·        Coal –Gen 2011 is Slated for Next Week in Columbus

·        Here are the Headlines for the August 5, 2011 – Utility E Alert

·        Chemical Revenues for and from Air Pollution Control to Exceed $5.2 Billion by 2020

·        Offshore Wind Advances in Europe

Coal –Gen 2011 is slated for Next Week in Columbus

If you check our extensive calendar of events in the global Knowledge Orchard (Free News and Analyses) you will find that Coal-Gen is slated for next week.
 

With a decade of service to the coal sector, Coal-Gen is the industry’s most dynamic event covering the latest topics affecting the design, development, upgrading, operation and maintenance of coal-fueled power plants. With an anticipated attendance of over 4,500 industry professionals and more than 350 exhibitors, Coal-Gen is the industry’s largest event focused on the solutions of today and the technologies of tomorrow. Coal-Gen earned the distinction of being named one of the 50 “Fastest Growing Tradeshows” by Tradeshow Week Magazine in 2009, emphasizing the event’s importance to the coal-fueled industry. You won’t want to miss Coal-Gen 2011 in Columbus!

Additional Exhibition Information

Here are exhibitors who are among those networking in the McIlvaine Global Knowledge Orchard:

Here is a link to the audio interviews and stand pictures taken at previous Coal-Gen exhibitions:

• Coal-Gen  2008/2009

Bob McIlvaine will be on hand to network with you. You can reach him as follows: rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com and by cell phone at 847 226 2391.

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Here are the Headlines for the August 5, 2011 – Utility E Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1036 – August 5, 2011

Table of Contents

COAL – U.S.

§  Richmond Power & Light to convert Whitewater Power Plant from Coal to Municipal Waste

§  Judge says “NO Penalties” for Comanche 3 not having MACT Permit

§  Consumers Energy reaches Midpoint of $135 Million Baghouse Project at J.H. Campbell Complex

§  LCRA Cancels Vote on Water Deal for White Stallion

§  Georgia Power’s 20-Year Plan could include Baghouses on a Number of Units

§  Southern Company weighs in on MACT Rules

COAL – WORLD

§  MET Licensee to Provide Wet Limestone FGD for 2 x 550 MW Rutenberg in Israel

§  Suit filed against Maxim Power’s Milner expansion in Alberta, Canada

§  Petrovietnam Technical Services to build 1,200 MW Song Haw 1 in Vietnam

§  Lanco Infratech to develop the Gare Pelma-II Coal Block and a 3,000 MW Power Plant in Chhattisgarh, India

GAS / OIL – U.S.

§  Cheyenne Light seeks approval for 120 MW Power Plant

§  Alliant to build Gas-fired Power Plant n Iowa

GAS / OIL – WORLD

§  Cardboard maker wants to build Power Plant in Toronto, Canada

• UK Government Approves 900 MW Coryton CCGT Power Plant
• PLN to build New Coal Gas-fired Power Plants

CO₂

§  Ecofys Study Finds Big Potential for Negative CO₂ Emissions with Biomass and CCS

§  Shell Canada Starts Permitting Process for Quest CCS Project

§  Tenaska Moves Forward with CCS Plans; Market for CO₂ is Key Factor

§  Australian Algae Technology Company to Launch IPO in 2012

§  EPA Proposes Rule to Exempt CO₂ Streams from RCRA when Injected for Underground Storage

§  NM Environmental Board to Consider Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Rules

BIOMASS

§  Polaniec biomass-fired Power Plant to use Emerson Digital Control System

GASIFICATION

§  High Plains Gasification Center Suspended

§  $2.3 Billion Coal Gasification Plant coming in Mt. Vernon, Illinois

NUCLEAR

§  Nigeria ready to Sign Agreement with Russia for Nuclear Power

§  GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Energoprojekt Warszawa SA could Partner on Nuclear Projects

