Headlines for the March 28, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

COAL – US

·                     No Bids for Presque Isle (MI) Coal-fired Power Plant

·                     Asbury, MO Power Plant Air Quality Control System Project Update

·                     Black Hills closes 22 MW Neil Simpson 1 Coal-fired Power Plant in Wyoming

·                     Utah’s Coal-fired Intermountain Power Project on verge of Billion Dollar Makeover to Natural Gas

·                     The History and Continuing Saga of Big Sandy, KY – House Bill 573

COAL – WORLD

·                     PGE awards Turów Power Plant Expansion Contract to Ferrovial Consortium

·                     BHEL to supply Steam Generators for Odisha’s (India) Upcoming Power Project

·                     NWPGCL and CMC sign MoU for new Bangladeshi Coal-fired Power Plant

·                     Chubu Electric to invite Bids by March 2015 to build New Fossil-fuel Power Capacity

GAS/OIL - US

·                     Public Service Commission permits two 45 MW Natural Gas Turbines near Watford City, ND

·                     Maryland approves plans for 1,000 MW ODEC Gas-fired Power Plant

·                     Robins & Morton awarded EPC Power Project for Louisiana Energy and Power Authority

·                     Project Update for Gas-fired Facility at Xcel's Cherokee Power Plant Site in Colorado

·                     EPA issues GHG Permit for Montana Power Station in El Paso, TX

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·                     Therma South to expand Power Plant Project from 300 MW to 645 MW Mindanao, Philippines

NUCLEAR

·                     B&W NE secures D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant’s (MI) Steam Generator Services Contract

BUSINESS

·                     Power Plants will spend $400 Million for Dry Scrubber Systems this Year

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

·                     Centrica to acquire Bord Gais Energy’s Supply Business in Ireland

·                     BETE Fog Nozzle Inc. receives ASME Boiler, Pressure Vessel Code Certifications

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·                     Dry Scrubbing was the First Webinar in our New Format Yesterday

·                     Mercury Treatment Chemicals in Fuel, Flue Gas and Scrubbing Liquor is Hot Topic Hour April 10

·                     Mercury removal Webinar on April 10 to be followed by UNEP Workshop on the 23rd

·                     Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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