Here are the Headlines for the April 26, 2013 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT 

#1122 – April 26, 2013

Table of Contents

 COAL – US

• Proposed Effluent Limits for Electric Power Plants
• LA plans to Convert 1,784 MW Intermountain Power Plant to Gas-firing
• Consumers Energy Confirms Plans to Mothball 320 MW B.C. Cobb Coal-fired Power Plant
• WPL Settlement includes FGD at Edgewater 5 and NO_x Control at Columbia 2
• Public Meetings set for Kentucky Power Proposal to Close 800 MW Big Sandy 2
• Environmental Groups oppose Upgrade of Minnesota Power Boswell 4
• TVA sued over Planned Gallatin Retrofits

COAL – WORLD

• Bangladesh and India sign Pacts for 1,320 MW Rampal Power Plant
• Maamba Collieries to Borrow $550 Million for 300 MW Zambia Power Plant
• Odisha (India) to renew MoUs for Seven IPPs
• Malaysia selects Five Consortia for 2,000 MW Project 3B Coal-fired Power Plant
• Work could begin soon on 1,600 MW Uppur Power Plant (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 220 MW Pljevliga II Power Plant in Montenegro in Bid Stage

GAS/OIL - US

• Old Dominion Electric Cooperative seeks to build 1,000 MW Wildcat Point Power Plant
• Gemma Power Systems has EPC Contract for Moxie Liberty 825 MW Project

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Namibia seeks Bids for Delayed 800 MW Power Plant
• Iran plans to change all Gas-fired Power Plants to Combined Cycle Operation
• Three Bidders for Power Project in Jamaica
• WorleyParsons wins Saudi Electricity Combined Cycle Project Contract

GASIFICATION

• Mississippi Power requests $600 Million for Kemper County IGCC Power Plant

BIOMASS

• Drax wins Loan to switch UK Power Plant to Biomass from Coal

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

• German CHP Law Makes High Efficiency Combined Cycle Plants Economically Feasible
• Emerson Upgrades Automation for E.ON’s 800 MW Surgut Power Plant in Russia

NUCLEAR

• Egypt restarting Nuclear Energy Program with Russian Help
• Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant on Schedule for 2015 Opening
• Tohoku Electric cancels Plan to build Namie-Odaka Nuclear Power Plant in Japan
• Fluor to provide Project Development Services for North Anna Unit 3

BUSINESS

• Japanese Firms boost Exports of Coal-fired Power Systems
• EDF and China Datang signed a Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Thermal Energy
• $11 Billion Market for NO_x Control in 2014
• Scrubber Revenues to Exceed $2.6 Billion in East Asia Next Year

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Particulate and Condensable Removal” was the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on April 25, 2013
• “Fossil-fired Power Industry Water Flow and Treatment Issues and Markets” is Hot Topic Hour on May 2, 2013 (Free Registration)
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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