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By: Siraj Taj
Marking our 3-Year Anniversary by Focusing in on Thermal Power Plant Transformation
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Three years ago, with nearly 25 years of experience in the power generation industry — partnering primarily with major OEMs — I embarked on a new journey. I became a power industry consultant to serve power plant owners in improving...
Video: Panel Highlight — ‘Western Energy Markets: Meeting the Challenge of Charting a New Course’
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Siraj Taj and a panel of power industry experts discuss the role of thermal plants in meeting consumer demand and grid reliability. Filmed during "Western Energy Markets: Meeting the Challenge of Charting a New Course" during Electric Power Conference 2019...
Watch: Siraj Taj Speaks with POWER Magazine’s Sonal Patel at the 2019 Electric Power Conference
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
ST Power Services' Siraj Taj discusses transforming thermal power plants to be the bridge to our clean energy future with POWER Magazine's Sonal Patel at the 2019 Electric Power Conference. https://youtu.be/7MosPh1MVE4
Challenges for Existing Thermal Power Generating Assets While the Industry Transforms Toward a Clean Energy Future
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
It’s almost a cliché these days to state that the energy landscape is changing. That change is a daily mantra repeated at all ends of the industry. But it’s not often that we take a moment to unpack these changes,...
100% Clean Energy. Achievable! But How?
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
According to Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Initiative, many cities and states across the U.S. are on the path to confronting climate crisis by transitioning to 100% clean or renewable sources of energy. These 100% goals are becoming the new...
The Evolving Application of Small Gas Turbines (GT)
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Exploring solutions from cogeneration and the industrial applications to CHP, CCHP, Distributed Energy Resource (DER) & others Many industrial and manufacturing processes consume an abundance of electric energy. The need for reliable and cost-effective electric energy warrants an independent...
Breaking Down the Challenges and Solutions of Integrating Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Conventional Power Systems (CPS)
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Solutions such as Distributed Energy Resources (DER) can help navigate this critical power generation industry transformation. The U. S. Electric Power market is fundamentally transforming at several fronts, most notably with the real-time shift of renewable energy sources (RES)...
The Rapidly Evolving Power Market: Forecasting tectonic shifts, and the impact of renewables.
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Power generation has traditionally been an open market. However, looking back at the scale and costs that existed in the past ... Nuclear and coal often prevailed because they generated electricity at a lower cost. Traditional models also depended...
Improve operational performance and empower your power plant with smarter assets.
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Decarbonization, renewables, smart grid technologies, centralized vs. decentralized generation, market demand for reliable, efficient, and cleaner energy ... All have created difficult conditions for power plants to remain competitive and profitable.The daunting challenge for plant owners is to maintain the...
Don’t assume more risk than you need to. Don’t leave money on the table. Instead employ an intelligent contract management platform.
Posted By: Siraj Taj, Principal ST Power Services
Creating a contract management platform is the process of managing contract creation, execution and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance, while reducing financial risk to the power plant owner. Developing a contract management platform can be a time-consuming...
