Power Air Quality Insights No

Power Air Quality Insights
No. 150 March 27, 2014

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· Mercury Removal Webinar on April 10 to Be Followed By UNEP Workshop on The 23^rd

· Finding the Right Treatment, Flow Control or Process Supplier among 40,000 Worldwide Choices

Mercury Removal Webinar on April 10 to Be Followed By UNEP Workshop on The 23^rd

McIlvaine is conducting a webinar on mercury removal options on April 10^th at 10 a.m. It will be a discussion of previously uploaded information on a dedicated site: Mercury Removal - Continuous Analyses

Suppliers are invited to submit case histories and other data prior to the discussion. IEA is encouraging as many case histories as possible because this site will be used during an international conference two weeks later.

The Mercury Emissions from Coal - 10th workshop will be held at the Sand Key Sheraton Hotel, Clearwater, Florida, USA from April 23 to 25, 2014. There will be an optional site visit for a limited number of participants to the Big Bend coal-fired plant on the 22^nd, and a meeting of the UNEP Coal Partnership on the 25^th. http://mec10.coalconferences.org/ibis/MEC10/home

Chemtura (Great Lakes Solutions) will be one of the sponsors of the workshop. Jon Lehmkuhler will be on site and has agreed to provide some of the coordination between the McIlvaine effort and the workshop.

UNEP is striving to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of mercury technologies with the case histories and more specific performance information.

Power plants still prefer wet limestone scrubber systems as a way to capture the SO₂ emissions. However, more than 10 percent of the purchases will be for dry systems this year. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in FGD Market and Strategies. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Subject	2014
Total	3,805
Dry Lime	323
Other	108
Wet Calcium	3,374

The bulk of the dry purchases will be for lime based systems, but some will be for sodium based sorbents. There will be a significant number of purchases of dry injection systems which do not use a reaction chamber but merely inject the sorbent into the ductwork. Since the capital investment of this approach is low, the capacity which will be served by this technology is far greater than the capital revenue share. On the other hand, these systems will require much larger expenditures for sorbent each year than their wet counterparts.

Much of the dry duct injection expenditure will be in the U.S. The new air toxic regulations on one hand and the resistance toward building new coal-fired power plants have created a unique situation. The power plants are in a situation where a high operating cost but low capital cost approach is attractive. Some of the greatest beneficiaries will be the lime companies. Instead of selling limestone at $20/ton they are selling lime at $200//ton.

There are thousands of suppliers of combustion, water treatment, separation, heat exchange, air pollution control and water pollution control systems. For each process there are thousands of companies supplying pumps, valves, nozzles, blowers and treatment chemicals. Many applications have very specific requirements which are best filled by one of a few companies. How do you find these few companies among the many thousands which fit the general description?

This challenge is even greater if you are in a country where English is the second language and the company and product listings may differ from those in English. However, McIlvaine is making this selection process much easier with the OEM Networking Directory. In certain segments, it already has a very powerful combination of Continuous Analyses along with the directory. The analysis lists the advantages and disadvantages of the various options and provides the names of the vendors. The directory then provides contacts at those companies along with information on similar companies.

Obtaining the name of the company in one language and then determining the right subsidiary and location in another can be daunting. McIlvaine has created a number to identify every corporate parent. The names in various languages are linked to the number as are the names of the subsidiaries along with the products made by that subsidiary. A comprehensive display lacking only the personnel contact names is shown at: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/OEM/Subscriber/defaultcogroup.htm.

One of the most important efforts is to match corporate names in English with those in Chinese.

Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering		1274	北京国电龙源环境工程有限公司
Beijing Guohua Renyuan Environmental Engineering		1275	北京国华荏原环境工程有限公司

Descriptor	Chinese Descriptor	Definition
Cleaning Catalyst	催化剂除灰	A dry process that utilizes vacuum and compressed air to mechanically remove as much of the flyash accumulation as possible.
Regeneration Catalyst	催化剂再生	“Catalyst Cleaning” followed by a wet chemical process to remove decay compounds plus re-impregnation of the catalytic compound(s).

Vestas Factories See Growth in Colorado to Meet U.S. and Canadian Market Demand

One of the best years for wind-turbine orders for Vestas has led to significant hiring at its four Colorado factories. The company’s blade factory in Windsor, blade and nacelle factories in Brighton and tower factory in Pueblo expect to add more than 850 production workers this year after Vestas secured orders in 2013 for nearly 900 turbines.

Based on orders received in 2013, Vestas has the potential for an additional 2.6 GW of turbine sales in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to fulfilling regional orders, Vestas also is exporting blades, towers and nacelles form Colorado to projects in Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay.

In 2011 and 2012, a downturn in the U.S. wind industry proved challenging for Vestas and other renewable-energy companies. Today, Vestas is completely debt-free, earned a profit in 2013 and expects strong earnings in 2014.

