Here are the Headlines for the April 5, 2013 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT

COAL – US

• EPA finalizes Emission Limits for Mercury at New Power Plants
• Dominion to Retrofit Dry Scrubber at Brayton Point 3, Retire State Line
• TVA to begin FGD, SCR Retrofit at Gallatin
• EPA can try to Halt Retrofits, in Some Cases, before Completion
• EPA wants Supreme Court to review CSAPR denial
• Two Elk 320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant Granted another Delay
• NV Energy plans to eliminate Coal-fired Power by 2025
• Midwest Generation to Delay SO₂ Emissions Controls for Two Years

COAL – WORLD

• NTPC to invite Fresh Bids for 1600 MW Darlipalli Power Project in Odisha, India
• L&T wins EPC Contract for Chhabra Power Plant in Rajasthan, India
• 450 MW Power Plant in Gobi Desert to supply Power to Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Mine
• TRF to deliver Coal Handling System to 1,980 MW Nabinagar in Bihar, India
• Poland’s PGE advised to quit 2x900 MW Opole Project
• Japanese Panel calls for Easing Rules on Approval of New Coal-fired Power Plants
• India Regulator allows Adani to raise Power Tariffs
• Central Java 614 MW Coal-fired Power Plant to be backed by Loan from China
• NTPC to shift Odisha Project to Gadarwara in Madhya Pradesh, India

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

• Enel Selects ABB Control System to Improve Efficiency and Environmental Performance at Coal-fired Plant in Italy
• Jiangsu Huadian Jurong Power chooses Metso’s Automation for its Two 1,000 MW Units in China

GAS/OIL - US

• New Financing Details on 825 MW Moxie Energy Project in Pennsylvania
• Siemens and Bechtel to build 758 Temple Natural Gas-fired Power Plant Expansion

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Jamaica looking at New Power Proposals
• NamPower starts Prequalification Process for EPC Contract for Kudu Power Project in Namibia
• 200 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant needed in Malta

GASIFICATION

• Southern’s Ratcliffe IGCC Power Plant will not seek DOE Loan Help

NUCLEAR

• India and Russia signed Agreement for Construction of Kudankulam 3 and 4
• Mitsubishi and Areva could build 4,500 MW Sinop in Turkey
• South Africa plans for Nuclear Power

BUSINESS

• Fuel Tech has Air Pollution Control Orders totaling $4.3 Million
• E.ON boost Stake in Brazil’s MPX to 36 Percent; At Least Six Joint Power Projects Planned
• 300 MW Shahjibazar Combined Cycle Project approved in Bangladesh
• MHI signs FGD License Deal with BHEL
• Thousands of Projects Worth Hundreds of $ Billions in Booming Oil and Gas Industry
• Mining Air Pollution Control Purchases to Exceed $2 Billion This Year
• Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets Headlines for March 2013
• Industrial Boiler Update April 2013

HOT TOPIC HOUR

§  Industrial Boiler MACT Impact and Control Options – Part 2

§  “Mercury Measurement and Control – Part 2” is Hot Topic Hour on April 11, 2013 at 10 a.m.

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