·       $30 Billion NO_x Control Market Centered In China

·       Air and Water Monitoring Sales to Exceed $32 Billion In 2019

·       Renewable Energy Briefs

·       Utility E-Alert Headlines –September 26, 2014

·       McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

$30 Billion NO_x Control Market Centered In China

In many respects China is the greenest of the green.  It is spending more on air pollution control than the rest of the world combined.  In its most recent five year plan, it has targeted NO_x with a huge commitment to retrofit existing plants as well as add NO_x reduction technology to new plants.  All these activities are documented in NO_x Control World Market, published by McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Orders are presently being received for installation of equipment in 2017.  Ninety two percent of the 141,000 MW of new coal-fired plant SCR systems installed in 2017 will be in China.  The world average investment in such air pollution facilities is $150,000/MW, so on a purchasing parity basis, this represents a $19.5 billion investment.  Top of Form

By 2017 China will be operating 60 percent of the world’s coal-fired SCR systems.  Much of the technology has been acquired by partnerships and joint ventures with international suppliers.  However, the history of the air pollution industry has virtually no exceptions to the rule that the country with the largest market becomes the country with the strongest equipment suppliers.

Japan dominated the early NO_x control market.  Mitsubishi, Hitachi and others became dominate on the world stage because they captured the existing market which was primarily in Japan.  They then used this experience to move into Europe and the U.S.  The market swing to Europe and then the U.S. allowed suppliers in these countries to become world players. 

It is, therefore, likely that Chinese suppliers with a huge domestic market will eventually be vying with the Japanese, European and U.S. suppliers for orders around the world.  They have already built catalyst manufacturing capacity to supply most of the domestic market, so they have the largest catalyst capacity.  All this has been accomplished over the last 15 years.

China will continue to be a huge market for NO_x control.  The country burns over 3 billion tons of coal per year.  Its plans are to burn 4.8 billion tons.  This compares to a world total of just 9 billion tons.  1.5 billion tons will be converted to syngas, fuels and chemicals.  These processes do not create much direct NO_x but the product they supply does create NO_x.  The coal converted to syngas will be transported from the western/northern coal fields to fuel gas turbines in the big cities. These turbines will be NO_x generators.  This will create a large market for gas turbine SCR.

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Air and Water Monitoring Sales to Exceed $32 Billion In 2019

Sales of instrumentation, software and services to monitor and measure air and water parameters’ will exceed  $32 billion in 2019 representing a growth of over  $5 billion from present levels  this is the latest forecast in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Air & Water Monitoring Sales ($ Millions)

The air segment includes stack continuous emissions monitors (CEMS) as well as instruments to measure physical and chemical aspects of process and combustion air. This segment is growing at a high rate due to the huge Chinese initiative to convert coal to synthetic natural gas, chemicals and fuels such as gasoline.  The main route to these end products is gasification of coal. The control of oxygen is critical to the process. The removal of contaminants from the gasified coal needs to be measured.  Pressure and temperature monitoring requires substantial numbers of sensors and control systems.

The monitoring of water and other liquids such as fuels requires twice as much of an investment as does the air monitoring.  One of the more challenging new applications is subsea gas and oil extraction. Monitoring the boiler feedwater for coal-fired power, nuclear and combined cycle gas turbine plants is a major application requiring very precise measurement.  Oxygen needs to be measured in parts per billion. Silica, iron and other contaminants also need to be measured at low levels.

The new ultra-supercritcal coal-fired boilers require higher temperature and pressure measurements than previous generator designs.  There are increasing numbers of contaminants which must be measured in the stack gas discharge.   The U.S. has passed regulations requiring mercury measurements as low as 4 micrograms per cubic meter.

The semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries are measuring much smaller quantities of air, gas and water.  However the need for precision makes the average instrument relatively expensive.  So these two industries are also significant purchasers.

For more information on Air and Water Monitoring: World Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/106-n031.

Renewable Energy Briefs

Rwanda Taps European Union Financing for Clean Energy

The European Union will finance Rwanda's clean energy projects to develop sustainable sources of energy to maintain the country's rapid growth, but protect the environment, according to new agreements.

The EU announced that Rwanda will benefit from its €3.3 billion ($4 billion) financing to clean energy projects along with five other African nations.

About €2 billion will be disbursed to five African countries, including Rwanda, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Togo.

The fund will cater for various projects such as research and development, carbon pricing as means to raise funds to invest in low carbon energy. Africa will benefit by selling carbon credits to larger emitters.

To date, Africa is only using 12 percent of the world's hydropower potential and is currently exploiting less than 10 percent.  Rwanda plans to increase domestic production.

First Wind and Community Leaders Celebrate Groundbreaking of the Company’s Largest Wind Project in Maine

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, was joined at a ceremony by community and industry leaders to commemorate construction of the company’s 148 megawatt (MW) Oakfield Wind project in Aroostook County, ME.  Representing First Wind’s sixth project in Maine and the company’s largest in New England, the Oakfield Wind project will provide $27 million in tax and community benefit payments to the town of Oakfield and the surrounding community over the next 20 years.

Once complete, the Oakfield Wind project will provide $27 million in tax and community benefit payments to the town of Oakfield and the surrounding communities over the next 20 years.  Earlier this year, First Wind made the first community payment in the amount of $600,000 as part of the community benefit agreement.  The clean cost-competitive power that will be generated by the project is contracted to be sold to four Massachusetts utilities as part of a 15-year contract, and will generate enough clean energy at cost-competitive rates to power the equivalent of about 50,000 New England homes.

Situated about 2.5 miles from the center of the town of Oakfield, the Oakfield Wind project will be constructed on the low-lying ridges of the Oakfield Hills, and will utilize pre-existing commercial logging roads and infrastructure.  Work on the 148 MW wind project will include the installation of 48 Vestas V-112 turbines and will create about 300 direct, full-time jobs during construction. It is expected to reach commercial operations by the end of 2015.

