PUBLISHER’S LETTER
WORLD-GENERATION NOV/DEC 2015
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It is our job collectively to leave the world a better
place than the way we found it.
We are very pleased to open this issue with the
Statue of Liberty as an example of taking care of one
of our national monuments for future generations on
page 4.
Tristan Grimbert gives a developer’s perspective
on today’s renewable energy market on page 6.
Lyn Corum explains the utility of the future as it
faces revolutionary changes on page 8.
Gilian Corral reports on GE’s Minds and
Machines 2015 Conference and shares her takeaways on page 10.
Bob Williams introduces a new product for North American coal plants to go
‘dust free’ on page 12.
Lisa Wood says on page 15 that the electric power industry is working to seam-
lessly integrate new technologies and devices into the electric grid.
Branko Terzic tells us on page 16 that a key factor to successful mergers of elec-
tric utilities is a well-planned approach to the regulatory approval hurdle.
Paul Winters writes on page 18 that BIO’s World Congress fosters partnerships
to build the $369 billion in biobased products.
Haresh Patel explains the findings from the Mercatus Distributed Energy
Insight Report and charts the US solar market on page 20.
Alums from the Classes of 2000 return to “Back on Campus” with editorial
starting on page 22-24.
World-Gen is a media sponsor for Power-Gen Week and will be distributed in
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with show copies: Feb/March 2016 – Class of 2016; May/June 2016 – EEI,
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Coast; Nov/Dec 2016 – Power-Gen Week 2016.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLISHER’S LETTER
pg. 3
LADY LIBERTY GETS FACELIFT
BY DICK FLANAGAN
pg. 4
NEWTRENDS: A DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE
BYTRISTAN GRIMBERT
pg. 6
EXPLORINGTHE UTILITY OFTHE FUTURE
BY LYN CORUM,CLASS OF 2003
pg. 8
PREDIX,GE’S DIGITAL MANIFESTO
BY GILIAN CORRAL
pg. 10
GOING DUST FREE
BY BOB WILLIAMS
pg. 12
THE EVOLVING ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
BY LISA WOOD
pg. 15
AMERICAN MERGERS: DOINGTHETWO-STEP!
BY BRANKOTERZIC
pg. 16
BIO PARTNERSTO BUILDTHE BIOECONOMY
BY PAUL WINTERS
pg. 18
WINNING IN A CHANGING ENERGY LANDSCAPE
BY HARESH PATEL
pg. 20
BACK ON CAMPUS
CLASS OF 2012-JULIA HAMM
pg. 22
CLASS OF 2015-DAN GIRARD
pg. 22
CLASS OF 2003-FRED LYON
pg. 23
CLASS OF 2011-JERRY ROBINSON
pg. 24
