Headlines for Utility E-Alert – August 1, 2014

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1185 – August 1, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Navajo Generating Station on track to end Operations by 2044
• Stanley-Alberici JV win EPC Contract for Emission Control at Edgewater, Sheboygan, WI

COAL – WORLD

·       Chinese Consortium Preferred Bidder for 450 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Bosnia

GAS/OIL - US

• Company finds Natural Gas in Southeastern North Dakota

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       TransAlta building 150 MW Combined Cycle Gas-fired Power Plant in South Hedland, Australia

·       Alstom wins Contract worth 335 Million Euros in Mexico

·       Tenaga signs HoA with SIPP Energy for proposed Joint Venture Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia 

·       Gazprom Subsidiary to go Local for Gas Turbine Spare Parts

CO₂

• Sargent & Lundy receives engineering contract for Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project in Texas

NUCLEAR

·       Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant may shut down December 29

·       Westinghouse hopes for Nuclear Power Plant deal in Bulgaria

·       Rosatom signs MOU to build Floating Nuclear Power Plants with China

·       DOE awards Fluor $420 Million 3-year Contract for Paducah deactivation and shutdown

BUSINESS

·       Berkshire Hathaway Application to buy AltaLink receives Preliminary Approval

·       Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems to merge with Babcock-Hitachi

·       URS and Mobotec bring Proven NO_x Control Technology to the US Coal-fired Power Industry

·       Mercury Removal from Natural Gas and Industrial Stacks will generate Billions of Dollars in Annual Revenues for Solutions Providers

·       Upgrading Coal Plants around the World is the Best and Quickest Way to Reduce CO₂

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       Many Mercury Sorbent Options discussed in Hot Topic Hour July 31

·       “MATS Timing and Technology Options” is the Hot Topic on August 7, 2014

·       Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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