Headlines for June 20, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1180 – June 20, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• New Coal Ash Bill introduced in North Carolina
• Nebraska City Unit 1 to be scrubbed

COAL – WORLD

·       Yokogawa to supply Control Systems for Lara Supercritical Power Plant in India

·       Foster Wheeler Subsidiary awarded SCR Contract for SCR System by Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy in Finland

·       Siemens secures €208 Million Order to supply Turbine Island for Jaworzno III Steam Power Plant in Jaworzno, Poland

GAS/OIL – US

• CB&I will design and build a Combined Cycle Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Indiana
• Black & Veatch to build 495 MW Combined Cycle Project in Oklahoma
• PNM to build a $56 Million Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in New Mexico
• Rolling Hills Generating seeks Permits for Ohio Power Plant Project Upgrade

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       GE supplies Four Gas Turbines to Jacobsen Electro for New Facility in Kinyerezi, Daar es salaam, Tanzania

·       Initial Tender announced for Oman’s 2,600 MW Gas-fired Power Project

·       Federal Government (Nigeria) and U.S. Investors sign MoU to construct Gas-fired Power Plant

·       The Partnership Fund starts installation of Gas Turbines at Combined Cycle Power Plant in Gardabani, Georgia

NUCLEAR

• Deal signed yesterday by China's Premier Li Keqiang on visit to Britain to design and run Nuclear Power Plants
• Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy awarded Multi-year Fleet Services Contract from Dominion Generation
• AMEC wins Consultancy Contract for UAE Nuclear Energy Program

BUSINESS

·       Coal Gasification could completely change Asian Energy Outlook

·       $24 Billion will be spent on NO_x Control Systems and Consumables This Year

·       GSE Environmental files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection for North American Operations

·       Partnership provides Combustion Optimization Products

·       Exelon & Pepco file Merger requests with State and DC Regulators

·       Sime Darby sells Power Plants to B. Grimm Power in Chonburi province, Thailand

·       POSCO Energy acquires Tongyang Power (South Korea) for $431 Billion

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       Coal Combustion Residue Hot Topic next Thursday expanded to cover Chinese Coal-to-Gas and Coal-to-Chemical

·       Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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