Consumers Energy Continues Developing Solar Power by Selecting Nineteen Michigan Homes to Produce Energy

Consumers Energy continues to support the development of renewable energy in Michigan, working with 19 homeowners to produce electricity from solar panels in the next year.

"We are pleased to work with Michigan residents to provide more power from renewable sources," said Tim Sparks, Consumers Energy's vice president for energy supply operations. "Since 2010, we have signed more than 200 contracts with owners of homes and businesses to help us generate electricity from this renewable source."

Consumers Energy is on target to use renewable sources for 10 percent of the electricity it supplies by year end, more than a year ahead of the schedule laid out by the Legislature. Those sources include solar and wind energy, biomass, hydroelectric power and anaerobic digestion. The company's second wind farm, Cross Winds® Energy Park, will open this fall.

Toshiba Concludes a MOU with Ethiopian Electric Power on Geothermal Power Generation

Toshiba Corporation announced that the company has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ethiopian Electric Power on a comprehensive partnership in geothermal power that will see the parties collaborate in power generation projects and personnel development.

Ethiopia is geothermal rich, with resources estimated at equivalent to 6,000 megawatts. However, this potential has yet to be explored and developed, and over 90 percent of the country’s electricity is from hydropower sources. Looking to the future, Ethiopia plans to increase its current installed generating capacity of 2,268 megawatts to 37,000 megawatts by 2037, and the development of geothermal power will play a significant role in reaching that target.

Toshiba commands the world’s largest market share for geothermal equipment with 24 percent of total installed capacity. The company delivered Japan’s first geothermal turbine and generator, with a capacity of 20 megawatts, to the Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant in Iwate in 1966. Since then, Toshiba has delivered 52 geothermal turbines and generators with a total installed capacity of approximately 2,800 megawatts to North America, Southeast Asia, Iceland and elsewhere around the world.

SCE Unveils Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in North America

Tehachapi Energy Storage Project, partially funded by the Department of Energy, aims to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy.

The demonstration project is funded by SCE and federal stimulus money awarded by the Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The 32 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system features lithium-ion batteries housed inside a 6,300 square-foot facility at SCE’s Monolith substation in Tehachapi, CA. The project is strategically located in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area that is projected to generate up to 4,500 MW of wind energy by 2016.

The project costs about $50 million with matching funds from SCE and the energy department. Over a two-year period, the project will demonstrate the performance of the lithium-ion batteries in actual system conditions and the capability to automate the operations of the battery energy storage system and integrate its use into the utility grid.

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Headlines for Utility E-Alert –September 26, 2014       

UTILITY E-ALERT    

#1193 – September 26, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

§  Duke Energy to remove Ash from W. S. Lee Power Plant, South Carolina

§  DOJ lodges a proposed Consent Decree with U.S. District Court (MI) under the Clean Air Act

COAL – WORLD

§  Two MoUs signed for 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in India

§  India’s Top Court cancels 214 Coal Field Permits

§  BHEL to build Two Thermal Power Plants in Telangana, India

§  Valmet to supply Helsinki Energia’s Salmisaari Power Plant with FGD Cleaning System

GAS/OIL – US

§  Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Air Quality Control System upgrade in West Virginia

§  Eight Flags will construct Combined Heat and Power Plant on Amelia Island, FL

§  Milestone reached at Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station

GAS/OIL WORLD

§  China Shanghai Electric picked as preferred bidder for $1.2 Billion Dollar Gas-fired Power Plant in Nambia

§  USTDA and KP sign $1 Million Agreement for 435 MW Gas Turbine Project

NUCLEAR

§  Westinghouse acquires Italian Nuclear Component Manufacturer

§  Federal Regulators to meet with Kansas Nuclear Power Plant Officials

§  Nuclear plays Critical Role in Illinois

BUSINESS

§  Siemens to buy Dresser-Rand for $7.6 Billion on U.S. Shale Market Bet

§  Huge Variables in the World Energy Outlook

§  $2.9 Billion Market for Stainless Steel in Flow and Treatment Control Equipment in 2015

§  “Municipal Drinking Water Purification” Hot Topic Hour October 16, 2014

HOT TOPIC HOUR

§  “Lots of New Challenges for Power Plant Chemicals” - Hot Topic Yesterday

§  “Precipitator Improvements to Meet MATS and MACT”, October 2, 2014 Hot Topic Hour

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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“Municipal Drinking Water Treatment” “Hot Topic Hour” October 16^th – postponed

More information:

This webinar has been postponed for some weeks.  In the meantime, we encourage you to submit information to be posted on this free website.

McIlvaine has created a free website Drinking Water Filtration - Continuous Analysis.  A series of webinars will serve to further populate this website and make it an important decision making too for municipalities

The tried and true method for purifying drinking water has been the use of gravity media filters.  In the last decade cross flow membranes have been an alternative selected by municipalities seeking protection against small micro-organisms.  Chemicals and ultraviolet disinfection are also widely used.  The webinar on October 16th will explore each of these technologies and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

The devil is in the details.  With gravity media filters is air scour, water backwash, or a combination the best way to keep the unit clean.  What are the options regarding underdrains. How do systems utilizing an intermediate layer of gravel between the treatment media and the underdrains compare to those which retain the media directly.  Should an on-line particle counter be used to monitor performance?

If cross flow membranes are used, should the medium be microfiltration or ultrafiltration.

What about the tradeoffs between UV, on site chemical generation, and purchased chemicals. How do chemicals aid the filtration process?  We are asking viewers to submit data to populate this site and to review the posted data prior to the webinar. This will insure a high level discussion.

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