UTILITY E-ALERT

#1044 – September 30, 2011

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Make Hydrochloric Acid with Illinois Coal

• Progress Energy to Shut 172 MW North Carolina Coal-fired Power Plant

• EPA Wants Major Changes to PSNH Coal-fired Power Plant in Bow, New Hampshire

• Coal Dust Explosion at Hastings, Nebraska Coal-fired Power Plant

COAL – WORLD

• NTPC Forms $700 Million Joint Venture Power Project with Ceylon Electricity Board in Sri Lanka

• 400 MW Power Plant Expansion Project in Quezon Province, Philippines

• AES Corp. to Pursue $1 Billion Expansion for Masinloc Coal-fired Power Plant

GAS / OIL – US

• Fluor Completes 580 MW Combined Cycle New Bear Garden Generating Station in Virginia
• 6x100 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Project Breaks Ground in Long Beach, CA

GAS / OIL – WORLD

• Black & Veatch to Participate in Expansion of Chana and Wang Noi Power Plants in Thailand

• Iraq Awards $650 Million in Power Plant Deals

• Construction Begins at South Korea's Poncheon Power Station

CO₂

• Alstom and Datang to Develop Two CCS Projects in China

• Summit Power Forms New Carbon Capture Business Unit 

• German Upper Chamber Rejects Carbon Storage Bill

BIOMASS

• DP CleanTech to Convert Coal-fired Power Plant to Biomass in Thailand

NUCLEAR

• Southern Co. Gambles on First U.S. Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years

BUSINESS

• Fuel Tech Inc. Receives $3 Million in Emissions Control Orders

• GE and Toshiba to Promote New Combined Cycle Power Plants with GE Technology

• Malaysia Petronas in Deal for Stake in Singapore Power Business

• Top Notch Speakers at Air Quality Conference, Arlington, Virginia, October 24, 2011

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Review of the Utility MACT Rule Status and Comments” is Hot Topic on October 4, 2011
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