Headlines for June 27, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

 

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1181 – June 27, 2014

 

Because of the Fourth of July Holiday the Next E-Alert will be July 11

 

Table of Contents

COAL – US

 

 

COAL - WORLD

·       Consortium agrees to develop First Phase of 1200 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Vietnam

·       POSCO Energy wins License for CHP-5 in Mongolia

 

GAS/OIL – US

·       Transco files at FERC for Rock Springs Expansion Project to New Gas-fired Power Plant in Maryland

·       Natural Gas-fired Power Plant planned for Salem Township, Pennsylvania

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) urges New Tenders for Project 4A in Johor State, Malaysia

·       Siemens Consortium receives Turnkey Construction Order from PETRONAS for Cogeneration Power Plant in Johor, Malaysia

·       Huaneng Power International, Inc. Shanxi Dongshan Gas Turbine Project obtains Approval

·       BHI Co. awarded Contract by Samsung C&T for design and supply of HRSGs for Rabigh II Combined Cycle Power Plant in Saudi Arabia

 

NUCLEAR

·       China’s ICBC to finance Romanian Nuclear Project

·       Westinghouse developing Seismic Option for AP1000 Nuclear Reactor

·       Korean Consortium to upgrade Research Reactor in the Netherlands

 

BUSINESS

·       $9 Billion Fabric Filter System Market will expand from 4 Percent to 8 Percent a Year

·       Wisconsin Energy buying Integrys for $5.8 Billion

·       General Electric wins $17 Billion Bid to buy Alstom's Gas Turbine Business

·       Dominican Republic, AES Corp. strike US $260 Million Energy Deal

·       AES sells Minority Stake in Masinloc Power Plant and Development Projects in the Philippines to EGCO Group for $453 Million

·       FirstRand Limited Investment Banking Unit will finance $120 Million of Ghana’s $820 Million Kpone Power Plant

 

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       The Hot Topic for June 26 was “CCR $ Billions Needed”

·       Gas Turbine Emission Control Webinar on July 17 will focux on NOx, CO and Toxics

·       Webinar on July 10 on Direct Sorbent Injection

·       Wet Calcium FGD “Hot Topic Hour” on July 24

·       Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

 

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