PRECIP 
NEWSLETTER 

March 2013
No. 446

Table of Contents

MARKETS

• $80-Billion Market to Upgrade Old U.S. Coal-fired Power Plants
• Future Electricity Mix Depends on the Price of Oil
• Chinese Air Pollution Control Market to Approach $19 Billion in 2013
• $44-Billion Industrial Air Pollution Control Market in 2013
• Middle East to Spend $1.4 Billion for Air Pollution Control in 2013

COMPANY NEWS

• MEGTEC Systems, Inc. Acquires TurboSonic Technologies, Inc.

COAL-FIRED BOILERS

• Wolverine Power’s Building Permit Extended to End of 2013
• S. Korea Approves Eight Private Coal-fired Power Plants by 2027
• GDF-Suez Consortium Applies to Develop 1320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Turkey
• NSPCL to Expand Its Coal-fired Power Plant at Rourkela Steel Plant
• PNOC-EC Seeking Partners for Isabela and Zamboanga Sibugay Power Projects in Philippines
• Aboitiz Power Expects to Sign Loan Agreements for 300-MW Davao and 600-MW Subic (Philippines)
• Hitachi to Deliver Supercritical Boilers to 2x800 MW Lara Power Plant in Chhattisgarh, India
• Tata Power to Add 1600 MW at Mundra, Gujarat, India
• ACB India to Build 900-MW Power Plant in Chhattisgarh, India
• SMC Global Power Building 600 MW CFB Limay Power Plant in Philippines
• AC Energy Consortium Building 135 MW CFB Power Plant in Nipa, Philippines by 2015
• SJVN to Build 1320-MW Buxar Power Plant in Bihar, India
• 300-MW Power Project in Maputo, Mozambique
• Egco to Award Contract for 500-MW Quezon Province Power Plant Expansion Soon
• TAQA Starts Talks on Coal-fired Power Plan in Turkey
• Egypt is Planning to Set Up 1950-MW Coal-fired Power Plant
• Tamil Nadu is Considering Building 4000-MW Power Plant in Chhattisgarh (India)

MINING

• Rosemont Copper Receives Permit from Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

REGULATIONS

• Federal Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• Final Rules Issued for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters