·       Power Plants Will Spend $3 Billion for Pumps This Year

·       Semiconductor Cleanroom Growth In Double Digits

·       Headlines for the June 13, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

·       Answers to Your CCR and ELG Questions in “Hot Topic” Webinar Next Week

·       McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

Power Plants Will Spend $3 Billion for Pumps This Year

Operators of fossil and nuclear power plants will spend over $3 billion in 2014 for pumps to move water, slurries and condensate.  East Asia will be the leading purchaser.  This is the conclusion in Pumps World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

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The market in Western Europe is primarily a substitution of other forms of power for coal-fired power plants.  For example Flowserve, received multiple orders for key pumping systems for the Lichterfelde Cogeneration Power Plant. The orders were booked in the first quarter of 2014.  Located in Germany, the 300-megawatt (MW) plant replaces an old coal-fired power plant.  The Flowserve pumping systems at the heart of this power plant use heavy-duty, radically split, multistage between bearings pumps for boiler feed service (BFP) and canned vertical turbine pumps for condensate extraction (CEP).  In addition, Flowserve will also provide the pumps for the district heating process.

In East Asia the big market is new coal-fired power plants. “KSB has been awarded contracts by two Chinese power plant constructors to supply four new-generation boiler recirculation pumps. The pump sets are destined for the two new Chinese power stations: Laiwu in the province of Shandong and Taizhou in the province of Zhejiang. The boiler recirculation pumps from the LUVAk series are designed for a pressure of 400 bar and an operating temperature of 425°C”.

The market in the Middle East involves mainly oil-fired plants which also desalinate seawater. KSB is providing equipment to the YANBU 3 power station in Saudi Arabia that also comprises a seawater desalination plant.  For this project, the company will supply over the next years mainly 15 large high-pressure boiler feed pumps with variable speed drives of a total value far beyond €30 million.

From startup in 2017, the power station fired with heavy fuel oil and located at the shores of the Red Sea will generate more than 2700 MW of electricity at five units. It will be used to supply electricity to the west of the country, for example, to cities like Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The associated seawater desalination plant, which will make use of the power station's electricity and accumulated steam, is to provide 550,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day.

For more information on Pumps World Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/116-n019

Semiconductor Cleanroom Growth in Double Digits

The semiconductor industry is on a growth spurt and that is reflected in revenues for new rooms and in the amount of additional space.  This year the semiconductor cleanroom space will increase by 1.62 million ft² and require investments in cleanroom hardware totaling $634 million.  This is the latest forecast in World Cleanroom Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. 

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By the end of 2014, there will be over 210,000 semiconductor employees working in the clean space. Much of the growth is coming from Asia.  This represents about 10 percent of the two million employees working in all cleanrooms including flat panel, pharmaceutical and other industries.

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported the worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $78.47 billion during the first quarter of 2014, marking the industry’s highest-ever first quarter sales.  Total semiconductor revenue in 2013 reached $318.1 billion, up from $303 billion in 2012.

China, Taiwan and Korea are enjoying strong sales.  Meanwhile, Japan continues to be mired in a slump, with chip revenue for the area declining a steep 17.9 percent.

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to total $37.5 billion in 2014, an increase of 12.2 percent from 2013 spending of $33.5 billion, according to industry analysts.

For more information on World Cleanroom Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/474-n6f-world-cleanroom-markets

Headlines for June 13, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1179 – June 13, 2014

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COAL – US

• Portland Generating Station (Pennsylvania) to convert Coal-fired Boilers to use Diesel Fuel
• NC, VA sign Deal with Duke for Dan River cleanup
• Martin Drake Power Plant Boilers expected to run by Fall

GAS/OIL – US

• Primoris to design, procure and build Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in California
• Arizona Public Service issues RFQ for 220 MW Ocotillo Power Plant Project
• PGE breaks Ground on Natural Gas-fired Power Plant

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       GE’s Distributed Power and Clarke Energy collaborate on On-Site Power Plant to boost Mozambique’s Local Grid

·       Supply Agreement Signed with Daewoo E&C increases Total Number of J-Series Gas Turbines supplied to Korea to Thirteen

GASIFICATION

• China has Major Coal Gasification Activities

NUCLEAR

• Tohoku Electric applies to restart Nuclear Reactors
• Largest Nuclear Storage Pond at Sellafield (UK) to be decommissioned
• EDF Energy (UK) Nuclear Power Plants to get New I&C Systems

BUSINESS

• World Market for Treat, Transport and Test will exceed $387 Billion by 2015
• World FGD New System Market will exceed $3.4 Billion Next Year
• Tradinghouse Power Plant demolishes Second Boiler in Texas
• PPL and Riverstone merging to form New Company - Talen Energy
• First Gen looking at Coal Power Generation in the Philippines
• Power Plant prepares for Spiritwood startup in ND; Plant idled for Years

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• Webinar on HRSGs June 12 focused on the Options and Issues
• Upcoming Webinars to focus on Practical and Important Decisions

For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on: 

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei

Answers to Your CCR and ELG Questions In Hot Topic Webinar Next Week

Power plants are facing huge expenditures to meet new wastewater effluent guidelines and coal combustion residue rules which are still being finalized. The webinar next Thursday at 10 a.m. CDT is designed to help utilities understand the issues and to help them with their decisions to address these new rules. The following panelists will be offering their insights:

William (Bill) Betke, Director, Business Development, Coal Ash, GSE Environmental

Dale Timmons, R.G., Business Development Program Manager, NAES Corporation

Douglas J. Dahlberg, Project Associate, Civil Support Services, Sargent & Lundy LLC

Mark Rokoff, National Practice Lead for CCR's, URS Corporation

Proactive discussions rather than passive listening will be the modus operandi. The panelists will lead but participants are asked to familiarize themselves with data on the dedicated CCR and Effluent website CCR and Effluent Continuous Analyses.

Another unique feature of this initiative is to use the Global Decisions Positioning System™ (GDPS) analysis technique. There are a number of decisions to be made. They can be likened to stops on a trip. The route is complex because the information learned at one stop requires back tracking to the previous stop and applying the newly learned information.  McIlvaine is simulating the role of a GPS in guiding the decision maker on this complex trip.  Here is the route map.

Decision Trees in ELG-CCR GDPS Route Map:

  ELG Regulations            CCR Regulations

Wet Air Pollution Control                 Bottom Ash Handling

Wastewater Treatment                       Flyash Handling

The ELG regulations will be issued first and will shape the CCR decisions, so this is a starting point.  However, it may be necessary to review the ELG regulations in light of any CCR regulatory insights.  If the utility is also installing FGD systems there will be a major impact on both effluent and CCR.  Bottom ash and flyash handling and wastewater treatment are all part of the route.

A full explanation of the webinar is provided at  More Information

The webinar on June 26 is free to power plant operators and McIlvaine subscribers.  There is a charge for others.  To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=675.

McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursday at 10 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Tracking System. The cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.

See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input relative to suggested additions.

Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant Owner/Operator Registration Form

Click here for the Non-Subscribers Registration Form   

Click here for the Free Hot Topic Hour Registration Form   

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