Headlines for April 25, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1172 – April 25, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

§  Hayden Station (Colorado) Coal-fired Power Plant to get Emissions Reduction Upgrades

§  Federal Judge in St. Paul strikes down Minnesota’s Anti-Coal Energy Law

§  We Energies selects URS for Valley Power Plant Coal to Gas Conversion in Wisconsin

§  Governor Pat McCrory calls for New Regulation of Coal Ash Ponds in North Carolina

§  Citizens ask Wyoming DEQ to revoke Two Elk Power Plant Permit

COAL – WORLD

• E.ON Mothballs 250 MW Lucy Coal-fired Power Plant in France
• Alstom awarded Contract for 2x660 MW Coal-fired Power Plant by BHEL in Jharsaguda, Orissa, India
• KSB to supply Pumps for Chinese Coal-fired Power Plant
• EDF-China Datang Joint Venture to operate Coal-fired Power Plant at Fuzhou Site in Jiangxi Province, China
• China's Chongqing Energy awards Construction Contract for Anwen Power Plant Addition
• Toshiba to supply Steam Turbines for Mexico’s Altamira Thermal Power Plant

GAS/OIL – US

• 549 MW Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant to be built in Marshall County, West Virginia
• Wood Group GTS awarded Contract for Control System Upgrades at SOWEGA Power Plant in Georgia
• Emerson wins Contract to replace aging Turbine Controls at Union Power Station, Arkansas

BUSINESS

§  PMFG awarded Two New Material Orders with a Combined Value of Over $9 Million

§  Calpine sells Six Power Plants in $1.6B Deal

§  US FERC approves NRG Energy, Chevron Power Plant Swap in California

§  Mercury Reduction Market Expanding Outside the US

§  $21 Billion NO_x Reduction Market In 2015

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Hot Gas Filtration at 850^°F Will Change APC” – Hot Topic Hour on May 1, 2014
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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