Technology 1991: power and energy

Author

Zorpette, Glenn

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Import developments during 1990 are recounted. In the US the Clean Air Act was amended, a development that could cost industry US $22 billion over the next decade or so as provisions of the legislation are phased in. Mounting environmental pressures prompted major announcements related to electric vehicles last year. The big three auto makers have electric vehicle programs underway and have agreed on the need to jointly develop advanced batteries suitable for powering them. Also examined are the effect of the Persian Gulf crisis on oil markets, privatization of utilities in the UK, developments on the European continent, the placing of New Hampshire´s Seabrook nuclear power station in full operation, and electrical fires in US substations

Keywords

electric vehicles; electricity supply industry; fires; nuclear power stations; substations; CEGB privatisation; Clean Air Act; New Hampshire; Persian Gulf crisis; Seabrook nuclear power station; UK; US; US substations; advanced batteries; electric vehicles; electrical fires; energy; environmental pressures; oil markets; power; Batteries; Continents; Costs; Electric vehicles; Fires; IEEE news; Legislation; Petroleum; Power generation; Privatization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.67244

Filename

67244