·        McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

·        Headlines for the December 14, 2012 – Utility E-Alert

·        Power-Gen Action was on Gas Turbines and Water 

·        Middle East to Spend $2.2 Billion for Air Pollution Control in 2013

·        $44 Billion Industrial Air Pollution Control Market in 2013 

·        Large Scale Solar Projects Planned Around the World

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Here are the Headlines for the December 14, 2012 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT 

#1104– December 14, 2012 

Table of Contents

POWER-GEN 

• Power-Gen Action was on Gas Turbines and Water
• China is issuing and enforcing Tough Standards
• Air Filters and NH³ Slip are Variables affecting Gas Turbine Emissions

COAL – US 

• APS wants Coal Contract in Place before Retofits and Closures at Four Corners

COAL – WORLD 

• NTPC working on Land and Coal Linkage for 1600 MW Katwa, West Bengal, India
• Czechs plan 400 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Badin, Pakistan
• Three Units at Varna to Retrofit NO_x and SO₂ Removal Equipment

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Power Plant to be built in Primorsk Region of Russia
• STX wins $150 Million Order for 4x125 MW Amara Power Plant in Iraq
• GE Gas Turbines for Yangon City Power Project in Myanmar
• Forge Group to develop 190 MW Yarima Power Plant in Western Australia
• Alstom to build Cogeneration Plant for RheinEnergie in Germany

CO₂ 

• Annual Climate Talks Extend Kyoto Protocol until 2020
• California Oil & Gas Producer to Pay Fine for Failure to Obtain Greenhouse Gas Permit

NUCLEAR 

• Delivery of floating Nuclear Power Plant to Rosenergoatom (Russia)

BUSINESS 

• MET expands Portfolio with Addition of TKC’s SCR Technology
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries purchases Pratt & Whitney Power Systems
• ATCO adds HRSGs to Product Line
• Nigeria and Chinese firm (Sinohydro) to build 700 MW Power Plant in Niger State
• $61 Billion Flow Control and Treatment Market in 2016 in the Energy Sector
• Chinese Air Pollution Control Market to Approach $19 Billion in 2013
• $1.5 Billion Market for Roll Goods for Fabric Filter Dust Collectors
• Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste in Coal-fired Boilers was the subject of the Hot Topic Hour on Thursday
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Power-Gen Action was on Gas Turbines and Water 

Suppliers of catalyst for gas turbines such as Haldor Topsoe, Cormetech and BASF were very busy at Power-Gen this week. Suppliers of FGD dampers had only modest traffic at their stands. Those companies involved with fabric filters and direct sorbent injection were also busy.

Alstom reports a number of orders for seawater scrubbers in China and India. Marsulex has entered into an alliance with Termokimik of Italy to offer SCR in North America. Termokimik has 23,000 MW of SCR systems installed worldwide. 

China is issuing and enforcing Tough Standards 

McIlvaine held a breakfast meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the potential for China to use certain international technologies. The participants were: 

• John Schettler Global Sales Director Brominated Performance Products, Chemtura
• Go Iwata Sales Manager Power Systems, Yokogawa
• Ken Fairleigh, President, Paragon Air Heater
• Dale Betts, Central Regional Manager, Paragon Air Heater
• Bill Lowar, Vice President, Victaulic
• Scott Stirton, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Americas, Clear Edge
• Mark Daniel, CE Cerafil Sales Manager, Americas Clear Edge
• Dr. Jianchun (Joe) Wang, Longjing Environment Technology
• Jake Kershman, Neumann Systems
• Marilyn McIlvaine, Executive V.P., McIlvaine
• Bob McIlvaine, President, McIlvaine

Joe Wang gave a speech at the conference comparing U.S. and Chinese air pollution control activities and regulations. In the PRC, both existing and new plants have to meet particulate limits of 30 mg/Nm³. Both new and existing plants have to meet 100 mg/Nm³ for NO_x. Older plants have an SO₂ limit of 200 mg but new ones must meet the 100 mg limit. Mercury is

30 mg/Nm³. 

Joe indicated that existing precipitators are having a tough time meeting the particulate limits. He predicts that a number of fabric filters will be installed. Longjing has a new design precipitator designated “BEH” that can meet the tougher standards. The company has also successfully installed hybrid fabric filter /precipitators by replacing the last field in the precipitator with a high flow fabric filter. Joe says the agglomeration effect of the precipitator assures that the baghouse can operate with low pressure drop even at the higher velocities. This combination is achieving emissions as low as 10 mg/Nm³.

Clear Edge has developed ceramic filter technology to remove both dust and NO_x at 850°F. SO₂ and SO₃ are also removed to the extent the cake contains alkaline compounds. It was concluded that this technology could have many applications in China both for retrofits and new installations. 

