UTILITY E-ALERT
#1090 – August 31, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
§ AES Gener to invest in Emissions Controls in Chile
§ Chile’s Supreme Court rejects MPX Energia 2100 MW Power Plant on Environmental Grounds
§ Ukraine converting Power Plants from Gas-firing to Coal
§ China Huadian to build 3x142 MW Power Plant in Bali, Indonesia
§ Punjab, India planning Power Plants
§ Government has Environmental Objections to Nayachar Island Power Project, West Bengal, India
GAS/OIL / US
§ Mid-Kansas Electric Company to build 110 MW Rubart Station
§ Wood Group refurbishing Glenarm Power Plant
§ Jordon Cove proposes 380 MW Power Plant for LNG Liquefaction Facility in Oregon
GAS/OIL WORL
§ Toshiba is EPC Contractor for 150 MW Power Plant at JFE Steel Mill in Japan
§ Bis Enerji to convert Bursa Power Plant to Combined Cycle Operation in Turkey
§ 1500 MW Blackstone Gas Turbine Power Plant in Queensland, Australia gets City Approval
GASIFICATION
NUCLEAR
§ Exelon cancels Plans for Nuclear Power Plant in Texas
§ Westinghouse to study Additional Nuclear Reactor at Kozloduy in Bulgaria
BUSINESS
§ China and U.S. need to share Information on Furnace Sorbent Injection (FSI)
§ Alstom to supply ESP for Glogow Copper Smelter in Poland; Glogow will also produce H2SO4 from the Scrubber
§ Research Facility opened in Georgia to study Cooling Water needs for Power Plants
§ Hearings for Cadiz Port Power Plants in the Philippines
§ Asia Will Account For 45 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next Year
§ Large Treatment and Flow Control Companies Expect to Grow 5.2 Percent in 2013
§ The Market for Fabric Filter Systems and Replacement Elements Will Exceed $8.7 Billion in 2013
§ Breen Energy Solutions will distribute Paragon Air Heater Sootblowing Control System
HOT TOPIC HOUR
§ Lots of Pumps used in Power Plants according to Hot Topic Speakers August 30
§ Hot Topic Hour for September 6, 2012 is “Material Handling in Coal-fired Power Plants”
§ Upcoming Hot Topic Hours