Headlines for April 18, 2014 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1171 – April 18, 2014

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COAL – US

• U.S. Court of Appeals upholds the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants

COAL – WORLD

• Ontario shuts down Final Coal-fired Power Plant

GAS/OIL - US

• EPA issues GHG Permit for Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Texas

GAS/OIL – WORLD

§  Alstom awarded €225 Million Contract to provide Equipment for Al-Anbar, Iraq Combined Cycle Power Plant

§  Summit begins installing Gas Turbine at Bibiyana Power Plant in Bangladesh

§  Siemens awarded Ashuganj, Bangladesh Power Plant Components Supply Contract

§  TransAlta named preferred bidder for C$565 Million Australian Gas-fired Power Plant

§  Jamaica grants OK for 381 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant

§  EDF opens 1.3 GW Combined Cycle Gas-fired Power Plant in Britain

NUCLEAR

§  Making Radiation-proof Materials for Electronics, Power Plants

BUSINESS

§  EPA announces another delay in Cooling Water intake Rule 

§  Southern Co. (GA) signs deal with Shenhua (China), Government Agencies and Universities to develop Coal Technologies

§  Westinghouse and Ontario Power Generation Sign Agreement to Service Global Nuclear Markets; MOU Covers Service, Refurbishment, Decommissioning and New Plant Projects

§  TLT-Turbo GmbH now owned by Power Construction Corporation of China

§  Market for New Gas Turbines and Associated Equipment will exceed $29 Billion This Year

§  Air Filter Sales Will Exceed $2.5 Billion in the Americas Next Year

§  MET and Sinosteel Tiancheng extend WFGD License Agreement

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• Measurement of Gas Turbine Emissions including NH₃ was Hot Topic Hour on April 17
• “Hot Gas Filtration at 850^°F Will Change APC” – Hot Topic Hour on May 1, 2014
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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