Headlines for the April 19, 2013 – Utility E-Alert   

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1121 – April 19, 2013

Table of Contents 

COAL – US 

• NAES receives Contract for DSI and ACI at Midwest Coal-fired Power Plant
• Wisconsin PSC approves ReACT for Weston 3
• Ameren Sued for More than 1,000 Particulate Violations at E. D. Edwards

COAL – WORLD 

• Alarko receives License for 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Turkey
• DM Consunji will build 135 MW Batangas Expansion in the Philippines
• FDC to build 405 MW Power Plant at the Phividec Industrial Estate, Philippines

GAS/OIL - US

• Xcel Energy plans to add up to Three Natural Gas-fired Units to Fleet
• Alstom secures Steam Turbine Generator Contract for Tampa Electric Polk Power Station

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• GDF planning New 2,500 MW Al-Khiran Power and Desalination Plant in Kuwait
• 300 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant to be constructed in Shahjibazar, Habiganj, Bangladesh
• WorleyParsons to design 2x1,650 MW Power Plant in Saudi Arabia
• Decision to relocate Mississauga (Ontario, Canada) Natural Gas-fired Power Plant will cost Ontario Taxpayers $275 Million
• Tauron does not rule out Halting 850 MW Blachownia Combined Cycle Power Project in Poland
• J&P-Avax to build 590 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Lebanon

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

§  Yokogawa receives Control System Order for Shoaiba II in Saudi Arabia

§  Yokogawa to Supply Control System for Yeosu Power Plant in Korea

CO₂ 

• EPA delays Rule Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Power Plants in the United States
• Intent to Sue over Failure to Finalize NSPS for New Power Plants

NUCLEAR 

• Ghana looking towards Nuclear Power for Industrialization

BUSINESS

• Energy Future Holdings considering Bankruptcy
• Dominican Government calls for Tenders for Two 300 MW Power Plants, One Gas-fired, One Coal-fired
• Tender for 300 MW of IPP Capacity in Botswana
• More Than 11,000 Control System Projects at Fossil-fired Power Plants Next Year
• How to Cope with Retirement of Experienced Power Plant Environmental Engineers
• Using McIlvaine Recorded Webinars for Permanent Training Program
• Marine Market for Flow Control and Treatment is Growing at Double-Digit Rates

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

• Mercury Measurement and Control Part 3 was Hot Topic Hour Yesterday, April 18^th 
• “Particulate and Condensable Removal” is the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on April 25, 2013
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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