B. Supplemental Tables on the Coal Industrial Base Workforce; References , English

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Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-280-12689-2 , 9786613530752 , 0-8330-5921-1

Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series Characterizing the U.S. industrial base for coal-powered electricity

Content: To determine whether the industrial base for the U.S. domestic coal-based electricity generation industry can maintain the capability to design, construct, operate, and maintain coal-fired electricity generating units within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations, this book reviews interviews with stakeholders and data describing key elements of industry capability and validation or verification of concerns.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Background; Approach; Outline of This Monograph; Chapter Two: The Role of Coal-Fired Power in the U.S. Electricity Sector; Electricity Supplied, by Fuel Type; Description of the Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet; Capacity and Age of Existing Units; Pollution Controls Installed on Existing Coal-Fired Units; Growth in Capital Costs of Recently Built Coal-Fired Units; Chapter Three: Coal-Fired Power Plant Designs, Systems, and Components; Major Coal-Unique Components , Coal Pulverizers Coal Burners; Coal Boilers; Pollution-Control Systems; Smokestacks; Implications of Variations in Coal Characteristics; Chapter Four: Market Structure; The New-Construction Sector for Coal-Fired Electricity-Generating Units; Demand for New Coal Electricity-Generating Units; New-Unit Specification, Design, and Project Development; Construction of Coal Electricity-Generating Units; Operation and Maintenance Sector; Pollution-Control Sector; Summary of Findings on Market Structure; Chapter Five: Workforce; The New-Construction Workforce for Coal Electricity-Generating Units , Equipment-Manufacturing Workforce Operation and Maintenance Workforce; Pollution-Control Retrofit Workforce; Workforce Demographics; Hiring and Training; Current Experience from Recent Projects; Summary of Findings on Workforce; Chapter Six: Observations and Remaining Questions; Implications for the U.S. Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industrial Base; Remaining Questions; Appendixes; A. Key Companies in the Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industry; B. Supplemental Tables on the Coal Industrial Base Workforce; References , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-5918-1

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-280-12689-2 , 9786613530752 , 0-8330-5921-1

Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series Characterizing the U.S. industrial base for coal-powered electricity

Content: To determine whether the industrial base for the U.S. domestic coal-based electricity generation industry can maintain the capability to design, construct, operate, and maintain coal-fired electricity generating units within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations, this book reviews interviews with stakeholders and data describing key elements of industry capability and validation or verification of concerns.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Background; Approach; Outline of This Monograph; Chapter Two: The Role of Coal-Fired Power in the U.S. Electricity Sector; Electricity Supplied, by Fuel Type; Description of the Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet; Capacity and Age of Existing Units; Pollution Controls Installed on Existing Coal-Fired Units; Growth in Capital Costs of Recently Built Coal-Fired Units; Chapter Three: Coal-Fired Power Plant Designs, Systems, and Components; Major Coal-Unique Components , Coal Pulverizers Coal Burners; Coal Boilers; Pollution-Control Systems; Smokestacks; Implications of Variations in Coal Characteristics; Chapter Four: Market Structure; The New-Construction Sector for Coal-Fired Electricity-Generating Units; Demand for New Coal Electricity-Generating Units; New-Unit Specification, Design, and Project Development; Construction of Coal Electricity-Generating Units; Operation and Maintenance Sector; Pollution-Control Sector; Summary of Findings on Market Structure; Chapter Five: Workforce; The New-Construction Workforce for Coal Electricity-Generating Units , Equipment-Manufacturing Workforce Operation and Maintenance Workforce; Pollution-Control Retrofit Workforce; Workforce Demographics; Hiring and Training; Current Experience from Recent Projects; Summary of Findings on Workforce; Chapter Six: Observations and Remaining Questions; Implications for the U.S. Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industrial Base; Remaining Questions; Appendixes; A. Key Companies in the Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industry; B. Supplemental Tables on the Coal Industrial Base Workforce; References , English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 125 pages)

ISBN: 9780833059185 , 0833059211 , 0833059181 , 9780833059215

Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1147

Content: Coal-fired generating units provide approximately 46 percent of the electricity generated in the United States, yet most of the existing coalfired electricity-generating fleet is 25-45 years old. Deploying new coal-fired electricity-generating units (EGUs) and maintenance of the existing fleet requires an industrial capacity to provide equipment, skilled labor, and project management expertise. However, in the near term, the domestic industrial base to provide the capacity for future coal-based EGUs faces several challenges. These include low demand for new conventional and advanced coal units in the next several years, regulatory uncertainty regarding emission standards for conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases, competition from other electricity-generation fuels, and an aging workforce. To better understand these challenges, NETL asked RAND to describe the current state of the domestic industrial base for coal-based electricity generation. RAND was asked to focus on coal-fired EGU design and construction, technology development, and equipment manufacturing. This monograph addresses the concern about whether the industrial base for the U.S. domestic coal-based electricity-generation industry can maintain the capability to design, construct, operate, and maintain coal-fired EGUs within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations. By first describing the capability that is inherent in the existing coal-fired fleet, this monograph takes a first step toward addressing the larger policy questions of how to develop, deploy, and maintain an advanced, lowcarbon electricity-generation industry capability into the future

