Doug Machon, NAES Sr. Business Development Manager, presented "The Next Big Thing: Shifting Industry Focus to Best Practices in Plant Operations" at the 2012 Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Minneapolis, MN on June 6. Below is a summary of his presentation:
The city of Centralia, Wash., sought a 15- to 20-year maintenance solution in early 2010 for its 12-MW Yelm Hydroelectric Project, a run-of-river facility on the Nisqually River about 20 miles east of Olympia, Wash. The city has routinely maintained this 1930s facility, which supplies nearly a third of the city's electrical needs.