Neumann Systems has solved the sodium loss problem associated with dual alkali systems. The participants visualized a very high efficiency system with Chemtura bromine injection for mercury, the Clear Edge ceramic filter followed by the Neumann double alkali SO₂ scrubber. Yokogawa controls, Victaulic couplings and Paragon tight air heater seals would contribute to the higher efficiency.

Shown below - Jake Kershman, Joe Wang, Bob McIlvaine

Air Filters and NH₃ Slip are Variables affecting Gas Turbine Emissions 

Glen England of Environ answered questions about gas turbine particulate (PM) emissions at an informal discussion held at the Pneumafil stand.  Glen pointed out that emission limits are so tough in some areas that the particulate in the ambient air can become a factor in meeting the emission requirements. Pneumafil can offer filters with varying efficiencies. Normally the selection is dictated by maintenance concerns, but where the emission limits are very low the filter efficiency may have to be selected with the limits as the governing criterion.

Go Iwata of Yokogawa attended this session. Later McIlvaine visited the Yokogawa stand and learned about the tunable diode laser which can precisely measure NH₃ slip. This precise measurement and control is important to minimize emissions and ammonia consumption.

Middle East to Spend $2.2 Billion for Air Pollution Control in 2013

Middle Eastern countries will spend $2.2 billion in 2013 for air pollution control equipment, consumables and instrumentation. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine report Air Pollution Management.  Analysis of specific equipment types is derived from a number of other McIlvaine reports.

McIlvaine provides primary forecasts for the following countries and sub regions:

·         Iran

·         Iraq

·         Israel

·         Other Middle East

·         Saudi Arabia

·         Syrian Arab Republic

·         Turkey

·         United Arab Emirates

The forecasts for the “Other” Mideast segment are an aggregate for the following countries:

·         Afghanistan

·         Armenia

·         Bahrain

·         Cyprus

·         Gaza Strip

·         Jordan

·         Kuwait

·         Lebanon

·         Oman

·         Qatar

·         West Bank

·         Yemen

More money will be spent for fabric filters than any other category. These filters are used in cement plants and many other industries.  Scrubbers, adsorbers and thermal oxidizers are used in refining and oil and gas extraction.

Flue gas desulfurization expenditures will be primarily in Turkey where there is a concentration of coal-fired power.

For more information on:

Air Pollution Management

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#5ab

World Fabric Filter and Element Market, click on:

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

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

Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets, click on: 

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Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market, click on:

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Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106extsup1.asp

Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets, click on:

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$44 Billion Industrial Air Pollution Control Market in 2013 

Suppliers of air pollution control equipment, instrumentation and consumables will achieve sales of $44 billion next year. This is the latest forecast in Air Pollution Management published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)Bottom of Form

The power industry represents 45 percent of the market. The bulk of these purchases will be in Asia. China is building large numbers of coal-fired power plants. It is also upgrading existing power plants to meet more stringent NO_x and particulate limits.

India is building a number of new coal-fired boilers and is addressing the pollution problems at steel mills, cement plants and refineries. Vietnam and Indonesia are also going to be major purchasers. 

Taiwan, South Korea and Japan have very tough air pollution control regulations in place.  This is also true of the U.S. and Western Europe.  So the growth in the air pollution control equipment market will be lower in these countries. However, odor control for municipal wastewater plants is a growth segment in developed countries.

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

World Fabric Filter and Element Market

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

Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n018

Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets 

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

Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n007

Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106extsup1.asp

Large Scale Solar Projects Planned Around the World

Sunny areas of the world are turning to large scale solar projects. McIlvaine tracks those projects in Renewable Energy Projects and Update.

Canadian Solar Supplies Modules for Turkey’s First and Largest Governmental PV Project Installed by Gehrlicher Merk Solar

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar companies, announced it will supply solar modules for Turkey’s first and largest governmental solar PV project which will be installed by Gehrlicher Merk Solar, the joint venture company for the Turkish market of Gehrlicher Solar and Merk Solar Enerji. The two companies have won the public tendering for the Gursu municipality of Bursa in Turkey. The milestone PV project has a total capacity of 96 kW and is supported directly by the Turkish Prime Minister’s office. Canadian Solar was selected out of 13 different module manufacturers for this project.

For the PV project in Gursu, Gehrlicher Merk Solar will use Canadian Solar’s CS6P-P modules. The module type CS6P-P is a high-performance module featuring amongst others positive power tolerance (0 ~ +5W), a robust frame to up to 5400 PA load, anti-reflective with self-cleaning surface, outstanding performance at low irradiance, high energy yield at low NOCT, a 10 year product warranty on materials and workmanship and a 25 year linear power output warranty. The module recently delivered again highest PV USA (PTC) ratings – a universally recognized indicator of a solar system’s real performance and power output.

JCM Capital Closes Financing on a 50 MW Ground-Based Solar Project in South America

JCM Capital announced that it has closed development financing on a 50 MW ground-based solar project in South America. JCM will co-develop and finance this project through to construction start and will be responsible for arranging long-term financing. The project will operate under one of the few FIT programs in the region and one of the best irradiance levels across the globe.

JCM’s CFO, Mr. Martin Ritchie, comments, “this project is a key part of our corporate strategy to diversify outside of Ontario and grow our business internationally. South America is a region of interest to us considering their need for energy, high irradiance levels and increasing level of political stability.”

Suntech, Bangchak Turns on Southeast Asia’s Largest Solar Plant in Thailand

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s largest producer of solar panels, announced that South East Asia’s largest silicon photovoltaic power plant, a 44 MW project called ‘Sunny Bangchak,’ achieved grid connection on September 4, 2012. The project, located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, 40 kilometers outside Bangkok, Thailand, is owned by Bangchak Public Petroleum Co., Ltd (BCP), utilizes Suntech’s high performance solar panels and was constructed by engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner Solartron Public Co., Ltd.

The solar project represents a major milestone in Thailand’s ambitious goal to meet 20 percent of its total energy consumption with renewable sources by 2022. Bangchak estimates that the 44 MW capacity solar power plant could annually reduce the need to import about 40,000 tons of coal and mitigate 32,000 tons of CO₂ emissions, similar to planting 3,000,000 trees or removing 9,000 cars from the roads.

JinkoSolar Wins Contract to Supply China Guangdong Nuclear with 30 MW of Solar Modules

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar product manufacturer, announced that it has won a bid from China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co., Ltd. (China Guangdong Nuclear, of CGN-SEDC) to supply 30 MW of PV modules for a PV power plant project planned in Hami City, Xinjiang Province, China.

WAAREE Bags Turnkey EPC Order of 5 MW Solar PV Plant from Avatar Solar

WAAREE Energies Pvt. Ltd., operating in the field of manufacturing solar PV modules, design engineering, procurement, construction, operation & maintenance of solar PV power plants, has bagged a turnkey project order of 5 MW Solar PV power plant from Avatar Solar, CA.

Mr. Falgun Dave, Director of Avatar Solar, California – USA said. “It gives us immense pleasure to award EPC contract of 5 MW Solar PV project to WAAREE Energies Pvt. Ltd. This power plant would be set up in Gujarat Solar Park at Charanka, Patan, Gujarat. The electricity generated by this plant would be supplied to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited and shall catalyse growth and sustainability in the region. The experience of WAAREE in timely & efficiently executing the MWp projects shall be an added advantage to us.”

Avatar Solar, California, USA, is grid-connected Solar and Alternative Energy Power Projects Developer in USA in California and Hawaii states. Recently, Avatar Solar, CA, has undertaken 5 MW project development in Gujarat Solar Park, Charaka, Gujarat, India. Development of Solar Power plant in Gujarat is crucial because of rapid business growth and industrialization in the region and requirement of renewable sources of power generation.

SPI Solar Completes Two Major Projects in Greece

SPI Solar, a leading vertically integrated PV solar developer, announced that it has completed construction and successfully interconnected two large-scale solar energy facility (SEF) projects in Greece. A 2 MW development in Evros and a 4.4 MW SEF in Orestiada were completed and interconnected by July 26. Both systems are providing power to the Greek Public Power Corporation through 20-year Power Purchase Agreements. A 1 MW SF remains under construction in Rhodopi and is scheduled for completion by mid-September.

SPI has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taneo Fund to develop 23 MW of utility-scale SEFs across Greece; all of which are fully permitted and ready for construction. The MOU sets a goal for Taneo and SPI to potentially develop a total of 100 MW across Greece.

JinkoSolar Selected to Power First Ever Off-Grid Utility Scale PV System in South Africa

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a leading global solar power product manufacturer, will work with EPC partner Solea Renewables to deliver a Limpopo province chrome mine with the first ever off-grid utility scale photovoltaic system in South Africa. The 1 MW plant will produce approximately 1.8 GWh of electricity per year and will effectively reduce the mine’s daytime diesel dependency for the next 20 to 30 years.

This groundbreaking project is in line with South Africa’s national plans to increase power supplies from independent producers. It also dovetails with South Africa’s stated objective to increase the percentage of renewable energy among the country’s total power mix. The fully integrated turnkey PV system designed, engineered and constructed by Solea Renewables will use 4,170 high efficiency polycrystalline PV panels supplied by JinkoSolar.

JinkoSolar solar panels have already been utilized in off-grid PV systems to offer mining and other industrial companies with a cost effective grid independent complement to traditional diesel generators.” As the plant is expected to be completed by late October, 2012, the electricity generated by JinkoSolar quality solar panels will definitely reduce the mine’s daytime diesel consumption while securing our client’s with a natural long-term hedge against all rising costs of power,” explains Mhlanzi.

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