HRI Partial Bibliography 

Except as noted all documents with web links were successfully accessed by the EPA in May 2014

PowerEng 2002, “Heat Rate Optimization Pays Dividends,” Power Engineering, January 1, 

2002, available at http://www.power-eng.com/articles/print/volume-106/issue-1/features/heatrate-optimization-pays-dividends.html

NETL 2008, Reducing CO2 Emissions by Improving the Efficiency of the Existing Coal-fired 

Power Plant Fleet, DOE/NETL-2008/1329, July 2008

<http://www.netl.doe.gov/energy-analyses/pubs/CFPP%20Efficiency-FINAL.pdf>

Access unsuccessful at 6/5/2014 – not currently available. Recent reorganization of NETL online library apparently

omitted listing of this document. This widely cited 2008 reference is retained here for future access when it is again 

available.

NETL 2009, Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency of Existing Coal-fired Power Plants, 

Workshop Report, NETL July 2009, available at http://www.netl.doe.gov/energyanalyses/pubs/NETL%20Power%20Plant%20Efficiency%20Workshop%20Report%20Final.pdf

NETL 2010, Improving the Thermal Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power Plants in the United States, 

DOE/NETL Technical Workshop Report, February 2010, available at 

http://www.netl.doe.gov/File%20Library/Research/Energy%20Analysis/Publications/ThermalEf

ficCoalFiredPowerPlants-TechWorkshopRpt.pdf

NETL 2010a, Improving the Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power Plants for Near Term GHG 

Emissions Reductions, DOE/NETL-2010/1411, April 2010, available at 

http://www.alrc.doe.gov/energy-analyses/refshelf/PubDetails.aspx?Action=View&PubId=307

Sargent & Lundy 2009, Coal-Fired Power Plant Heat Rate Reductions, SL-009597, Final Report, 

January 2009, available at http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/resource/docs/coalfired.pdf

Storm 2009, “Applying the Fundamentals for Best Heat Rate Performance of Pulverized Coal 

Fueled Boilers, Storm Technologies, Inc, EPRI 2009 Heat Rate Conference, available at 

http://www.stormeng.com/pdf/EPRI2009HeatRateConference%20FINAL.pdf

NRDC 2013, Closing the Power Plant Carbon Pollution Loophole, NRDC Report R:12-11-A, 

March 2013 available at http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution-standards/files/pollution-standardsreport.pdf

Lehigh 2009, Reducing Heat Rates Of Coal-Fired Power Plants, Lehigh Energy Update, January 

2009, available at http://www.lehigh.edu/~inenr/leu/leu_61.pdf

ESC/OnLocation, Efficient Heat Rate Benchmarks for Coal-Fired Generating Units, draft, B. 

Roberts, Economic Sciences Corporation, L Goudarzi, OnLocation, Inc., 1998, available at 

http://www.onlocationinc.com/heatratepaper.pdf

CRS 2013, Increasing the Efficiency of Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants, Congressional 

Research Service, December 2013, available at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43343.pdf

Evonik/VGB 2008, “Power Plant Performance Reporting and Improvement under the Provision 

of the Indian Energy Conservation Act – Output 1.1”, Evonik/VGB 2008, available at 

http://www.emt-india.net/PowerPlantComponent/Output1.1/Output1.1.pdf
IEA 2010, Power Generation from Coal - Measuring and Reporting Efficiency Performance and

CO2 Emissions, OECD/IEA-CIAB 2010, available at 

http://www.iea.org/ciab/papers/power_generation_from_coal.pdf

EPRI 2009, Renewed Interest in Reducing Heat Rate, EPRI Journal, Spring 2009, available at 

http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/CorporateDocuments/EPRI_Journal/2009-

Spring/1019287_Heat%20Rate.pdf

EPRI/Korellis 2011, Identifying Ways to Improve Plant Heat Rate, Energy-Tech Magazine, 

March 2011, available at http://www.energy-tech.com/article.cfm?id=30528

EPRI 2011a , Opportunities to Enhance Electric Energy Efficiency in the Production and 

Delivery of Electricity, EPRI Technical Report 1024651, November 2011, available at 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCsQF

jAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pserc.wisc.edu%2Fdocuments%2Fpublications%2Fspecial_in

terest_publications%2FEPRI_Electricity_Use_Report_Final_1024651.pdf&ei=Qo9yUvmwMY

Xb4AOZz4GYAw&usg=AFQjCNElzekbtoSNCR5SKFwkfbKx83p0Uw&bvm=bv.55819444,d.

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RFF 2013, Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Coal Power Plants under the Clean Air Act, RFF 

DP 13-05, February 2013, available at http://www.rff.org/RFF/documents/RFF-DP-13-05.pdf