Content: Coal-fired generating units provide approximately 46 percent of the electricity generated in the United States, yet most of the existing coalfired electricity-generating fleet is 25-45 years old. Deploying new coal-fired electricity-generating units (EGUs) and maintenance of the existing fleet requires an industrial capacity to provide equipment, skilled labor, and project management expertise. However, in the near term, the domestic industrial base to provide the capacity for future coal-based EGUs faces several challenges. These include low demand for new conventional and advanced coal units in the next several years, regulatory uncertainty regarding emission standards for conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases, competition from other electricity-generation fuels, and an aging workforce. To better understand these challenges, NETL asked RAND to describe the current state of the domestic industrial base for coal-based electricity generation. RAND was asked to focus on coal-fired EGU design and construction, technology development, and equipment manufacturing. This monograph addresses the concern about whether the industrial base for the U.S. domestic coal-based electricity-generation industry can maintain the capability to design, construct, operate, and maintain coal-fired EGUs within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations. By first describing the capability that is inherent in the existing coal-fired fleet, this monograph takes a first step toward addressing the larger policy questions of how to develop, deploy, and maintain an advanced, lowcarbon electricity-generation industry capability into the future

Note: "Sponsored by the National Energy Technology Laboratory , Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-125) , Title from PDF cover screen (viewed on Nov. 4, 2011)

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Additional Edition: Print version Samaras, Constantine Characterizing the U.S. industrial base for coal-powered electricity Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corp, 2011

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 54 pages)

ISBN: 9780833088109 , 0833093223 , 0833088106 , 9780833093226

Series Statement: [Research report] RR-807-NETL

Content: To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement

Content: To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement

Note: "The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program ... part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54)

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Additional Edition: Print version Gonzalez, Gabriella Energy-sector workforce development in southwestern Pennsylvania Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]

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Format: xxx, 125 p. : , ill. (some col.)

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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ISBN: 0-8330-9322-3

Series Statement: [Research report] Energy-sector workforce development in southwestern Pennsylvania

Content: "To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement."--Back cover.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Aligning Workforce Education and Training with Energy-Sector Needs -- Skills Needed to Meet Changing Industry Demand -- How Education and Training Can Successfully Adapt to Changing Labor-Market Needs -- Case Studies: Education and Training Providers in Southwestern Pennsylvania -- Ensuring That Education and Training Meet Evolving Energy-Sector Needs in Southwestern Pennsylvania -- Appendix: Descriptions of Education and Training Facilities Used for Case Studies. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-8810-6

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-26810-8 , 9786613268105 , 0-8330-5846-0

Series Statement: Technical report Near-term opportunities for integrating biomass into the U.S. electricity supply

Content: Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. One near-term option for using biomass to generate electricity is to cofire biomass in coal-fired electricity plants. This report focuses on two aspects of biomass use: plant-site modifications, changes in operations, and costs associated with cofiring biomass; and the logistical issues associated with delivering biomass to the plant.

