Headlines for Utility E-Alert –September 5, 2014

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1190 – September 5, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

·       Springfield, MO Coal-fired Power Plant will invest $21 Million to meet MATS by April 2015

·       IPL plans to retrofit Five Units to meet MATS requirements

·       DTE helps further development of Mercury Emission Control Technology

·       Extension of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Compliance Deadline for Muskingum River Coal-fired Power Plant

·       More than 100 MATS Extensions

·       Georgia Power asking Permission from State Regulators to shut down 15 Coal-fired and Oil-fired Generators

·       Costs of Coal-fired Power Plant Proposal challenged in New Mexico

COAL – WORLD

·       Toshiba Consortium wins EPC Contract for Two 1,000 MW Steam Turbine and Generators in Malaysia

·       China to use Oasys Water Technology to treat Coal-fired Power Plant’s Wastewater from FGD

·       SBI, Japanese Bank Ink Deal for Uttar Pradesh Power Plant

·       Hubco to invest $1Billion in Coal-fired Power Plant in Karachi Sindh, Pakistan

·       $50 Million SPX Cooling Tower Order for Chinese Liquefaction Market shows the Huge Potential

GAS/OIL - US

• Dominion, Duke, others form JV to build Natural Gas Pipeline
• Aventine upgrades Illinois Cogeneration Facility, replaces Boilers

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       Siemens to equip 902 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in South Korea

·       Benco Energy to assist Federal Government of Nigeria in building a 700 MW Power Plant

CO₂

• FutureGen Project approved to sequester Carbon Underground in Illinois

NUCLEAR

• China will support New Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina
• Cavendish Fluor takes over 12 Nuclear decommissioning Sites in the UK
• Finnish Nuclear Power Plant further delayed until 2018

BUSINESS

• Mercury Removal Market to Exceed $1 Billion/yr by 2015
• China Air Filter and Fabric Filter Markets are competing
• Revenue Potential for Outsourcing of Fossil-Fired Power Plant Processes is More than $20 Billion/yr

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• Catalytic Filter is More and More Attractive for Power and Cement - Hot Topic Hour Yesterday
• “Power Plant Pumps” is the “Hot Topic” on September 11, 2014
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