UTILITY E-ALERT

#1067 - March 23, 2012

COAL – US

• Thousands of Air Pollution Control Upgrades Underway at Coal-fired Power Plants
• Kemper County IGCC Project to continue despite MS Supreme Court Ruling
• State PSC OKs Georgia Power Plan to shut Coal-fired Power Units at Branch
• Groups try to force EPA to act on Navajo and Four Corners Power Plants
• AEP to retire fewer Coal-fired Units than Planned

COAL – WORLD

• RPower urged to Re-start Work on 3,960 MW Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India

• E.ON 1100 MW Datteln Project is continuing

• Orissa is set to get 1,755 MW of additional Power by 2013

• BHEL to build 300 MW Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India

• Zamboanga says OK to 100 MW CFB Power Plant

• Ratchaburi Electricity Generating plans Power Plant in Dawai, Myanmar

• Intra Energy signs 120 MW Coal-fired Power Station Deal in Tanzania

• ANDRITZ to supply FGD/Baghouses for Chilean Power Plants

• SE Europe moving to meet EU Requirements of 50 mg for Particulate and 400 mg/Nm³ for SO₂

• Lanco will increase Power Generation from 4,400 to more than 9,000 MW by 2015

• GMR halts Work on Shahdol Power Project because of Coal Shortages

GAS / OIL – US

• Tampa Electric to expand Polk Station with Combined Cycle Unit
• MHI to supply Gas Turbines for 1300 MW Brunswick County
• CA Appeals Court Overturns Permit for PG&E 586 MW Oakley

GAS / OIL – WORLD

• Tolimarjon Modernization Postponed

• Nine Groups shortlisted for 1,000 MW Prai Combined Cycle in Malaysia

• Sumitomo and International Power to build 1,500 MW Al Zour North in Kuwait

• Uzbekistan to build 370 MW Combined Cycle Unit at Tashkent

• Marubeni Awarded Orders for Three Combined Cycle Power Plant Projects in Korea

• OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel selects Contractors for Modernization of Power Generation Facilities

BIOMASS

• ReEnergy to convert Black River to Biomass

NUCLEAR

• Kudankulam Work will continue
• Refurbished Bruce 2 to come Online Soon
• Work on Bellefonte Halts

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• Hot Topic Hour March 22 Covered More Changes to the Industrial Boiler MACT
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