Note: "TR-984." , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Background, Methodology, and Study Questions; Analytical Goals and Methodology; Regulatory Considerations; Outline of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Cofiring Experience in the United States; Introduction; Producing Electricity from Coal and Biomass; General Information on the Companies and Their Facilities; Allegheny Energy; Dominion; First Energy; Florida Crystals; NRG Energy; Precombustion Biomass Considerations; Biomass Fuel Selection , Biomass Fuel Acquisition, Receiving, Preprocessing, and Storage Biomass Fuel Handling, Processing, and Feeding; Considerations for Combustion of Biomass; Technical Concerns with Biomass Combustion; Biomass Emissions, Emission Controls, and Waste; Economic, Regulatory, and Policy Issues; Key Concerns; Summary; Key Findings; Biomass Utilization Decision Process; CHAPTER THREE: Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Summary of Model of Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Model Inputs and Outputs; Estimating the Costs of Cofiring; Results; Base-Case Input Parameters and Assumptions , Total Cost of Firing Biomass and Prices for Renewable-Electricity Credits CHAPTER FOUR: Near-Term Potential Demand for Biomass for Cofiring Applications; Introduction; Methodology and Data for Estimating Potential Biomass Demand; Current Biomass Energy Use; Near-Term Potential Demand for Biomass Energy Resources for Cofiring; Near-Term Potential Supply Constraints; CHAPTER FIVE: Logistical Considerations; Introduction; Costs of Handling, Processing, and Transporting Biomass; Loading and Unloading Biomass; Transportation; Storage Requirements and Costs; Densification Costs , Biomass Sourcing Scenarios Scenario 1: Local Supply of Biomass Energy; Scenario 2: Local and External Supply of Biomass Energy; Scenario 3: External Supply of Biomass Energy; CHAPTER SIX: Reductions in Life-Cycle Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Cofiring with Biomass; Introduction; Estimating Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Cofiring; Implications of Biomass Life-Cycle Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Cofiring; CHAPTER SEVEN: Factors Influencing the Development of Biomass Markets; Introduction; Limiting Factors for Biomass Markets; Biomass Prices and Production Costs , Technological Constraints on Biomass Production Asymmetric Information; The Potential for Processing to Facilitate Biomass Market Expansion; What Would Cause Biomass Markets to Grow?; CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusions; Plant Operators' Experiences Cofiring Biomass; The Principal Challenge with Respect to Cofiring Biomass Is Maintaining a Consistent Fuel Supply; The Choice to Cofire Biomass Depends on a Confluence of Technical and Regulatory Factors; Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Cofiring Biomass Results in Increased Capital and Operating Costs and Lost Revenues , Densification of Biomass Does Not Result in Plant-Site Cost Savings , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-5835-5

Language: English

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-26810-8 , 9786613268105 , 0-8330-5846-0

Series Statement: Technical report Near-term opportunities for integrating biomass into the U.S. electricity supply

Content: Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. One near-term option for using biomass to generate electricity is to cofire biomass in coal-fired electricity plants. This report focuses on two aspects of biomass use: plant-site modifications, changes in operations, and costs associated with cofiring biomass; and the logistical issues associated with delivering biomass to the plant.

Note: "TR-984." , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Background, Methodology, and Study Questions; Analytical Goals and Methodology; Regulatory Considerations; Outline of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Cofiring Experience in the United States; Introduction; Producing Electricity from Coal and Biomass; General Information on the Companies and Their Facilities; Allegheny Energy; Dominion; First Energy; Florida Crystals; NRG Energy; Precombustion Biomass Considerations; Biomass Fuel Selection , Biomass Fuel Acquisition, Receiving, Preprocessing, and Storage Biomass Fuel Handling, Processing, and Feeding; Considerations for Combustion of Biomass; Technical Concerns with Biomass Combustion; Biomass Emissions, Emission Controls, and Waste; Economic, Regulatory, and Policy Issues; Key Concerns; Summary; Key Findings; Biomass Utilization Decision Process; CHAPTER THREE: Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Summary of Model of Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Model Inputs and Outputs; Estimating the Costs of Cofiring; Results; Base-Case Input Parameters and Assumptions , Total Cost of Firing Biomass and Prices for Renewable-Electricity Credits CHAPTER FOUR: Near-Term Potential Demand for Biomass for Cofiring Applications; Introduction; Methodology and Data for Estimating Potential Biomass Demand; Current Biomass Energy Use; Near-Term Potential Demand for Biomass Energy Resources for Cofiring; Near-Term Potential Supply Constraints; CHAPTER FIVE: Logistical Considerations; Introduction; Costs of Handling, Processing, and Transporting Biomass; Loading and Unloading Biomass; Transportation; Storage Requirements and Costs; Densification Costs , Biomass Sourcing Scenarios Scenario 1: Local Supply of Biomass Energy; Scenario 2: Local and External Supply of Biomass Energy; Scenario 3: External Supply of Biomass Energy; CHAPTER SIX: Reductions in Life-Cycle Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Cofiring with Biomass; Introduction; Estimating Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Cofiring; Implications of Biomass Life-Cycle Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Cofiring; CHAPTER SEVEN: Factors Influencing the Development of Biomass Markets; Introduction; Limiting Factors for Biomass Markets; Biomass Prices and Production Costs , Technological Constraints on Biomass Production Asymmetric Information; The Potential for Processing to Facilitate Biomass Market Expansion; What Would Cause Biomass Markets to Grow?; CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusions; Plant Operators' Experiences Cofiring Biomass; The Principal Challenge with Respect to Cofiring Biomass Is Maintaining a Consistent Fuel Supply; The Choice to Cofire Biomass Depends on a Confluence of Technical and Regulatory Factors; Plant-Site Costs of Cofiring; Cofiring Biomass Results in Increased Capital and Operating Costs and Lost Revenues , Densification of Biomass Does Not Result in Plant-Site Cost Savings , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-5835-5

Language: English