SYNERGY THROUGH HYBRIDITY: Harnessing Multiple Energy Sources for Diversified Benefits.

The article focuses on the hybridization of power plants. Topics discussed include the shift from coal-fired generation to renewable energy sources, the economic pressures that impede the adoption of emerging technologies, and the cooperative arrangement that govern hybrid facilities wherein several energy sources are harnessed to produce separate but parallel steam paths. Hybridization examples from the Next Generation Solar Energy Center and the Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant are mentioned.