§  NRC:  License for Vogtle Expansion Possible by December

§  Local Government Approves EDF Site for New Reactors at Hinkley Point

§  TEPCO withdraws from Turkey’s Sinop Nuclear Power Plant Project

BUSINESS

·         Thousands of Energy and Environment Exhibitions each Year with Hundreds of Thousands of Exhibitors

§  Siemens to acquire NEM and NES

§  CoaLogix’ SCR-Tech awarded New Contracts Worth $4.1 Million

§  Siemens and Power Machines plan Gas Turbine Joint Venture in Russia

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·         “Filter Media Selection for Dry FGD and Particulate Control” is Hot Topic Hour on August 11, 2011

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.

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Chemical Revenues for and from Air Pollution Control to Exceed $5.2 Billion by 2020

There is a rapidly growing world market for chemicals to control air pollution and a big potential market to sell the byproducts.  The present market for chemicals used to control air pollution is less than $2 billion but will climb to $3.4 billion by 2020. The market for byproducts will grow from less than $1 billion in 2011 to $1.8 billion in 2020. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvainecompany.com) by aggregating forecasts in several of its online market reports.

World Revenues for Control of Air Pollution     

Chemicals                                                                           2020 ($ Millions)

Activated Carbon, Halogen Compounds                          $   800

Lime and Limestone                                                          $   400

Polymers, Ion-exchange Resins, Other                              $   200

Urea, Ammonia, Hydrogen Peroxide                                $2,000

Total                                                                                  $3,400

The biggest percentage growth will be in the demand for activated carbon and halogen compounds (particularly bromine) to capture mercury. New air toxic rules in the U.S. will be a big factor. But there are also rules in many countries which require chemicals to capture mercury in waste-to-energy operations.

In Europe virtually all the gypsum wallboard is produced from flue gas desulfurization at coal-fired power plants. The wastewater from scrubbers used in many industries requires chemical treatment prior to discharge.

Europe and the U.S. are major consumers of ammonia and urea for NO_x control.  China is expanding its ammonia usage faster than any other country.

The market for chemical byproducts from air pollution control will grow substantially over the decade, but could potentially be much larger than projections.  Air pollution control inherently involves the chemical processes of separation and reaction. Coal contains over 30 chemicals and metals with potential commercial value. Furnaces emit a wide range of valuable metals. In fact, the air pollution control devices in gold smelting operations are big money makers.

World Revenues for Byproducts of Air Pollution Control

Product                                  2020  ($ Millions)

Ammonium Sulfate                 $100

30% Hydrochloric Acid          $300

Precious Metals                       $100

Flyash                                      $1,000

Gypsum for Wallboard           $100

PCC Grade Gypsum               $70

Sulfuric Acid                          $100

Various                                    $60

Total                                       $1,830

Ammonium sulfate can be manufactured from SO₂.   This is a widely popular fertilizer. Most of the gypsum for wallboard comes from power plants. But with the use of lime instead of limestone it is possible to produce a gypsum grade which is of higher value and can be used to replace precipitated calcium carbonate for paper coating.  One of the big potential opportunities is the manufacture of hydrochloric acid at coal-fired power plants.

The basis of this analysis are the following McIlvaine reports:

Mercury Air Reduction Markets 

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n056

NO_x Control World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035

World Fabric Filter and Element Market

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n021

FGD World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#N027

Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets 

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/air.html#n008        

Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#NO26

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Offshore Wind Advances in Europe

Offshore wind installations have the advantage of higher more predictable wind speeds. Working against this advantage is the higher cost of installation and maintenance. Europe has moved forward at good pace. In the United States progress in this area has been very slow. As a European pointed out to us a few years ago the U.S. has a lot of wide open spaces for wind turbines. Europe is not so lucky. Several items on offshore wind from McIlvaine Renewable Energy Update follow.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid.

This is the largest power transmission order in ABB's history. It will deploy the world’s largest offshore HVDC (high-voltage direct current) system with a rating of over 900 megawatts (MW), keeping electrical losses to less than 1 percent per converter station. The completed link will be capable of supplying more than 1.5 million households with clean wind-generated electricity.