Vestas employs more than 1, 450 people in Colorado with the large majority working at the manufacturing facilities. In 2013, Vestas hired more than 300 people at its tower factory in Pueblo to meet customer demand. The tower factory plans to hire 80 more people in the next few months and is expected to reach full capacity utilization in 2014. Vestas also employs people in service and maintenance at two wind farms, as well as at a tools warehouse in Denver. By the end of 2014, Vestas expects to have more than 2,000 workers in the state.

Tidal Lagoon Power Hopes to Supply 10 Percent of the UK’s Domestic Electricity by 2023

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted for consideration the application by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay plc (TLSB) for consent to build the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.

The project would see a 9.5 km long sea wall built to capture enough renewable energy from incoming and outgoing tides to power over 120,000 homes for 120 years. It aims to source at least 65 percent of content in the UK, kick-starting a new manufacturing industry and future export market.

TL SB’s intention is to supply 10 percent of the UK’s domestic electricity by building at least five full-scale tidal lagoons in UK waters by 2023.

Solar power production hit a new record of 4,093 megawatts on Saturday, March 8, 2014. The previous record was 3,926 megawatts (MW) set the previous day on March 7. Electricity generated from solar has more than doubled from June 7, 2013 when the ISO recorded 2,071 MW of peak production — and output has more than quadrupled from the summer of 2012. The new record generation can instantaneously power about 3 million homes.

Meanwhile, when combining ISO wind resources of 5,890 MW and solar resources of 5,231 MW, the two resources now account for 11,121 MW interconnected to the ISO grid. In total, all renewables (including geothermal) make up about 15,000 MW of the ISO generation mix. The current wind production record stands at 4,302 MW set June 23, 2013.

California remains the largest producer of solar power in the nation. Meanwhile, only Texas surpasses California in wind resources installed, and California was among the top five states nationally for adding wind capacity.

First Solar, Inc. and GE's Power Conversion business are utilizing their recently established technology and commercial partnership to develop a more cost effective and productive utility-scale PV power plant design that combines First Solar's thin-film CdTe modules with GE's new ProSolar 1500 Volt inverter/transformer system.

First Solar has integrated new technology into its modules and optimized them for 1500V_DC applications. Combined with GE's 4MW ProSolar 1500V inverter/transformer stations, this development enables power plant engineering design that significantly increases the size of the solar array served by each inverter and reduces the number of inverter/transformer stations required for each plant to convert the power from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) and feed electricity to a commercial electrical grid. The resulting plant design maintains high power delivery while lowering installation and maintenance costs.

Consumers Energy Developing Source of Renewable Energy Through New Anaerobic Digester Program

Consumers Energy is developing renewable energy supplies for the future with a new program in which it will buy electricity produced by anaerobic digesters.

Anaerobic digesters generate electricity from biodegradable material. The process could be used by agricultural operations, wastewater treatment facilities, and food producers who are interested in learning about turning waste into renewable energy. In November, the company co-hosted an informational forum on the subject with Michigan State University.

Consumers Energy expects to buy 2.4 megawatts of electric capacity from anaerobic digesters selected through this program. It is open to only the company's electric customers. Applications will be accepted April 1 through June 2, 2014.

§ Sunflower awaiting ruling from KDHE on Construction Permit Addendum for Holcomb 2

§ More News from Duke Energy regarding Ash Ponds – More Plant Closings?

§ Korea Midland Power Completes Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand

§ AES Dominicana adding 114 MW to Dominican Power Partners Plant at Los Mina, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo

§ Alstom awarded Contract for Transformer for Combined Cycle Power Plant in Cologne, Germany

§ Continuous Analyses of Energy and Environmental Subjects Now Available from McIlvaine

§ Top Ten Air and Water Monitoring Companies had a 20 Percent Market Share Last Year

§ Cleco transfers Coughlin Power Station to regulated Utility from unregulated Subsidiary

§ Midwest Energy Emissions announces $14 Million Commercial Contract for Mercury Emissions Control

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.

DATE	SUBJECT
April 10, 2014	Mercury Chemicals In Fuel, Flue Gas and Scrubbing Liquor	Important alternative to sorbents
April 17, 2014	Measurement Of Gas Turbine Emissions Including NH₃	Six different options
May 1, 2014	850^oF Particulate Removal With Ceramic Filter Media	Could change the whole back end
May 8, 2014	Sorbent Traps vs. Mercury CEMS	Sorbent traps are competitive
May 15, 2014	Gas Intake Filters: HEPA or Medium Efficiency	More information
May 29, 2014	Stellite Delamination in Power Plant Steam Valves	More information
June 5, 2014	Dry vs. Wet Cooling	Surprising number of ACC’S. Why?
June 12, 2014	HRSG Issues (Fast Start, Tube Failures)	Lots of challenges to cycle 200 X/yr
June 26, 2014	CCR	$ billions Needed
July/August 2014	Boiler Feedwater Treatment Condensate Polishing for Peaking Turbines 316 B Water Issues Gas Turbine Permitting Issues *Give us your opinion about topics we should consider*

§ Sunflower awaiting ruling from KDHE on Construction Permit Addendum for Holcomb 2

§ Korea Midland Power Completes Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand

§ Cleco transfers Coughlin Power Station to regulated Utility from unregulated Subsidiary