Headlines for Utility E-Alert – August 22, 2014

 

UTILITY E-ALERT

 

#1188 – August 22, 2014

 

Table of Contents

 

COAL – US

 

·       Appalachian Power will still use Coal

·       TVA retiring Coal-fired Power Plant; replacing with Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in TN

 

GAS/OIL – US

 

·       Support sought for proposed West Virginia Gas-fired Power Plant

 

GAS/OIL - WORLD

·       Foster Wheeler Licensee receives Contracts for Heat Recovery Steam Generators in Asia

·       ContourGlobal to build New Oil, Gas-fired Power Plant in Senegal

·       Mexico to auction off 16 Power Projects worth $4.9 Billion

·       Armenian PM approves construction of Gas-fired Power Plant

·       Lithuania to shut down 900 MW of Gas-fired generation Capacity by 2016

·       PW Power Systems to provide Albanesi S.A. with an FT4000™ SWIFTPAC® Gas Turbine Generator Package

·       RWE to restart Great Yarmouth Gas-fired Power Plant by late October

 

BIOMASS

 

 

NUCLEAR

 

·       Areva wins Koeberg Contract for Six Steam Generators in South Africa

·       Westinghouse and Blue Castle sign MoU to develop a Two-unit Nuclear Power Plant in Utah 

·       Energy Secretary pushes for Nuclear Power

·       Georgia Regulators approve Nuclear Plant spending

 

BUSINESS

 

·       Donaldson (DCI) to acquire Gas Turbine Filtration Manufacturer, Northern Technical

·       JSW Energy looks to acquire Two Coal-fired Power Plants in India

·       Ameren states 1,200 MW of Natural Gas needed to comply with Emissions Rules

·       BHEL develops Innovative Flexible Coal-fired Boiler for Power Plants

·       Ingersoll Rand to acquire Cameron’s Centrifugal Compression Division

·       Gas Turbine – Combined Cycle Supplier Program Has Continually Updated Project Information

·       Environmental Catalyst Market to Exceed $7.9 Billion in 2015

·       Fabric Filter Market could be $4 Billion Larger if Catalytic Filter is adopted

 

MEGA SYMPOSIUM

 

·       MEGA was about "fine tuning" of APC Technology

 

 

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