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China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China announced that it signed a strategic cooperative agreement with China Three Gorges New Energy Corp. ("CTGNE"), a fully-owned subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation ("CTGPC") to foster closer cooperation in both domestic and international wind power development. CTGPC is a wholly state-owned enterprise which is responsible for building and operating China's Three Gorges Dam Project.

"Establishing a closer working relationship with CTGNE helps to reaffirm Ming Yang's leading position and forming of the special alliance in the development of offshore wind power in Guangdong, as well as its competitive advantage in offering innovative EPC wind power solutions in China," said Chuanwei Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ming Yang. Ming Yang's key customers include the five largest state-owned power producers in China, with an aggregate installed capacity accounting for more than 50% of China's newly installed capacity in 2010.

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WindMW GmbH a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone has completed the financing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. Meerwind is also the first German wind farm to be fully financed by private investors. The 80 turbine wind farm will be situated approximately 50 km off the German coast in the North Sea. Construction of the 288MW offshore wind farm will be completed in 2013.

The investment funds the installation of 80 substructures (monopile foundations) with Siemens 3.6MW-120 wind turbines, the laying of infield cables, as well as the installation of the offshore high voltage substation. Connection to the main grid, as per German law, will be undertaken by the grid operator Tennet TSO GmbH.

“The German government has demonstrated tremendous leadership in supporting private offshore wind development and we are pleased that Meerwind is the first project to reach financial close under the visionary KfW programme. With the development of Meerwind, we are able to support Germany in meeting its green energy targets,” said Peter Giller, WindMW Board Member.

As part of Blackstone’s long-term commitment to investing in the German offshore wind industry, Blackstone also announced the acquisition of a permit to construct the Nördlicher Grund wind farm. The 64 turbine wind farm with an estimated construction cost of €1.3 billion will be situated approximately 100 km off the German coast in the North Sea. Construction is expected to commence in 2013 with completion in 2016.

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EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy, Nass&Wind Offshore, Poweo ENR, wpd offshore and Alstom are pooling their expertise and their investment capacity within a consortium created to respond to the “offshore wind energy” call for tenders launched on July 11 by the French government. These partnerships illustrate a shared commitment to create, in a team spirit, projects of excellence that are: technologically innovative, financially and technically sound, devised locally, mastered and ambitious for France’s industrial plan.

Initiator of the overall project and founder of the consortium, EDF Energies Nouvelles organizes and federates the partnerships, manages the future entity and coordinates the responses to the call for tenders.

With over 20 years' experience in the Northern European offshore wind market, DONG Energy will bring its expertise as a specialist and pioneer in this sector. As a key player in the renewable energy industry, the Danish group is the utility company that has built and operates to date the most offshore wind farms in the world.

The consortium brings together three partners that are well-known and experienced developers: Nass&Wind Offshore, Poweo ENR and wpd offshore. Developers of very advanced projects in maritime regions selected by the French government, they will continue the development, conduct environmental impact studies and build local support. The five projects presented by the consortium will be held by five dedicated companies, in which the parent company will hold a majority stake beside the strategic developing partners.

Cornerstone of the overall project, the exclusive agreement between Alstom and the consortium, for the supply of new generation offshore wind turbines, is a major decision that lays the foundations for the creation of a French industrial field. The launch in 2014 of new, innovative equipment with unmatched performances will provide a unique opportunity to design a wind turbine using French technology, completely manufactured and assembled in France. If the consortium wins sufficient volumes, Alstom plans to build an industrial and technological hub in France comprised of manufacturing units for generators, blades and nacelles. This would be the centre of a vast economic and scientific ecosystem that would call on numerous French industrial subcontractors and create technological partnerships with several entities. Almost 200 providers from the offshore wind energy sector are committed in this project.

For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update please visit

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm

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